[mysterio]

My mother taught public school for 40 years, and retired 10 years ago, but in her day, she put up Bible verses on her bulletin boards, read Bible stories to her students, and quote Scripture regularly, without any reprocusion from administration. This cannot be done today.

None of my teachers in public school did this. However, none of them tried to chip away at my faith, either.

Should a Christian purposefully mask their relationship to Jesus by blending in to a profession that disallows the mere mention of faith to be made in any context within the school day of teaching?

You know, this is an interesting question. I do believe that the first Amendment's restriction on the government establishing a religion is important. I grew up Catholic. Others are protestant. If we open the door to teachers in public schools quoting scriptures, are you ok with a Mormon teacher quoting the book of Mormon to your children?

On the other hand, if a kid asked my parents about their own faith, my parents would tell the truth and would not seek to indoctrinate the kid one way or the other. I respect my parents a lot, and I think that's the right way to go.

This is, I believe, the real question, and I don’t know how a believer in Christ might answer this by defending their choice to teach in public school.

Of course I can't pretend to know for sure, but maybe God puts some people into public school teaching for a reason.

I'm sorry your child had a bad public school experience. I wish all teachers were as good as my parents. Kudos to you for being involved in the education of your children. If only every parent cared that much.

[Eagle Eye]

The weak ones must be protected from all outside influences.

Of course they don’t have any impact in the rest of the world but they don’t suffer from as many distractions.

[wintertime]

If we open the door to teachers in public schools quoting scriptures, are you ok with a Mormon teacher quoting the book of Mormon to your children?
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It is for this reason government schools must be abolished. It is impossible for them to be neutral.

**It is not neutral in content or consequences to allow religion. If they do, what religion? Islam, Mormonism, Scientology, Catholicism, etc.?

** It is not religiously neutral for them to ban religion either. Doing this promotes and establishes an atheistic religious worldview, teaches children to compartmentalize their faith, and teaches them to think of religion as something to be done in private like a bathroom activity.

There is **NO** possible neutral stand for government schools. We must abolish them and assure that all children have access to a private education.

[tpanther]

You know, this is an interesting question. I do believe that the first Amendment's restriction on the government establishing a religion is important. I grew up Catholic. Others are protestant. If we open the door to teachers in public schools quoting scriptures, are you ok with a Mormon teacher quoting the book of Mormon to your children?

But this is the exact liberal argument in the first place is it not? Everyone has rights in this country soooo, since there's no establishment of religion, this is why we see Jews, muslims and hindus and yes mormons "treated equally" and given equal time.

Of course, in reality everyone's given equal time except the Christians.