Hmmm... some good points.
The question next on my list of 'what ifs' is if the basics of humane spirituality (as opposed to religion) can not be taught in school, where will it be learned? at the knee of an intolerant society that justifies religious conflict? a society that thrives on the Us vs. Them? I agree that it is not just an american issue, (neither was I implying that it was, just curious of the educational parameters) but doesn't it have to start somewhere? Why can we not look at the future without imposing blinders and religious bindings on it? Perhaps the idealist in me can't let go of a desire to see a humanitarian future and one of the ways I see a possibility is through education. If we can't approach it in school (by grade 4 they are learning about sex and drugs) and start with our future citizens... where can we start?
Your comments about qualified teachers is valid, but if it is something learned by new teachers with parameters like any other subject .... Minimum of 4 years teaching collage up here before you can even consider entering a classroom professionally, who's to say the future can not hold spirituality in their training as well. I don't know, this is one of those things that has so many pitfalls and tangents that people don't even want to consider it ... but in my opinion it shouldn't be completely dismissed either.
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