It is a bad thing , because those that need it most students in religious schools are not shielded from this pseudoinformation . Freedom of religion means the freedom of an individual to make an informed choice . It is not a parental right to indoctrinate . It should be banned from teaching in any school . Or , perhaps even better I think , is that it should be discussed in science class . The hypothesis of creation of man from claydirt is excellent material in science class to demonstrate that science looks both for evidence and tries to disprove an hypothesis . Highly recommended . BertAnd when it comes to RE , teaching the world religions isn ' t enough . Teachers have to explain that they can ' t all be true , and that at least some of them must have been made up by man . Then the mechanisms by which these religions persist should be discussed . All very educational . As long as this isn ' t taught in school , we should take it on ourselves to reach the youth and make sure they know this .