I'm a big believer in the tonic power of ridicule. E.g., consider the news item below -- why doesn't Harvard also add a survey course on witchcraft to really give students a well-rounded POV? What superstition of any nature merits is contempt and plenty of it.
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Reason and Faith at Harvard
By John I. Jenkins and Thomas Burish Monday, October 23, 2006
What should a properly educated college graduate of the early 21st century know?
A Harvard curriculum committee proposed an answer to that question this month, stating that, among other things, such a graduate should know "the role of religion in contemporary, historical, or future events -- personal, cultural, national, or international."
To that end, the committee recommended that every Harvard student be required, as part of his or her general education, to take one course in an area that the committee styled "Reason and Faith."
Whether that becomes policy remains to be seen, but the significance of the recommendation should not be understated. Harvard is the drum major of American higher education: Where it leads, others follow. And if Harvard says taking a course in religion is necessary to be an educated person, it's a good bet that many other colleges and universities will soon make the same discovery. ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/22/AR2006102200714_pf.html>
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Carl
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