Should the oneness of humanity be taught in all schools worldwide

[Rival]

So I believe all schools in the world from infancy should have included in their course the subject of the oneness and equality of all humanity and that we all belong to one human family there being NO superior race, religion, nationality or group of people.

Which schools are teaching that there is a superior religion, race or otherwise?

I'm a trained Teaching Assistant and if I did this I'd quickly lose my certification. There are laws against such racism and so on in my country and in most if not all Western countries, plus others.

I see this as, again, more underhand Bahai preaching to shoehorn their religion into schools. Ironically, it's exactly the thing you claim to be railing against - teaching any kind of superiority while claiming your religious views ought be taught as the best.

Funny that.

 

[JustGeorge]

Let’s take religious prejudice as an example as it is the most powerful force in our world. Let me at the outset state that I believe that all the major religions are true and were revealed progressively to meet the spiritual and social needs of people at the time they were revealed.

Well, it seems you've fragmented the one-ness right here. Its not 'all religions are true', but 'all major religions are true'. This automatically puts anyone that isn't a member of those faiths as an 'outsider' or 'wrong/mistaken', if my understanding is right.

Not a very good way to teach one-ness.

 

[loverofhumanity]

I was taught that all humans were equal and that was 60 years ago.

That may be fine for some but there are wars going on currently fuelled by prejudice and religious hatred. it’s no use having a truce only for the next generation to be prepared to wage another war. The education system needs to be changed as it is the root cause of ongoing hatred.

 

[loverofhumanity]

Which schools are teaching that there is a superior religion, race or otherwise?

I'm a trained Teaching Assistant and if I did this I'd quickly lose my certification. There are laws against such racism and so on in my country and in most if not all Western countries, plus others.

I see this as, again, more underhand Bahai preaching to shoehorn their religion into schools. Ironically, it's exactly the thing you claim to be railing against - teaching any kind of superiority while claiming your religious views ought be taught as the best.

Funny that.

Sorry you missed the point. It’s about teaching the next generation to respect all and treat all as equals. Nothing to do with any religion. Prejudices need to be addressed and the best and lasting way I believe is through education.

 

[sun rise]

"We are better than you" is the heritage of uncounted ages." So this is not something that can be taught. It can be modeled by teachers and others who treat people equally. But until the hearts of humanity are changed, the opposite is modeled by parents and others and highlighted in the news by the actions of racists.

 

[Rival]

It’s about teaching the next generation to respect all and treat all as equals.

But we already do.

I was at primary school from 1999-2006 and we were taught this.

 

[Vinayaka]

Sorry you missed the point. It’s about teaching the next generation to respect all and treat all as equals. Nothing to do with any religion. Prejudices need to be addressed and the best and lasting way I believe is through education.

So when you went to school in Australia, they taught hatred of the aboriginals, hatred for Jews and Muslims, hatred for all things non-Australian? That must have been a rough schooling.

 

[Vinayaka]

But we already do.

I was at primary school from 1999-2006 and we were taught this.

Heck, I went to school in the 60s and we were taught this.

 

[loverofhumanity]

Its good to keep in mind that the
leaders of international idealistic
- isms of the 20th century did us no favours

For there to be lasting peace in the world prejudices need to be eliminate. Education is the best way I believe.

 

[exchemist]

That may be fine for some but there are wars going on currently fuelled by prejudice and religious hatred. it’s no use having a truce only for the next generation to be prepared to wage another war. The education system needs to be changed as it is the root cause of ongoing hatred.

No, it is not. That's just ballocks.

 

[Vinayaka]

Well, it seems you've fragmented the one-ness right here. Its not 'all religions are true', but 'all major religions are true'. This automatically puts anyone that isn't a member of those faiths as an 'outsider' or 'wrong/mistaken', if my understanding is right.

Not a very good way to teach one-ness.

For our religion, only Gaudiya Vaishnavism is spoken of in Baha'i teachings, and very very little of that.

 

[loverofhumanity]

But we already do.

I was at primary school from 1999-2006 and we were taught this.

That’s very good but there are many wars taking place currently due to one form of prejudice or another and this needs to be addressed. Hatreds cannot be signed away on a paper treaty. They eventually resurface and another conflict begins. The next generation worldwide needs to be taught to live side by side in peace with its neighbour.

 

[Rival]

That’s very good but there are many wars taking place currently due to one form of prejudice or another and this needs to be addressed. Hatreds cannot be signed away on a paper treaty. They eventually resurface and another conflict begins. The next generation worldwide needs to be taught to live side by side in peace with its neighbour.

It is not really about hatred, it is about money and resources, about naked power. This will always be a human problem. I think Christianity best addresses this problem.

 

[loverofhumanity]

No, it is not. That's just ballocks.

Nonsense. You have wars currently being fought based on prejudices arising from indoctrination.So you agree Muslims teach their young to hate Hindus, Christians, Jews, Baha’is and any other non Muslims considered as infidels? These prejudices and hatreds which are the cause of wars and terrorism you endorse? I’m speaking about indoctrination focusing on hatreds. Western countries too have their hatreds against blacks and Muslims. History teaches us that demonisation has caused wars and hatreds such as the holocaust and only education teaching equality can counteract these prejudices. You cannot eliminate a prejudice through signing a treaty. The prejudices just resurface another time and another war begins.

 

[JustGeorge]

For our religion, only Gaudiya Vaishnavism is spoken of in Baha'i teachings, and very very little of that.

I've noticed that.

 

[loverofhumanity]

"We are better than you" is the heritage of uncounted ages." So this is not something that can be taught. It can be modeled by teachers and others who treat people equally. But until the hearts of humanity are changed, the opposite is modeled by parents and others and highlighted in the news by the actions of racists.

Example I fully agree is the most potent method but conscious knowledge that we are all equal is important too I believe and needs to be taught as education moulds our attitudes.

 

[JustGeorge]

But we already do.

I was at primary school from 1999-2006 and we were taught this.

I was in school in 2001, and was on a city wide committee of youth that were taught diversity and equality training, in hopes that we could work to spread it to the greater student bodies(so kids were hearing it from other kids as well, as opposed to just adults).

 

[exchemist]

That’s very good but there are many wars taking place currently due to one form of prejudice or another and this needs to be addressed. Hatreds cannot be signed away on a paper treaty. They eventually resurface and another conflict begins. The next generation worldwide needs to be taught to live side by side in peace with its neighbour.

That is done through sustained political will, not pious exhortations to schoolchildren. The EU is an example. It was founded to stop further wars in Western Europe, particularly between France and Germany. That has involved a whole series of measures at every level of society, from top level economic integration to exchange visits between villages in different countries.

It is naïve in the extreme to think you can simply teach children to respect each other - as is in fact done already - and all will be lovely.

 

[loverofhumanity]

So when you went to school in Australia, they taught hatred of the aboriginals, hatred for Jews and Muslims, hatred for all things non-Australian? That must have been a rough schooling.

Yes at school we were taught that Jews were evil and never to befriend them. We were told aboriginals were drunkards and lesser people. Nothing about Muslims until later though. I was a Catholic then. I consider it wrong to have taught me those things. Christ taught to love all. In school assembly hundreds of children. “Jews are evil”. No need for it.

 

[JustGeorge]

Yes at school we were taught that Jews were evil and never to befriend them. We were told aboriginals were drunkards and lesser people. Nothing about Muslims until later though. I was a Catholic then. I consider it wrong to have taught me those things. Christ taught to love all. In school assembly hundreds of children. “Jews are evil”. No need for it.

Really sorry to hear that.