Paphos Life

The Cyprus Humanists expressed their discontent over proposed education ministry teaching materials that target and discriminate against atheists....

Read the article and chat about it below...

That's indeed shameful. Isn't there something in the Cypriot constitution obliging the state to be neutral on matters of philosophy of life?

jeba wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:10 am That's indeed shameful. Isn't there something in the Cypriot constitution obliging the state to be neutral on matters of philosophy of life?

Do you mean "...on matters of religion" ??
Amos.

Best thing is to scrap religion in schools.

exodus wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:13 am

jeba wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:10 am That's indeed shameful. Isn't there something in the Cypriot constitution obliging the state to be neutral on matters of philosophy of life?

Do you mean "...on matters of religion" ??
Amos.

I meant the equivalent of the German term "weltanschauliche Fragen" and "philosophy of life" is what the dictionary came up with for Weltanschauung. Maybe, given that there doesn´t seem to be a proper translation I should reword my question to something like: Doesn´t the Cypriot constitution stipulate that the state should be neutral on questions of how you perceive the world/life?

bromerzz wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2018 9:36 am Best thing is to scrap religion in schools.

I disagree. It should be tought - but in a neutral way and covering all major religions as well as critics of religion. In fact, religious tuition at school turned me from someone who had planned to become a priest (and who got up at 5:30 a.m. so he could get to church before school) to an atheist after having been exposed to the teachings of Feuerbach (a German philosopher and critic of religion) and others.

Well said Hudswell.