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Comment on Tragedy in a homeschooling family by | Why Not Train A Child

| Why Not Train A Child — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:33:35 +0000

[...] Tragedy in a homeschooling family by Rob Shearer, Director of the Francis Schaeffer Study Center Share and Enjoy: [...]

Comment on Evelyn: A Romance of the War between the States by ben clarkson

ben clarkson — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:29:15 +0000

Rob,
I have read this poem numerous times over the past 30 years or so. Your reading of this familiar poem brought me to tears. Your voice and flow presented it in a way that I have never been able to capture on my own. I thank you for this, and after so many years have pasted, I know that Henry is up in heaven smiling down on you.
I am truley greatfull for what you have done for all the Clarksons.

Ben Carkson

Comment on Surprise! New Atheist, Pro-Evolution, Anti-Creationist Biology Professor doesn’t like Christian biology textbooks by M Simp

M Simp — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:59:31 +0000

Yet Evolution has not been proved. Sir Arthur Keith, a famous British evolutionary anthropologist and anatomist, confesses, “Evolution is unproved and unprovable. We believe it only because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable.” In fact, it seems that the Theory of Evolution is contrary to established science. George Wald, another prominent Evolutionist (a Harvard University biochemist and Nobel Laureate), wrote, “When it comes to the Origin of Life there are only two possibilities: creation or spontaneous generation. There is no third way. Spontaneous generation was disproved one hundred years ago, but that leads us to only one other conclusion, that of supernatural creation. We cannot accept that on philosophical grounds; therefore, we choose to believe the impossible: that life arose spontaneously by chance!” (“The Origin of Life,” Scientific American, 191:48, May 1954).

Secular Humanism is an attempt to function as a civilized society with the exclusion of God and His moral principles. During the last several decades, Humanists have been very successful in propagating their beliefs. Their primary approach is to target the youth through the public school system. Humanist Charles F. Potter writes, “Education is thus a most powerful ally of humanism, and every American school is a school of humanism. What can a theistic Sunday school’s meeting for an hour once a week and teaching only a fraction of the children do to stem the tide of the five-day program of humanistic teaching?” (Charles F. Potter, “Humanism: A New Religion,” 1930)

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Those Who Don’t Agree « change — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:48:04 +0000

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Comment on Surprise! New Atheist, Pro-Evolution, Anti-Creationist Biology Professor doesn’t like Christian biology textbooks by Rena

Rena — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:11:38 +0000

Thank you for this post. Once again, Christianity is excluded from the religions, groups or beliefs that America is to tolerate. How sad.

I pray your predictions are wrong. But I fear you’re right.

We’ll see how fast this takes off with the media.

Surely at a much more rapid pace than, say, photos of our President praying with Muslims.

Comment on Surprise! New Atheist, Pro-Evolution, Anti-Creationist Biology Professor doesn’t like Christian biology textbooks by Melissa Hebert

Melissa Hebert — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:55:22 +0000

Parents will continue to teach their children as they please…. whether anyone agrees or not. You cannot put a ban on what we talk to our kids about. And, remember parents’ influence is the greatest influence in a child’s life.

Comment on Surprise! New Atheist, Pro-Evolution, Anti-Creationist Biology Professor doesn’t like Christian biology textbooks by Don

Don — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:09:39 +0000

I don’t see an issue with dismissing the THEORY as fact, but I wouldn’t exclude the discussion from the textbooks. Presenting both sides of the argument, yet coming out on the side of the biblical worldview, should provide for a more well rounded and grounded student.

Comment on Surprise! New Atheist, Pro-Evolution, Anti-Creationist Biology Professor doesn’t like Christian biology textbooks by Lori

Lori — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:33:50 +0000

I read the article on the FOXNews website a couple of evenings ago. I saw the title, and (sarcastically) thought “Homeschoolers prefer a creationist approach in their science books? Now THERE’s news!” Like you, I read through the whole thing wondering when they would quote someone from the other (our) camp; glad they at least put a token reference in there at the end.

I did forget, however, to have our 13 year-old son read the article. Will do that now!

Comment on Surprise! New Atheist, Pro-Evolution, Anti-Creationist Biology Professor doesn’t like Christian biology textbooks by Michael

Michael — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:30:11 +0000

Contrary to what Rob Shearer predicts, I don’t think the article will lead to a any significant effort to force certain texts on home schools, nor will colleges change their admissions procedures. The majority of evolutionary biologists want creationism out of textbooks, but that is just the way it is and will be. An article pointing this out is just s blip in the public’s minds. And colleges can already ask about home school books in the admission process, and if they see anything they don’t like they can refuse admission or ask the student to make up the work on a conditional admission. That happened to us with an art class.

I guess six months from now, we can look back and decide whose predictions were best — mine or Rob’s.