[wintertime]

It is impossible for any sentient person to be religion-free. It is also impossible for any school to be religion free. Why? Reason: It is impossible to have a philosophic vacuum. Religion, being impossible to prove scientifically, is entirely based upon belief. Only three states exist: God exists, God does not exist, or one is not sure. Each philosophic state is a religious belief since none can be proven to be true or false.

Therefore:

ALL government schools in this nation are by law **godless** in their philosophic worldview. All subject matter is taught as though god does not exist. This has profoundly non-neutral religious consequences for the students and for the parents who must deal with these consequences when the children come home from school.

So....Yes, I am very much against government schooling because it is **impossible** for government schools to be religiously, politically, or culturally neutral. The government **forces** the taxpayer to pay for a religious worldview that is abhorrent to many. For those who can not afford the extra cost of private or home schooling, the government forces attendance in it religiously non-neutral and atheistic institutions. However... if the government were to sponsor schools with a God-centered worldview, that, as well, would be abhorrent to many and have just as many non-neutral religious consequences.

Yes, I strongly object to government K-12 schools because they are a First Amendment and freedom of conscience abomination!

Also...I am not convinced that very much learning happens in a typical institutional school. When I ask people who have academically successful children what their home lives are like, these parents and children are doing **everything** I did, and my children did, as homeschoolers. I conclude that most of what a child learns happens in the home through the efforts of his parents and the child himself. I conclude that the only thing the typical institutional school does is send home a curriculum for the parents and child to follow.

[Gabz]

I really don’t give a flying flip what you conclude. I disagree with you.

You have an opinion, something we all have, and you choose to utilize your opinion to attack others who disagree with you. You are no better than those attacking people who are questioning their congresscritters.

When you start answering direct questions posed to you, your opinion will be considered. Until such time, you will remain in the ranks of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.