<div dir="ltr">My feeling on this is that religious instruction, presented as such, is OK. Presented as something else it isn't. Sometimes there is a gray area. For instance, hatha yoga can be taught as a religious practice and also as a system of exercises with no mention of the original purpose of the exercises. I think this Spirituality For Kids crosses the line. Teaching kids that they have a light inside them and that they need to listen to a True Voice is what a Vaishnava would call Mayavadi philosophy; the idea that all souls are part of God and that self realization is to merge into God, etc. While some Hindu traditions teach this, others would considers these beliefs morally repugnant. Going back to hatha yoga, a Christian would be offended if his child is taught anything but exercises, and a Hindu would be offended if his child is not taught something besides exercises.<div>
<br></div><div>Between Get Books and Read Etexts and the Browse Activities a child wishing to study his own religion or others has a wealth of material to look at. Personally I'd leave it at that. Sword is OK, and if there is something for studying the Koran that's OK too. If I could figure out how a Python program could make studying the Gita easier or more enjoyable I'd write one.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But Spirituality For Kids is different. It teaches kids religious beliefs while pretending to do something else. That kind of thing can only lead to trouble.</div><div><br></div><div>James Simmons</div>
<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Bastien <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bzg@laptop.org" target="_blank">bzg@laptop.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">Edward Mokurai Cherlin <<a href="mailto:mokurai@sugarlabs.org">mokurai@sugarlabs.org</a>> writes:<br>
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> However, the Orthodox teaching about Kabbalah is that one may not<br>
> study it before the age of 50.<br>
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</div>Done. :)<br>
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