Chapter five really emphasized how the white protestant anglo american culture feared for their own social class standing. For a certain american culture to attack another culture for the sake of preserving exclusive luxuries in a community may seem a bit unfair. A society should be rational and work towards the better good of humanity. Although, when conflicting views of religion come into play, it’s hard to work with people who do not have the same beliefs as you. A question that wanders my head is: Can we really truly work together for a better society when religion is always a fiery subject?
The use of government money to support religious education was a subject in this chapter. The idea of doing such a thing reigns catastrophe in my mind. To support, financially, a certain religious belief goes against what an American society should stand for. Religion has no place in education and should be taught outside of school. In today’s society I believe it is even more crucial to make sure religion is not taught in a public education system. My question is: Does it seem just to ignore religion from a child’s learning curriculum or should there be a sort of basis to learn?
