Tuesday, May 04, 2004
Today, I read a news story how there is a movement in the Southern Baptist Convention to have their members pull their children out of public schools and either home school them or send them to religious schools. The resolution, which may or may not (I suspect not this year, but watch it grow as a movement within the SBC), can be read here.
Their reasoning is that the school system is turning their believing children into non-believers just because of the environment of the school is officially and angressively Godless.
Bruce Shortt, one of the sponsors of the resolution, says this about public educationa in America: "The issue is this, the government schools are killing our children morally, spiritually and academically. The question we confront as Christian parents is, how dead do we want our children to be?" (see the rest of this story here)
The resolution is an example of the split facing our country between those who favor a truly secularized society where you are asked to check your personal beliefs at the door and only espouse the official beliefs the public are allowed when you are in the public sphere, or one where what you truly believe is what you are 24/7. We are far from resolving how to deal with both these views in this country.
Their reasoning is that the school system is turning their believing children into non-believers just because of the environment of the school is officially and angressively Godless.
Bruce Shortt, one of the sponsors of the resolution, says this about public educationa in America: "The issue is this, the government schools are killing our children morally, spiritually and academically. The question we confront as Christian parents is, how dead do we want our children to be?" (see the rest of this story here)
The resolution is an example of the split facing our country between those who favor a truly secularized society where you are asked to check your personal beliefs at the door and only espouse the official beliefs the public are allowed when you are in the public sphere, or one where what you truly believe is what you are 24/7. We are far from resolving how to deal with both these views in this country.
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