You said,
—Government schools are godless in their worldview.
Answer:
I agree that, taken as a whole, schools are godless. But so is the world, if taken as a whole. Scripture confirms this.
You said,
—Children who attend these schools must think and reason godlessly just to cooperate in the godless classroom. How could it possibly be otherwise?
Answer:
I disagree. Children who attend here may be encouraged to “think and reason” godlessly (maybe they are really being encouraged not to think), but they don’t HAVE to think this way. There have been many instances in the media where we see teachers clamping down on Christian thought, but that does not happen in my classroom (or in the classroom of any bible-believing, spirit-filled Christian educator). I understand that public schools are, by and large, antithetical to godliness. I get it. So is the world. What should a Christian do? Withdraw? That’s not what the Great Commission challenges us to do.
You said,
— Rational Opinion: I think that is an evil thing for a teacher to do a child.
Answer:
To teach a child to be godless is evil, yes.
You said,
—Rational Opinion: If Christians really cared about the eternal souls of children they would be doing everything legally and peacefully possible to close down the government school abominations and provide children with spiritually healthy alternatives.
Answer:
Any proposals? Without them, this is naive, wishful thinking. You blame the Christian educator for exacerbating the situation, rather than withdrawing from these schools. I should think a Christian would praise God for there being ANY KIND of Christian influence in our public schools, while “the rest of us” (meaning you and your like-minded brethren, wintertime) figure out a way to transition these failing institutions into ones that work and which allow for the teaching of Christ as an essential part of the educational process (”The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.”)
You said,
—Rational Opinion: A Christian working in a government school is like a Christian working in an abortuary, except the eternal risks for the child who is taught to think and reason godlessly is infinitely worse!
Answer:
This sounds good, but it is patently faulty logic. Of those that enter abortion clinics, half do not come out. Ever. Of those that enter a public school building, unless they meet with some physical death, they all come out...and they all have the opportunity to hear the Gospel and be saved. While they may not be getting prepared spiritually to meet the Lord (unless, perhaps, they’ve had a Christian teacher sowing seed in their lives—God waiting to send another so that He might get the increase), they have not been whisked off into eternity BY THE ACT of going to the public school.
Rush Limbaugh is alerting the 20 million listeners that he has each day that the government K-12 schools are a fundamental threat to our culture and nation and have been for decades.
MarDav, when Rush starts talking about it, it's on its way.
Of those entering an abortion clinic half of those souls will fly directly into the arms of Jesus.
Of those children ( from strongly active evangelical homes) who go to our nation's godless government schools, only 15% will be active in their faith 2 years after graduation from high school. This are children from highly active **Christian** homes. (By the way, 95% of homeschoolers from active evangelical homes, remain faithful. ) If Christian teachers in the godless government schools have sooooooo little influence over these evangelical children why would we expect them to have much influence with children from non-Christian homes?
When a child is taught to think and reason godlessly, as they must just to cooperate in the godless school, he risks losing his eternal soul.
My conclusion: It is evil to teach a child to think and reason godlessly. Government teachers must do this if they are to keep their job. Any Christian teacher who has worked more than a little time in the government schools has done this. They do it every time they hand out a godless textbook, follow the godless curriculum, and hand out godless assignments, and treat Christianity as if it were just another point of view.
Gee! Abortion destroys bodies. Government schools teach children to think and reason godlessly and the risk is destroyed souls. Which is worse? Should Christians be working in, cooperating with, or establishing either? Personally, I think not.
If abortion centers abort little bodies, and government schools risk condemning souls then they should be treated similarly:
—Christians should not work in either facility.
—Christians should do everything legally and peaceful possible to shut both of these abominations down.
—Christians should educate parents about the sin that accompanies sending their children into either facility.
—Christians should picket both.
Personally....I have made a decision. I will not have a government school worker for a friend. They are too evil, too stupid, or too much of a Useful Idiot to be my friend. I feel the same about abortion workers as well. This is a **personal** decision. Each much make that decision, or not,for themselves.