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Religious education - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1427 words) |
 | In secular usage, religious education is the teaching of a particular religion and its varied aspects —its beliefs, doctrines, rituals, customs, rites, and personal roles. |
 | In Western and secular culture, religious education implies a type of education which largely separate from academia, and which (generally) regards religious belief as a fundamental tenet and operating modality, as well as a prerequisite condition of attendance. |
 | Religious teachers usually move on a weekly or monthly circuit, staying as guests in private houses in exchange for teaching. |
| Atheist Alliance International (1587 words) |
 | Blind religious mania is a rising threat to society. |
 | Religious zealots, not content with self-regulation, seek to censor the reading and viewing choices of all of us. |
 | Most atheists, entangled as we are in a religious culture, are only vaguely aware of its impact -- as when we are made to feel impolite for expressing doubt about the supernatural. |