Christians of the 19th century sinned when they broke the Commandment against stealing. They stole agency from our nation's citizens by imposing Protestant Christian government schooling on unwilling immigrant children and **forcing** their neighbors to pay for it.
Now we have atheists running the show and the decedents of these 19th century Protestant Christian reformers are suffering the oppression which is the consequence of their sin.
How do we break free?
I welcome charter schools. We should lobby to have all caps on charters lifted. These schools are proof that with even a little freedom the market will rush in to serve even the hardest to educate children. These charters also provide a network of schools that could easily be privatized.
Next,....For those parents who are not in the government system is it asking too much to reduce their taxes by the amount they spend on their child's private education? For those citizens who are helping to support an individual child or donating to a private scholarship fund, let them subtract these gifts from their taxes.
The average woman in the U.S. has 2.1 children. If any individual ( parent or non-parent) privately educates, on average, 1.05 children they should get a **permanent** reprieve and rebate for school taxes both overt such as property taxes and hidden which are buried in all the products and services we buy and use.
Also....You are correct. Government schools are **welfare**. Isn't it time that we expected parents to pay at least a portion of their child's government education? Any parent living in a mini-mansion or driving an expensive new car **can** afford to downsize their living standard and pay **something** at the government school door. Some of these parents would then decide to use private schools instead of paying tuition to government schools.
If Harvard can have a $35 BILLION dollar endowment why haven't Christians done this for Christian education? Why don't we have privately endowed Christian voucher foundations? Surely, Christians could do this if they wanted! They are asleep.
There are too many Christian government school teachers sitting in the pews of our churches. It is very unlikely that churches will rescue Christian children. Forget it! Few ministers will bite the hand that puts money in the collection plate. Conservatives ( Christian and non-Christians) must organize outside of the churches.
Finally, it is time that we recognize that Christian teachers in government schools do more harm than good! When they aid, abet, uphold, and push forward and godless Secular Humanist philosophy, Christian govenrment teachers teach **all** the students that Christians will sell their principles for a paycheck. They teach the students that Christians are too weak in their faith to quit! Who would adopt the principles of a faith populated with people like that? It is time that we start asking Christian government teachers the pointed question, “WHY are you setting such a poor example?”
If we don't start now to get our nation's children out of government schools, we seriously risk losing our freedom.
Marxism is our nation's **most** serious threat. Schools are the Marxists’ **most** important and powerful weapon.
Our church has a kind of a private endowment for its members when they need some financial help. And since the church is about 90% homeschoolers, this is a de facto Christian homeschooling private endowment.
Now, if we could just get our property taxes back, I’d donate more to this endowment... :)