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To: wintertime

“*ALL** government schools in this nation are godless and secular in their worldview. “

Perhaps but this is only a problem if you accept the proposition that God operates only on the same level as everything else. In Catholicism the idea is that God is the prime mover/prime cause but that there are secondary movers and causes that operate through his bidding. Therefore there is no either/or dilemma which requires that either God did something or a scientific process did it. I think the mere fact that a nun in a habit is teaching science would remind students that whatever the physical forces and processes that cause change that there is another force (demonstrated by her appearance) that is in charge.

St. Francis - preach the Gospel where ever you go, use words if you have to.

PS - I do think public schools are an evil here. They were designed from the start to separate children from the beliefs of their parents.


13 posted on 03/16/2010 7:50:15 AM PDT by Varda
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To: Varda
Indeed. Discovering the processes whereby life changes and new species arise no more removes God as their creator than discovering the principles of nuclear fusion removes God as the creator of the Sun.
14 posted on 03/16/2010 7:57:01 AM PDT by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
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To: Varda
St. Francis - preach the Gospel where ever you go, use words if you have to.

If you know of a Christian government teacher who is still employed then you know that they are following St. Frances' admonition. They are not preaching the Gospel at least while in their government school. If they were they would have been fired already.

I do think public schools are an evil here. They were designed from the start to separate children from the beliefs of their parents.

So?...How can a Christian reconcile supporting, upholding, and abetting a school that is evil? How can a Christian agree to assist in separating children from the beliefs of their parents?

On some level the students cannot reconcile this either. They **rightly** conclude that Christian teachers are hypocrites who will sell their principles for a paycheck and pension, and are lukewarm and timid in their beliefs. If Christians do attempt to sneak in some Christian belief into their classes they are teaching the students that Christians are sneaky.

16 posted on 03/16/2010 8:00:44 AM PDT by wintertime
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