A majority of Britons in a Huffington Post survey concluded that religion “does more harm than good,” and 60 percent described themselves as “not religious at all.” Another recent survey showed that twice as many Britons believe in ghosts as believe in God.

Nonetheless, in Britain there are numerous ” faith” schools, where religion is the principle subject taught.  Some moslem and jewish schools apparently operate under the radar, segregating the children from society and keeping them busy from early morning to early evening.  And they learn? Only about their own religion – science, for instance, is disturbing for them, and could raise too many awkward questions.  The government has decreed that these schools have to teach about one additional religion for the sake of perspective, a move that has been furiously opposed by the control freaks  who are brainwashing the poor children (and poor they are likely to remain).

Missing in all this is any requirement that schools should teach children about humanism, let alone the teachings of Epicurus and the whole body of nontheistical thought through history.  Schools are not being allowed to teach Judeism with Humanism, for instance.  The majority of the non-religious are, in my opinion, right in giving up belief in the supernatural, but still need moral and ethical standards of behaviour.  This is what Epicureanism is about and what this blog attempts, in a modest way,  to help supply.   People need to believe in something outside themselves.  They do not need control freaks to tell them what to do and take their money while they are doing it.  Schools should be for education, for teaching people to learn and to think for themselves.