In the teachings of Jesus Christ, how can a Catholic school not teach what Jesus was about? Please explain. Any kid going to religious ed. learns that Jesus was a healer, teacher and was kind to all. Otherwise, what kind of Catholic school did you go to?
Some of the best. The catholic religion is not all about turning the other cheek when you get slapped on the right. Just read the bible. It's exclusive and there is just as much retribution and punishment as there is 'healing & kindness'.
But I guess the catholic religion per se is not the subject of the thread but rather would the OP put his children in a school where education is perceived as better but goes against what he may buy into.
"Me and my wife are no longer religious and do not want to give money to the church, and have our children indoctrinated. I feel it would be very hyproctirical to send our kids to cahtolic schools and not belive in the overall message. It could also be a hard issue for our children as we would not go to church and I can see the other kids asking why/ parents being judgmental, and overall really not fitting in, as i know from experience on how catholics around that area act."
We don't have any private schools in my town (and very few nationwide). I had the option to send my daughter to 4 different schools, one of which is a Catholic Public school which my nephew attends. We chose to send our daughter to an Enviro School as it sat best with our views. I had issues with the Catholic school as we are atheists and didn't want our children to be exposed to their teachings. It is a very personal (family) thing choosing a school and the main issues are really whether you would be comfortable with your children asking religious questions and if you could commit to attending mass on Easter & Christmas (as most catholic schools expect this), I personally couldn't do that so that automatically ruled out the catholic school here for us.
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Some of the best. The catholic religion is not all about turning the other cheek when you get slapped on the right. Just read the bible. It's exclusive and there is just as much retribution and punishment as there is 'healing & kindness'.
But I guess the catholic religion per se is not the subject of the thread but rather would the OP put his children in a school where education is perceived as better but goes against what he may buy into.
"Me and my wife are no longer religious and do not want to give money to the church, and have our children indoctrinated. I feel it would be very hyproctirical to send our kids to cahtolic schools and not belive in the overall message. It could also be a hard issue for our children as we would not go to church and I can see the other kids asking why/ parents being judgmental, and overall really not fitting in, as i know from experience on how catholics around that area act."
Oh shit...there I go again giving my opinion based on my personal experiences!!!! Damn me!!!
Wait...wasn't that what the OP was asking for?
And what I was referring to was a lack of true diversity at some of those private schools.