Would you send your kids to a catholic school if you were an athiest?
I am a strong athiest. I look down upon people who are religious. I cant help it. I think they're deluded retards.
My wife is from a catholic background. she was a prefect and sports captain at her school and it's a sister school to where my son is a possible to go to. We have a chance to get him in as there is a strong family connection and history there (from her side) and her mother is active in the P&C etc. Its very good acidemically and sportingly. It's boys only. I have to admit its a good school with a strong old boys network, great rep, culture and facilities. Only trouble is I can't get past the religous thing. They will have to do religous studies etc. Even now if he mentions god etc I look at him in horror and wonder whose child he is, where he got it from etc.when i think of him as an adult i think id rather him be gay (in a non mincing, non promiscuous, no show tune, normal in all respects other than gay) than strongly religous. I just couldn't handle my child believing in such crap. I dont know anyone or respect or admire anyone religous. Like I can't have the TV in our house on home and away, even if im not watching. It just fkn shxts me. It annoys me that the pixels are being contorted into that utter crxp. I fell the same way about religon. Before you call me narrow minded etc. I dont see and catholics in a hurry to send their kids to a muslim or jewish school or vice versa. The desire for your children to share your beliefs is very strong, thats why these denomonational schools exist.

One of the main reasons is the hypocrocy. He will be learning about jebus/ he sus/ whatever from the same teachers that say drugs are bad etc. And yet hell come home and I'll say theyre all a bunch of deluded child molestering wierdos so disregard all they say about religion, but BTW drugs are still bad. It just seems like an awful lot of unneccesary conflict to inflict on the boy. Also im not a fan of the all boy thing. It doesnt reflect society and stems froma perverted belief that sex is dirty and wrong.

But the school is very good and we have the choce of there or a half decent state school ( I just have to line up from four in the morning to get in because not zoned) but not quite as good probably as the catholic one.

Perhaps also oddly I dont have as much qualms about my daughter. She is far shallower and less complex, and it wouldnt worry me at all for her to go to thee same school as her mum. it would be water off a ducks back for her.

Anyone else had this dilemma? I realise its very much a perspective thing. If you are/ from a catholic or religous background, you are much more inclined to say its fine. Im not.