Education

I have always stop short of explaining the ultimate question: Who are we? This bears to the core of education. There are a few conventional methods 1) Science 2) Intelligent Design 3) Religion.

Capitalist education often focused on the first. They do not intend to mix Science with religion nor do they intend to imbue religion into their education cirriculum. Therefore the idea of Intelligent Design is not widely taught. Religious education are available in capitalist countries but they remain separate from mainstream education. and even when taught in conventional schools, the cirriculum or modules are separte from conventional academic ones. In other words, science is science and religion is religion: that much is clear in most education cirriculum.

When then is the difference in the three. The first teaches one to use observable and measurable data to deduce and induce conclusions. It assumes that everything can be observed: touch, taste, heard or smell. It believes therefore that everything is knowable.

Intelligent Design imbues both science and other-worldly bodies together. It believes that the created is created by an Intelligent Creator of which is not knowable but yet it's methods are consistent and knowable. Therefore to a certain degree, it is agnostic in nature.

The third one focuses on religious education. Knowlege is therefore obtained from traditions, culture and rituals. It therefore focuses much on character, devotion and respect in education and therefore continuity in culture and traditions is at the forefront as opposed to knowledge in the conventional sense per se. Knowledge in the first method is available but it is subordinated to that of it's religious character and therefore is taught as a separate cirriculum.

The first and the third is the most prevalent in most countries: 1) in more Westernized countries 3) in most Islamic countries. The second one I believe is only adopted in very few countries and only little pockets. The capitalist method often adopt the first and keep the second as an alternative and the third as an option for it's minority groups. Islamic countries with a capitalist bent keep the third as priroity and the the first as a required cirriculum. The second one exist perhaps in the markets like Islamic Finance but definitely not in education.

Separation of conventional education from that of religious education is well-advised as the second one would face the problem of where does the religion and science ends and stop.

But keeping them too far apart, runs the risk of educating and encouraging narcissim and egotism while in most cases, science is often used as an economic instrument while religion is used as method of character building and culture continuity hence they ultimately faced different ends. The means and modes of delivery perhaps remains relatively similar. Hence one could say, education is ultimately a means to an end, and really not an end itself. The reason is very simple and has been timeless: religion could be used to rule everyone.