Withdraw child from religious studies

[Parentofachild]

Hi!
I would like to find out about child withdrawal from religious studies in church school because I am not happy with the content they are teaching? Can you advice me if someone experienced it and are there any consequences? Thanks

@ParentOfOne I’m not asking if they were ‘true Christians’. I’m asking if they were Christian.

Most people when asked are either practicing A, B or C, or- and probably most commonly- ‘I don’t really believe in God/that sort of thing/church’.

Most people these days don’t want a Christian funeral. Most people don’t want to go to church. Assuming people are Christian because they were born in the UK is really odd. Most people are not.

@Uggbootsforever Your text comprehension skills are shockingly poor.

Interesting that you’re accusing me of being far right

Where on earth would I have done that? I pointed out that Christianity was used to unite the far-right. I never accused you of being far-right!!!

to protect a homophobic OP who wants her kid to be banned from learning about consensual, legal same sex relationships..

protect the OP???
You must have missed my reply:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/secondary/5422242-withdraw-child-from-religious-studies?reply=147615589&utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=share
where I scolded the OP, and told her that, if she doesn't want her kids exposed to different worldviews, then this is the wrong country for her.

A tip for the future: before accusing people, maybe read what they had written?

No Reform voter I know attends church.
Irrelevant. the fact remains that Christianity was used to unite the far right.

@MySaintedPuppy I’m not asking if they were ‘true Christians’. I’m asking if they were Christian.

Oh, it's quite possible that you have a different definition of Christian, but, again, the fact, however unpleasant for you, remains that Christianity was used to unite the far right. Read my previous link

Then you're a huge hypocrite OP.
I'm as atheist as they come but see the value in the full curriculum and exposure to different beliefs and religions as its key in understanding the people around us.

Then I apologise, you’re quite right. But your analogy re Christian mobs is wrong.

Why would you want your child to miss any education in secondary school? They will soon (if not doing so already) have access to all types of views that will be presented as fact on the Internet. Let them learn some critical thinking skills in a safe space where you are aware of what they are being taught and can discuss it with them yourself.

Pretty sure no faith school - not sure about Muslim one perhaps - are allowed to teach that same sex relationships are a sin….

what you will find however is that some of these more ….religiously controversial (?) topics are discussed in the round but there isn’t a woke slant to the curriculum that focuses on them

Following this post, then clearly YABVVVVU

Initially, I had presumed your dc were only able to attend a faith school due to distance from where you lived. The fact you actively chose for them to attend a faith school then want to object to the teaching of that faith makes you massively unreasonable.

I mean, YABU anyway, as learning about what other folk believe and why arious people do certain things massively helps understanding of others and living harmoniously. The RE curriculum encourages critical thinking, and a lot of it is to do with Philosophy and ethics too - all of which is valuable learning.

Neither can I!
Which religion says this?

EVERYONE IS READING THIS WRONG!!!

op believes same sex marriage is a sin. The school is teaching it isn’t…..

Withdraw them from worship.

Let them learn about all religions - that is the nature of RE under the curriculum.

Why worry about exams - just don't do GCSE RE.

Oh but homosexuality is surely a sin in RC? Is RC homophobic?

It's the kind of phrasing you get in market research surveys. It's trying to capture people who might not consider themselves devoutly religious I guess.

But I'll rephrase it if you want?

You forgot Sodom, Genesis comes before Leviticus.

There is no ambiguity about male homosexuality in the Bible.

Some faith schools make RS gcse compulsory.

Starting to think this thread might have been started somewhat in bad faith (ironically).

Quite.

It's clearly a wind-up, I haven't heard about teaching about sex with animals in RE?

RE is about understanding different religions. It’s not about forcing a particular view on children. I find it very sad that parents would choose to prevent their child from learning how other children practice their faith.

@YesJs "I’m a teacher and, yes, it depends on the size of the animal. A hamster = very small sin, a buffalo = much larger sin. You are right to withdraw if someone is telling your child having sex with a buffalo is a little, not a larger sin."

OK. So could you expand somewhat on the context. I'm struggling to comprehend that children are taught about bestiality and I'm struggling even more with the concept of graduated sin according to the size of the animal. What religion propagates this abominable idea? I don't think the problem here is whether sex with a buffalo is worse than sex with a hamster and I'm utterly staggered that you seem to think that's the main issue. If this is genuinely the case I'm not surprised OP wants to withdraw her child. Bestiality is completely illegal in the UK.

Oh wow.

Perhaps the best course of action OP if you are unhappy with the teaching of RS in a faith school that you have chosen, would be to transfer your child to a non-faith secondary school.
Most faith schools expect parents to be fully supportive of the school's values and do not allow parents to withdraw their children from RS lessons, or collective worship or from taking the (usually compulsory faith schools) RS GCSE on the grounds that the parents have chosen a faith school.

I think the OP has to home school and then keep her child at home with no wifi connection because she might hear about other viewpoints than the OP's🙄

I did 14 years of Catholic school, never did we cover sex with an animal.😵‍💫 You need to speak to the HT @Parentofachild.

Isn’t this what everyone wants 😂

kidding, fwiw I think the OP made her choices and now she’d be better off chatting to her kids about the bits she finds disagreeable rather than removing her child.

Sodom is about hospitality not sexuality. The word homosexuality doesn’t appear in English until the 19th century. Culture and context are important. The wold of the Bronze Age as remembered in the exile is not the UK or US in the 21st century.