Religion and Education in America

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This paper discusses various philosophers' attitudes towards the connection between education and religion. It shows that, since the United States removed religion as a basis for morality in the education system, the quality of education has decreased. The paper questions whether morality taught in schools should have a religious basis or not.

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"When will we learn? Throughout history, societies which have built themselves on a moral foundation have been those which successfully passed the tests of time, challenges to their existence, and have ultimately contributed to the well being of their citizens and the world. During the same time, nations which chose to pursue an atheistic paradigm or a value system built on belief systems other than the moral basis of mankind have come, and gone, leaving in their wake churning waters of despair, and people who desired only freedom, and to return to a moral frame of reference. Where is the empire Karl Marx expected to build on the communistic foundation which denied that any moral framework existed in mankind? For him Religion, and hence the moral needs of the individual was "the opiate of the masses" a crutch for weak minded and those who are easy to be led."

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