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As a mother who has homeschooled for 20 years: God did not design families with one parent and 30 children, living in a commune of hundreds or thousands. Normal socialization of the human child cannot take place in public school. God's will is not that we be molded by peer-constraint and the Fallen Nature of man. His Will is that the Redeemed Nature of the Believer, as transmitted through the nuclear family, shape growing children. SUPPORT NORMALITY: HOMESCHOOL!!

Mrs. Esopman

This is the perfect example of the zealot homeschool attitude annyokie and I have a problem with.

Normal socialization of the human child cannot take place in public school. God's will is not that we be molded by peer-constraint and the Fallen Nature of man. His Will is that the Redeemed Nature of the Believer, as transmitted through the nuclear family, shape growing children. SUPPORT NORMALITY: HOMESCHOOL!!

Sorry to burst your bubble Mrs. esopman - but you are out in left field. Not everyone has or wishes to have your zealotry.

Just to throw this bone out there....

Do you think the Southern Baptists were in the right frame of mind to try to mandate that all Southern Baptists should homeschool their children.

This was actually being considered at their last convention. Thankfully it did not pass.

I just cannot conceive the notion that a church would attempt to impose this on many families who really are not able, or want to homeschool.

I am a Southern Baptist, but I would never support my church in creating a doctrine on all of its members to homeschool their children. God gave us free will, to decide what is best for us and for HIS glory. Homeschooling is not a cookie cutter, "one-size fits all" way of living.

As you've read in previous posts, I am a homeschooler, and I think it was the best choice for my family. I promote it when I can, as an alternative to families in troubled schools for two reasons. (1) you can educate your children without government imposition on their thoughts and needs, and moralities, and (2), you can show a form of protest by not allowing the state to receive the tax dollars your children would give them.

Homeschoolers need to be careful when imposing our belief of education on others. It is not the right choice for everyone, and when we go overboard, we promote the stigma we are zealots. With that stigma, it allows our government an easy-in to examine our education choice. I personally do not want the government at my door demanding to see my children's transcripts or attendance records.