Half Human, Half What?

Apparently, public schools don't just create godless commiesocialfacists, they create half humans.

That is why we are raising half-humans, because “humanism” is only the distorted, mangled remains of what is left after all the Good is taken away. In order to understand ourselves, we must understand our Creator, and we must look at our world through His lense, not our own, subjective, cock-eyed understanding. A teacher or professor who cannot even reference the name of God is no more capable of passing on usable wisdom to his students than a fish in a fishbowl is able to explain to his fellows how to breathe in air.

Half human, half what? Vulcan? That would be cool! Wouldn't the distorted, mangled remains of what is left after all the Good is taken away be evil? Yeah, take away what is good, and at the least you have notgood. Also, apparently one cannot teach mathematics, physics, chemistry, or gym without referencing god. Seriously, you cannot teach that 1 + 1 = 2 without some mention of god somewhere, right? No, wait . . . um . . . apparently, you can, because I just did it.

Admittedly, one cannot teach the history of the human race, literature, art, music, et al. without mentioning religion*- which is why no one tries to. I went to public school. We discussed the religion of the Pilgrims, for example. We discussed the history of the Anglican Church and Catholicism. We discussed various religions as they impacted whatever else we were studying so as to gain understanding of the subject at hand.

What the blog writer means to say is that one cannot pass knowledge to another person without proselytizing one certain brand of Christianity, and that failing to do so renders children less than human. I, and likely you, are less human than she is.

I feel like I've heard that sentiment somewhere before . . .

*It would be impossible to understand Renaissance art without knowing the basics of Christianity, for example. And too much history has been religiously motivated to be able to gain any real understanding without also understanding at least the most basic positions and doctrines of those religions.

It's Not Her Faith, It's Child Abuse

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A lot, and I do mean a lot, has been made of the case of Amanda Voydatch, a 10-year-old homeschooler ordered by the Court in New Hampshire to attend public school this year. The general Christian consensus can be summed up by the mother's lawyer, John Simmons.

Although there is no dispute that Amanda is excelling academically and is generally interactive with her peers, her religious beliefs were seen as being held a bit too sincerely, Alliance Defense Fund allied attorney John Anthony Simmons explained to The Christian Post.

"What this has become is an assault on the child’s faith," Simmons said.

Except that it's not. What this case revolves around is an assault on the child herself.

The court order* stated: "According to the guardian ad litem's further report and testimony, the counselor found Amanda to lack some youthful characteristics. She appeard to reflect her mother's rigidity on questions of faith." The guardian noted that during a counseling session, Amanda tried to witness to the counselor and appeared "visibly upset" when the counselor purposefully did not pay attention.

The guardian also noted that Amanda's relationship with her father suffered because she did not think he loved her as much as he said he did due to the fact that he refused to "adopt her religious beliefs."

That's typical divorced parent child abuse bullshit and it has nothing to do with religion. "Daddy doesn't love you as much as I do." "If mommy really loved you, she'd blahblahblah."

Daddy doesn't love you as much as I do because he doesn't love Jesus the right way.

That's abusive, plain and simple. I'll bet mommy followed that up with "Daddy's going to hell!" Oh, wait, I just read the Court Order in its entirety, and yes, she did.

Can you imagine being 10 years old and believing that (a) Daddy doesn't love you and (b) Daddy's going to hell? Frankly, I think the mother is lucky the Judge didn't change custody on her.



*Properly spelled "Court Order" and it is fascinating reading.

Note to Texas: It's Called Public School for a Reason

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I attended high school in Texas for two years, 15 years ago. So I can attest to the fact that Texas has about the worst public school system in the country.

It's about to get worse.

The Texas Board of Education is suggesting the following changes to state curricula:

revamping the K-12 curriculum to emphasize the roles of the Bible, the Christian faith and the civic virtue of religion in the study of American history. Two of them want to remove or de-emphasize references to several historical figures who have become liberal icons, such as César Chávez and Thurgood Marshall.

Mind you, this is in Texas public schools. If they want to teach this crap in private schools, fine. If you send your kid to Baptist Elementary, you expect them to learn about the Bible and Jesus. In fact, you pay for that privilege. Now, the Texas BOE wants to emphasize the roles of the Bible and Christianity in schools attended and paid for by atheists, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, etc. In other words, the Texas BOE seeks to turn every school in Texas into a Christian school.

Seriously, wtf?

A few other choice teachings for Texas' public schools:

The conservative reviewers say they believe that children must learn that America's founding principles are biblical. For instance, they say the separation of powers set forth in the Constitution stems from a scriptural understanding of man's fall and inherent sinfulness, or "radical depravity," which means he can be governed only by an intricate system of checks and balances.

The curriculum, they say, should clearly present Christianity as an overall force for good -- and a key reason for American exceptionalism, the notion that the country stands above and apart.

Why this should scare you:

Nearly every state has its own curriculum standards, and there are scores of social studies texts to choose from at most grade levels, so what happens in Texas won't necessarily affect other states. But the Texas market is huge, so most big publishers aggressively seek approval from the board, in some cases adopting the majority's editing suggestions nearly verbatim.

In other words, textbook publishers aren't going to make different textbooks for each state. They're going to please their largest customers (Texas) and the rest of us will suffer for it. I hope everyone enjoys explaining "radical depravity" to their children.