I'm a 6th grade Social Studies teacher.  The topic of religion as a part of culture comes up all the time.  Today during a discussion of Greek myths, a student (a 12 year-old girl with a sweet smile) asked me if I believed in god.  I paused and said, "Well, sure." I felt that I was having a discussion with a child about Santa or the Easter Bunny.  I didn't want to be the one to tell the child tha…