I always read with interest what Jesús Mª Osés writes, Full Professor of Sociology. I financial aid to think and I usually go to agreement with him. I have read with interest his article on "Peleas de dioses" of February 23 and it has helped me to think, but there are three things I do not agree with agreement.

The first is that it invites the Government of Navarra to assume the ideological direction of the Education, deciding what is teachable or not, what is scientific or not, and what is common to all or not. And he concludes that "the more the common is hidden in favor of the particular in state institutions, the closer we are to chaos". To avoid being boring, it is enough to point out that this argument, without thinking about it, invites us to turn society into a farm, where everything is the same for everyone. And, moreover, it is graciously granted to the four-party government, which has little in common, the task of deciding what is common. But what is proper in a society of people is precisely that the personality of each one is respected and promoted, saving what is necessary for the common good. This is precisely liberal democracy, very different from the popular socialist democracies, where everything was common except for those who ruled. What is proper to an authentic democracy is to increase as much as possible the space of personal freedoms in thought, religion, opinions, and even in soccer teams.

The second point that deserves to be rethought is to declare that only "science" can be taught in the classroom. I am a great supporter of the sciences, but that is why I perceive the great limits they have when dealing with human affairs. If only science were taught at class, it would not be possible to teach that it is ugly to lie or that it is not right to steal, that it is better not to pick one's nose, that human rights exist, that democracy is a good political system, that it is nice to play the violin or what the Olentzero means. In passing, Jesús Mª Osés assumes that religions, and specifically the Christian religion, do not have reasons. But in this he is perhaps carried away by enlightened prejudices that are no longer sustainable. The Christian religion has many reasons, even if they are not "scientific", they are human and moral reasons. For example, it is perfectly reasonable to maintain that the world was created by a God out of nothing. And, on the other hand, it is quite unthinkable and without any scientific evidence, to say that the world has made itself out of nothing. In any case, the Government of Navarre has no competence to decide what is the solution to this precious enigma, because, on this point, as on all others, it is at the service of the freedom of citizens to think what they want, as long as they respect the common good.

The third point is to assume that, because they are of different religions, kids are going to hit each other on the playground. In reality, kids hit each other over things like soccer, girlfriends, misgivings and nationalisms. And it's the same with adults. It is very rare that they hit each other outside the church, but they hit each other outside a soccer match, a discotheque, a strike or a demonstration. The enlightened cliché was that religion generates violence. But statistics scientifically prove that religious people are less violent than non-religious people. And, if we want a historical demonstration, suffice it to say that the Christian religion has hardly shown any signs of violence for three hundred years. But in the twentieth century, what has generated tides of violence have been atheistic socialisms building farms. The National Socialists killed some six million Jews. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics killed more than forty-five million of their defenseless citizens. And we do not count those killed by the Chinese, Cambodian, Vietnamese and Cuban socialists stabbing their own. In Navarre itself, the socialist and nationalist terrorism of ETA has left many dead in the last fifty years. But the Christian religion has not. I am sure that Jesus Mª Osés, who is a wise man and can verify it, will be at agreement.