"It was not their fault."

My ire wasn't directed at the pupils, but the gooners who think religion should be taught in science lessons; whomever they are. Hence my sentence underneath; kids deserve the chance to get off the right foot in life and form their own opinions either way. Science in science classes, religion in RE. The only way you defeat ignorance and superstition is by education. Arm people with the facts and the techniques to make up their own mind on things. After that, it's up to them.

For what it's worth, I think philosophy should be taught in schools in all years. We are not encouraged to question enough in school and challenge ideas in a creative and considered manner. People need to engage in some form of philosophical enquire about what they and others are and are doing; which is as true for science as it is the rest of life.