Iron: "This is what happens when we entrust left-wing kids with low uais to be the guardians of truth and knowledge"
This disgusts me. How can you actually think you're more righteous than anyone else here if you spread such hate?
The VIC education system are not denying the existence of God. They're saying there's no proof. They're teaching facts. Given that there are people alive today who undertake Christian religious practices I'd say it's obvious that faith is involved - I'm sure that's the answer Victorian school teachers will give when a curious student asks why so many people believe in something without material proof.
I think the most important step Australians can take to move our country toward one in which everyone - children, specifically - have freedom of religion is to properly explain National holidays to children. For instance:
"What is Christmas?"
"Well, Christians believe that a man, named Jesus, came down from heaven and died so that humans could live. Christmas is a Chirstian celebration of the birth of Jesus, and as our country has Christian roots we celebrate it as a nation, though for people who are not religious it is more a celebration of family and love."
This is how things are, in reality. If people can be educated about religion without being pushed into or away from particular religions, we all win. People accept each other and we can coexist. Ideally, our national holidays would be Australia Day and New Year's, leaving religious people free to celebrate their own sacred events, of course. However, our country's roots and the sentimental, somewhat biased nature of our government (and citizenship) forbid this.
Call me a hippie, call me left wing, attempt to insult me, Iron. I don't care. Come back to the whole of reality, not just the internet, and accept that not everyone shares your beliefs and are not of lesser moral standard than you are. Children have ample opportunity to learn about religion outside school, and just as church and state should be separate in a functional government, religion has no place in the public education system.
...once all the states follow Victoria's lead, perhaps we'll be able to give marriage back to the church and civil unions can become the standard. Everyone deserves the right to love - but that's another argument for another day, i guess.
For now, spread the love. Stop hating.
