re: #29 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Hell, I hear it from the Right every time the subject of public schools comes up. “We should have a choice! If I wanna send my kid to a religious school, that should be my choice!” And, personally, I say let them do it. If they want to raise the next generation of trailer park trash, who can’t do long division but can tell me how old the Earth is according to Biblical scholars, more power to them. Just so long as it ain’t on my dime.

Oh, yeah.
That describes my daughter perfectly (product of 12 years of Catholic school).

Education in math, reading, science, etc. is important.

For those of us of faith, educating our children in faith is also important.

I’m not sure I could say one is MORE important than the other; they are both important in different realms. One for getting along in the real world, the other for understanding their faith, and yes, that is important.

As to the main post - I really don’t think I would have used the word indoctrinate to describe teaching children about faith. That’s a bit of a loaded sort of a word.
Just my .02.