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That Quist character is certifiable. I may have to Facebook that MJ piece.
ReplyDeleteDonna -- Glad you enjoyed it.
DeleteI have a friend whose children are homeschooled. He apparently worked for Focus on the Family or something like that and the children were taken out of public school because "they were being indoctrinated" against the Word of God. We are just FB friends, although we attended the same high school at one point.
ReplyDeleteHere is MY point though. Now he has a software company. The oldest child is attending public school and the younger are being homeschooled because the parents feel they are receiving a better education (Mississippi- 'nuff said) and the Mom enjoys it. HE HAS AWAKENED. It happens.
Keep up the good work. You could be part of someone's awakening!
Left Leaning Lady -- That's awesome! I'm glad he changed his mind. Here's hoping that the blog opens a few eyes.
DeleteAs for homeschooling, I believe that if done well, it can provide a good education to children. However, if done poorly or used as a vehicle for fundamentalist indoctrination, it can be a disaster.
So public school is "godless" and "pagan"? Once gain, religious conservatives reveal the depths of their stupidity. Pagan is a broad term referring to non-christian religions; so they're not "godless". And where's the proof of this? Oh that's tight; they're right-wingers. Evidence is of Teh Devil. Shit, how brain-dead can you get? If these people were bitten by zombies and turned into them, would there even be a discernible change in their cognitive abilities? Methinks not.
ReplyDeleteBR -- Fundies like to use the word "pagan" without reflecting on what it actually means. For them, it's a synonym for "evil un-Christian monstrosity." Unless it's being used to refer to modern-day neo-pagans, I find it too broad and vague to be a useful term.
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