I'm all for discussing it. Got nothing against the mother or the way she wants to raise her child *shrug* though this suddenly coming up is a bit puzzling. As far as I know, it's not a fire-and-brimstone teacher that's triggered it. I've sat in on group time in the class before. Mostly little kid's bible songs, Zaccheus, the B-I-B-L-E etc, some simplified and pretty non-partial discussion of bible stories like Noah's ark or Daniel in the lion's den and a short prayer before eating. It's three year olds after all you can't get into too complicated discussions at that age.

I guess though I take the attitude of why should being exposed to a particular religion (not having it crammed down their throats of course...don't agree with that) bother anyone if they don't believe in it? Atheism doesn't particularly offend me, though I don't believe in it. I think I'd rather not shelter my kid from knowing about religious beliefs early on since he or she'll grow up and have friends from various religious and non-religious backgrounds anyways. I look at it as more along the lines of learning about various cultures, it helps the child be more aware of the diversity of the world around them. And at that age I'd like to see a child exposed to the positive aspects of various beliefs first since they'll learn soon enough about the negatives when they grow older and are able to understand things better.