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 ...
LORD, GOD, PLEASE KEEP ALL FOLKS OF ANY GOOD HEARTEDNESS AT ALL FAR AWAY FROM SUCH PEOPLE AND PLACES.
SHEESH.
INCREDIBLE.
THANKS FOR THE PING.
JUDGMENT IS CERTAINLY AT THE DOOR.
Many of us remember when education In America was actually education.
**Schools claim Lucifer as model and guardian**
What?
Lord, have mercy! Christ, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!
This is very much like the video I saw of little children chanting, "Alpha! Omega! Obama Messiah!"
“I’m kind of surprised that this isn’t an official statement from the DNC.”
Even if not stated, they do act it out pretty well, don’they?
IMHO
Thanks for the ping!
This speaks for itself, don’t you think?
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Ahriman is the Zoroastrian leader of the forces of Darkness as opposed to the Creator God and leader of the forces of light Ahura-Mazda. At first glance it sounds like this guy identifies Lucifer (’the light bearer’) with Ahura-Mazda, and it sounds really whacked out.
We have a Zoroastrian Freeper somewhere, wonder if he will find and comment on this.
Worse than us Papists, huh Quix?
True True . . . uhhhh . . . than SOME . . .
some seem top be into such things, too.
Horribly.
Wow.
You can’t make this stuff up.
Government schools have never been successful. Their foundation has **always** been corrupt. Please follow my reasoning.
1) Modern government schools ( opened in the mid-1800s to early 1900s) have ***ALWAYS** been socialist-funded and government owned and run. If children attend socialist schools they learn to be comfortable with taking money from their neighbor. Gee! If the government can use its police threat to take school taxes from their neighbor, why not use police threat to take money for a thousand other wants and needs? ( Is a “duh” necessary?)
2)While the first schools may have offered a lukewarm and generic Protestantism, by the turn of the last century they were essentially godless in their worldview with a sprinkle of scripture and prayer in the morning. ( We know what Christ does with the lukewarm. He spits them out of His mouth!)I will admit that this godlessness was tempered by having mostly Christian teachers, but today they are utterly godless in their worldview. If children attend godless schools they WILL learn to think godlessly! At best they will learn to compartmentalize their faith, or believe that it is something shameful to be hidden like a bathroom activity.
3) Finally, if children attend government owned and run schools and are **compelled** by law to use them, they will learn to be comfortable with government owning their LIVES and possibly even their SOULS! They learn to be comfortable with government compulsion and police threat. Is it any wonder that 51% of the nation voted for Obama? Is it any wonder that Americans saw Franklin D. Roosevelt as a redeemer and savior?
With in one to three generations of children schooled in socialist-funded, government owned and run schools, that were either lukewarm in their Protestant worldview or even godless, we had:
** the federal reserve
** the IRS
** Woodrow Wilson
** usurpation of large tracts of state land for federal parks
** feminism
** unions
** the failed “One World” League of Nations
** FDR's New Deal
** the abominable U.N.
** Johnson's Great Society
** the abolishment of the gold standard.
Government schools have NEVER been successful.
Please, metmom, please read post #34.
While I will agree that the teaching methods may have been more effective, the very foundation upon which government schools are built is, and always has been, corrupt.
I loved reading biographies when I was in grade school. George Washington Carver was one of my heroes. He was an incredible man. I’d like to read a “grownup” biography of him.
Good points, sadly.
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