[Dimensio]

so.....the several million Catholic parents in Philadelphia who are graduates of and sent their children to Catholic parochial schools are severely mentally unstable?

No. I don't make the assumption that said parents would go ballastic should someone tell their children a fact about scientific understanding without mentioning God in any way.

[wintertime]

No. I don't make the assumption that said parents would go ballastic should someone tell their children a fact about scientific understanding without mentioning God in any way.( Dimensio)

To Dimensio,

I did not use the word "ballistic". I hope you are not attributing this word to my comments.

I did say that many parents find it HIGHLY religiously OFFENSIVE to have their children FORCED into an environment that is hostile to and undermines their religious traditions. Many parents teach that God is the creator of all. I personally attended Catholic parochial schools that did, indeed, mention the hand of God in ALL subjects. So, when subjects are taught and the hand of God is neglected the children are being taught a lesson that is hardly religiously neutral in its content or consequences. Their experience, religiously, is far different than mine in content and consequences.

Yes,,,,many parents find this be an active act by government to undermine their religious belief system while establishing and promoting the anti-religious worldview of others.

While I support the theory of evolution it would be wrong for me

Solution: Begin the process of privatizing K-12 education. Let parents, principals, teachers, and the admission committees of university settle these matters privately.