I'm disgusted by some of the replies in this thread and now understand a lot of the disguised racism on here and other social media sites.
I'm 100% atheist but I wanted me and my kids to learn about the World and how to act around different cultures but it's clear some posters have no idea what's taught in class nowadays.
I also remind myself that as an atheist I am in a minority where the majority believe in some kind of God.
I'm all for tolerance and "live and let live", but there are many aspects you
should question.
You shouldn't believe that the majority believe in some kind of God; for example, in America you wouldn't get very far as a public figure slating the Almighty, so you might as well go with the flow for your own sanity.
Who's doing the survey? Is it a) I believe in God b) I believe in some form of God c) One of the first 2 answers. No one's ever asked me.
And for things like circumcision. I can't fathom why people think the Lord is fantastic, but I'm just going to snip the end of my son's penis off, because
his design wasn't quite there..
I liken these things to owning an Ant Farm. You set one up, they'll be ants that divide and conquer, they'll be ants that may choose to wear a leaf on their head. You'd very unlikely to intervene. I doubt you'd be that fussed if they didn't prey to you.
And then again, people have done amazing things as their faith has led them there which shows power of sorts.
Jesus healed a blind man. In this day and age, we realise that there are several types of blindness.
http://www.healthline.com/symptom/blindness
Bring this up in RE and see what Teach says. Hypertensive Retinopathy can be treated by a change in diet. Maybe this is what the bible was getting at?
As for RE, if you can stick around. Put some questions tactfully across and hopefully realise, that the more we integrate, the more we'll get tasty foods and realise that we won't get struck down for eating a bacon sandwich, except maybe for a heart attack in our 50s.
What we have to accept is that Jesus would have been more of an Intel and Nvidia man.