revisiting children's books has taken up much of my time as of late, as I have not been able to get to the library, so I flip through books that I owned from previous times. One of these books was the Percy Jackson title, I noticed how many morals they manage to cram into these books. MAny of which seemingly are all standards long ago seemingly thought to be ethical. But out of all the ideas viewed in the books, "follow your heart, do what is right, don't lie, etc., one thought disturbed me greatly; how could all of these morals be followed, as in, some of these rules do not always work in real life, don't lie, for instance, you should be able to lie to protect loved ones, spare feelings, etc. Also, could these techniques be used to alter what children believe, some lessons of course are universal, but what about more cultural standards?
I was also wondering about the religious views of children's books. Could a book have religious tones to it, and if so, is that okay. I believe it is. In books such as chronicles of Narnia, and A Wrinkle in Time Christian beliefs are mentioned, but it is not as if they are being forced upon children. I believe that only when ideas are trying to embed themselves in peoples minds, and trying to erase all other beliefs, they should be eliminated. Not that I'm at all for religion being taught in schools, as history or anything else, as it is a group of peoples beliefs and not fact that are dealt with in religion.
I don't know if its possible for science to exist with religion, however, I feel a Wrinkle in Time does a nice job holding the two together. in my eyes (THIS IS AN OPINION) religion should be examined but not taught.
(and I didn't post this on thurs. because blogger wasn't working - whyyyyyy?)
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