Will they never learn?

Theists - damn them all. Various "church groups" - those particular theist nutters who describe themselves as Christians - have been calling for an enforcement of the law requiring schools to provide a collective act of (Christian, obviously) worship. It seems to be fairly lax amongst secondary schools (thank god...), and they want it tightened up. It will, apparently, be good for the spiritual health of children. I may have asked before, but I shall ask again, and will keep asking - how can it be good for any form of their health for them to sit listening to fairy stories, presented as though they were true, and be told that they mustn't question them, or ask for any sort of supporting evidence whatsoever (look what happened to Doubting Thomas! What a terrible man he was...)
How on earth is that good for anyone? And, more than ever, we live in age in which various flavours of loons are willing to blow up other people who don't share their superstitions. Yet, still, people persist in trying to breed more of them, by brainwashing children. Is there a greater stupidity than that?
On a related note, I notice that a television programme called "The Convent" is being advertised, in which various women go to escape earthly pressure, seeking something "more spiritual" - presumably biblical superstition drip-fed to them. A similar programme was aired last year, featuring men in a monastery. Now seeking greater enlightenment is all very admirable, but do they really think they'll find it by shutting themselves away from the world, listening to people who shut themselves away from the world, and probably aren't aware of any writers after Thomas Aquinas? If you want enlightenment, go out. Meet other people. Travel. See how life is lived. Don't hide from it, shielding yourself from painful reality with comfortable lies. That's not enlightenment, it's delusion.