On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:35:51 -0800, ZeroPoint wrote:
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> It has come as quite a surprise to some parents when they learned
> the extent to which the teaching of evolution permeates the school
> courses.
These are the same parents who would find it surprising that the Earth is
not flat, and the Sun does not revolve around an Earth at the center of
the Universe.
> They may have taken for granted that, since they believed the
> Bible, their children would also accept what the Scriptures say about
> God and his creating of the earth and living things upon it. But when
> the school puts forth more effort to emphasize evolution than the
> parents do to give reasons for belief in creation, it is not difficult
> to see which viewpoint will more deeply influence the child. (Prov.
> 22:6; Deut. 6:4-9)
If you want to cripple your child's ability to think by infecting them
with religious beliefs, that is, unfortunately, your right. Don't expect
the public schools to be your willing accomplice.
> If you are a parent, do you take time at the
> beginning of each school term to examine the textbooks that your
> children will be using so you know what they are going to be taught?
> Doing so would show your deep concern for their welfare. Then, if you
> do find that the textbooks advocate evolution, what can you do about
> it? You can, of course, tell your child what you believe, and you
> should. But, to be truly persuasive, you may find that you need to
> read and discuss together certain ****tions of the school textbook,
> making sure that your child understands why the various theories in
> sup****t of evolution are in error and what the facts are that sup****t
> belief in creation.
>
IOW, teach them that the mythology of Bronze Age goat herders trumps all
of the scientific progress that has been made in the last 400 years. Then
wonder why they grow up and can't work a job more demanding than chief fry
cook.
> An examination of current school textbooks shows that, in the earlier
> grades in many localities, any direct mention of the term "evolution"
> is rare. But the books may comment on early life forms that they say
> developed in the sea "billions of years ago" and "prehistoric"
> dinosaurs that lived "millions of years in the past." As the years
> pass, more details are given. In sup****t of evolution, they point
> prominently to bones that have been unearthed and to fossils of living
> things in the rocks. These books also emphasize mutations, or changes
> in heredity, coupled with natural selection as the means by which new
> species came into existence. Your child may be given the impression
> that this has been well established by scientific research, and that,
> while he is free to believe in creation if that is what he chooses,
> all the facts sup****t evolution.
Yes, that is correct.
> In order to reason clearly on the
> matter, your child needs your assistance. He is in the world, exposed
> to its viewpoints, so he needs to learn to examine facts, reason
> sensibly and draw sound conclusions.--Prov. 5:1, 2.
Teaching your children to believe fairy tales in preference to science
would be child abuse, IMO. It offends me that the USA is rapidly on its
way to becoming a "3rd world" nation, due, in large part, to the rise of
religious fundamentalism, and anti-intellectualism.
--
MarkA
(My OTHER sig line is clever)
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