Posted on 08/18/2010 5:29:50 AM PDT by IbJensen
While a California school district is seeing a boom in interest in a controversial educational philosophy that goes back more than 100 years, at the same time it's fighting a lawsuit over whether the system is legal in public schools.
California's capital city offers two Waldorf-inspired public schools -- John Morse Waldorf Methods School (K-8), and the high school George Washington Carver School of Arts and Sciences. The Sacramento City Unified School District now is facing a trial in federal court on allegations that those schools are religious, making them ineligible to receive taxpayer dollars.
The lawsuit, filed in 1998 by the group People for Legal and Nonsectarian Schools, is just now making it to trial after several appeals. In an interview with The Sacramento Bee, the president of PLANS uses phrases like "cult-like religious sect" and "new-age religion" to describe the activities at the schools.
Dr. Bruce Shortt, author of The Harsh Truth about Public Schools, explains to OneNewsNow that the Waldorf system is based on a dangerous philosophy called "anthroposophy" from the writings of 19th-century Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner.
Bruce Shortt (Exodus Mandate)"And in those writings he basically posits that the universe is driven by conflict between Lucifer and the god of darkness called 'Ahriman' -- and his educational philosophy is built around that conflict," says Shortt. "...In fact, in his view Christ came to earth as a 'son god' to balance the forces of light and darkness."
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"As a matter of fact, quoting from the guide, it says 'most of what contributes to our work as teachers -- preparation work, artistic work, even meditative work -- is under the guardianship of Lucifer. We can become great teachers under his supervision....' And it continues in that vein."
(Excerpt) Read more at onenewsnow.com ...
Always suspected that Lucifer was the guardian angel of “Progressive Education”.
Guess I was right.
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This is news? I guess this school is just a little more up front about it.
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Lucifer has successfully worked himself into no longer being at all controversial. I suppose this shouldn’t be surprising.
Those of us in the Democrat Party are way beyond and above a weak belief in Christianity.
We are brilliant, savy, all-knowing and without fault.
We are able to come to conclusions in an instant and process information much more quickly than you
cattle-morons in flyover country.
We are worthy of ruling the world and will do so.
We are the future.
/SARCASM/
IMHO
Lucifer/Islam/Liberation Theology... whats the difference?
I bet Dr. Carver is turning in his grave to see his name attached to such an un-Christian undertaking . . .
This is no way to “enlighten” the students.
Harvard or Yale?..............
Yes you were right. Dead right. Too bad these people lost the fear and knowledge that they are playing with eternal fire.
Here's what I found:
11 It includes statements about Lucifer and Aramen and 12 everything that the schools do, their meditative work, is all 13 under the guardianship of Lucifer. It's been quoted in the 14 summary judgment motions and we believe that that is 15 admissible based on the discovery responses of the defendants 16 and as an adoptive admission.
I mean, they just come right out and say it.
That's actually kinda refreshing, y'know? No more deception.
You gotta see this one.
Saul Alinsky dedicated his book “Rules for Radicals” to lucifer.
imama obama and hillary clinton were/are big diciples of Alinsky.
nuff said.
I thought Ahriman was a Pokemon.
Dr. Carver’s birthday is the one that should be celebrated!
Without his knowledge, Jimmie Kahtah would be a sharecropper.
We are brilliant, savy, all-knowing and without fault.
We are able to come to conclusions in an instant and process information much more quickly than you
cattle-morons in flyover country.
We are worthy of ruling the world and will do so.
We are the future.*
I'm kind of surprised that this isn't an official statement from the DNC.
I’m confused, I always thought ‘Ahriman’ translated into “al gore” or “Michael Moore”
;-)
Our betters, the Elites, deem religion a silly relic of our knuckle-dragging past. This is yet another effort aimed at mocking believers.
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