[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

This brings up a point I was just thinking about, wondering how everyone here feels about it. What do you consider biblical seperation? Where is the line between seperation, and isolation? For instance, (BTW this is a topic I have strong opinions on) do you think "christians" can in good conscience send their children into public schools? I believe the bibles teachings on rearing children, and being seperate from the world makes it impossible to send your kids to PS. What do you think?

Deut. 6:7

Becky

[malakhi]

This brings up a point I was just thinking about, wondering how everyone here feels about it. What do you consider biblical seperation? Where is the line between seperation, and isolation? For instance, (BTW this is a topic I have strong opinions on) do you think "christians" can in good conscience send their children into public schools? I believe the bibles teachings on rearing children, and being seperate from the world makes it impossible to send your kids to PS. What do you think?

I agree wholeheartedly!!! I know that some evangelical Christians have suggested that Christian students need to remain in public schools, in order to be the "leaven" which will work to change things from the inside--that they need to be the voice of the gospel in a secular institution. The problem I have with this is that, no matter how educated they are in the scriptures, they are still children. Does any parent really want to run the risk of exposing their children to the secular/socialist indoctrination of the public schools? Teachers are authority figures to students, and they will have an influence no matter how well prepared you think your children are.

Far better to see that their minds are shaped appropriately, so that when they do go out into the 'real world', they are prepared to face the challenges to faith that they find there. It is our primary responsibility as parents to raise our children. Turning them over to the tender mercies of the government schools is an abnegation of that responsibility.