[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it? -- Ben Franklin

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I am impelled to write you concerning the responsibilities laid upon you to live as Christians in the midst of an unChristian world. That is what I had to do. That is what every Christian has to do. But I understand that there are many Christians in America who give their ultimate allegiance to man-made systems and customs. They are afraid to be different. Their great concern is to be accepted socially. They live by some such principle as this: "everybody is doing it, so it must be alright." For so many of you Morality is merely group consensus. In your modern sociological lingo, the mores are accepted as the right ways. You have unconsciously come to believe that right is discovered by taking a sort of Gallup poll of the majority opinion. How many are giving their ultimate allegiance to this way.

But American Christians, I must say to you as I said to the Roman Christians years ago, "Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind." Or, as I said to the Phillipian Christians, "Ye are a colony of heaven." This means that although you live in the colony of time, your ultimate allegiance is to the empire of eternity. You have a dual citizenry. You live both in time and eternity; both in heaven and earth. Therefore, your ultimate allegiance is not to the government, not to the state, not to nation, not to any man-made institution. The Christian owes his ultimate allegiance to God, and if any earthly institution conflicts with God's will it is your Christian duty to take a stand against it. You must never allow the transitory evanescent demands of man-made institutions to take precedence over the eternal demands of the Almighty God.

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (from his St. Paul's letter to America speech)

[highball]

Religion, like the arts, has become an afterthought in an education climate driven by “the fixation on literacy and numeracy — math and reading,”

An education lacking in the classics is unworthy of the name. One cannot be a well-rounded adult without them.

That having been said, where are these kids' parents?

[Hi Heels]

“confused Christian.”

Yes, isn't just EVERYONE a confused Christian now days..../sarc

[TommyDale]

Since the "Purpose Driven" Movement, the Ten Commandments are now known as the "few suggestions".

[Sopater]

Related story: Georgia Close to Approving Bible Classes in Public Schools

This would be a good start, but in teaching the Bible as literature, I'm sure the school systems will also teach it as myth.

[Salvation]

If Americans get a failing grade, I wonder what the rest of the world gets?

[Between the Lines]

Hollywood is the Main Reason Why Americans Get an F For Religion Cites Christian Filmmaker

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

“the fixation on literacy and numeracy — math and reading,” says Bob Schaeffer of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, a group critical of the standards-based education movement.

"We would rather see these kids playing with play-dough while listening to a storyteller then actually learning skills that will allow them to continue to learn." He continued. "After all if they can actually read and do math then how are we going to turn them into mindless drones to do our labor?"

Idiot.

[VictoryGal]

I scored a 96 out of 100, but then I went to a Catholic school and took a comparitive religions class.

In this crazy world, it is suicide not to teach our children our base beliefs as well as the core beliefs people hold in the world, political correctness be danged.

I don't trust our public schools to do this, but someone must. Let's start at home, at the very very least.

[PJ-Comix]

The Lord, the Lord Jehovah has given unto you these fifteen... Oy! Ten! Ten commandments for all to obey!