"GO FOR THE THROAT, WE MUST START FIGHTING LIBERALISM AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT IS RIGHT...THINK ABOUT WHAT LIBERALISM HAS BROUGHT US SERIOUSLY!!"
I don't know the specific so maybe there is someanti-Christian bias at work in this particular case.
But in general - science is not liberalism and Christian schools should meet the same academic standards as other schools.
Agreed the Creationism/Intelligence Design mythology is damaging the academic credibility of otherwise excellent Christian schools.
"But in general - science is not liberalism and Christian schools should meet the same academic standards as other schools."
"Most of the nations hundreds of Christian colleges, with their rigorous academic standards, routinely outperform state universities.
Christian home schoolers win the national spelling bees year after year. In a 2003 article entitled God on the Quad, the Boston Globe described how well Christian Evangelical students are doing on New Englands liberal elite university campuses."
Quoted from Rabbi Daniel lapin in this recent post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1519058/posts
Do SAT/ACT tests have questions about faith? If you do well on your tests, it shouldn't matter whether you believe in Jesus or Santa Claus. Plus if you do well on your tests, you can pretty much pick your college.
If a college rejects you because of your faith in Jesus, that would be great sign to go to a Christian college.
Maybe, I'm missing the point.
Sincerely
When the UC system stops giving credit for some of the ethnic studies courses taken by high school students, I will take this kind of argument seriously. Even if the Christian high-school courses have low academic value--and I don't know the answer to that one way or the other--the Univ. is engaging in viewpoint discrimination by giving credit for one second-rate course but denying credit for another.
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Oops.. you forgot the "or else" part. That's what's involved here, a mandatory standard with the UC as the approved reviewer about everything a child knows or thinks. If it becomes the standard of the UC now, it'll be the standard of every major University or College in five years.
You may not be too upset if these foolish, semi-literate Christian fundamentalists who believe in "intelligent design" and will simply not acknowlege the wisdom of their betters, get theirs. It's about time, right?
Well, what about teaching economics from a Marxist perspective? How about US history from a leftist, anti-Western perspective? How about a US history who defines Reagan, Bush, and other conservative Presidents as outlaws? If the UC can use "curriculim" to force secular-humanism down the throat of every child in California, why should they stop there?
Your pro-"evolution is the only science" bias is short sighted.
SFS
They have met the same standard.
They had ADDED material of interest to them as a Christian school. They have not SUBTRACTED anything.
Also, please note the article's statement: "Young....With stellar grades, competitive test scores and an impressive list of extracurricular activities."
In other words, he has high SAT and ACT scores. That means that his education was just fine when compared with others.
I think some may think science is liberalism.
Assuming you mean public schools, why would a private school lower itself to the lowest possible common denominator?
Public schools are enthralled by the likes of the NEA, ACLU and other liberal organization who have openly declared war on Christianity. There's nothing different about Christianity in this country in perhaps over 200 years of it's existence, except perhaps a better understanding of what it takes to be a Christian by today's standards.
That being said, the relationship between the state funded school and the private school should not be altered because of a recently tainted view of Christian education.
I will say it plainly. ANY private Christian school is superior to a public school. There should be no issue here, the only existing issue is one of anti-Christian hatred.
Why dumb them down, too?
My brother in law works at NIH, he's a scientist reseracher with several advanced degrees and he is a creationist.