The most sensitive period of their developmental age, when the kids are supposed to be taught to question everything and nourish their reasoning skills, they are taught that God created the world in seven days — that the human race did not evolve from apes through millions of years, rather it came from the amorous congress between two God-made humans, named Adam and Eve. And if you ask why? The answers of the uneducated primordial teachers would be that the scriptures say so. And now if you ask, can’t the scriptures be wrong — do I have to take these stories literally? They would lash out with rage and shout at you — how dare you question the scriptures! Every single word in it is true. There is no greater truth than the truth of these sacred texts. . Abhijit Naskar
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In this quote, the author is speaking about the way that education has been shaped by religion, and how it has been used to teach children to fear questioning. In many schools around the world, the Bible is used as a textbook. The stories of Adam and Eve being made from clay and being told by God what to do have been used throughout history to teach children that they should believe unquestioningly everything that they are told, without questioning. If they question what they are being taught, they are punished, which shows how important it is for a child to follow what they are taught.

It is not important for a child to question why the text exists or why it is being taught to them. All that matters is that they learn all of the information that is necessary for their test at the end of the year.

Source: The Education Decree

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