Reply #30: Would you believe I had this in Sunday School class? [View All]

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And it was fascinating and enlightening.

I'm an atheist now, but back in the day...
When I was a teen, we had a really cool Sunday School class and a really cool guy teaching it. I was in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) which is a pretty middle-of-the-road denomination, not a holy roller bunch by any stretch.

Our teacher was a young attorney (30s?), very hip, and he could really talk to us on our level.

One year he suggested we learn about other religions. I think we pretty much kept it to other faiths in our area. We studied about the various beliefs and then took field trips to other congregations and talked with their leaders.

I remember visiting a synagogue, a Catholic church, and a Mormon church. Those were about the only other choices in 50s Birmingham, AL. It was interesting to learn how our beliefs differed and how they were the same. It was not on a 'better-worse' or 'right-wrong' basis.
The whole exercise was pretty even-handed as I remember.
It was a good program.