I ran this story a couple of months ago, albeit in a slightly different format, but what harm running it again?
But what I didn't realise until I did a 'Louisiana' search in the search function, was just how much I had featured Louisiana in the past. I shall leave links at the bottom of the page. (Update: now tagged)
14 Wacky "Facts" Kids Will Learn in Louisiana's Voucher Schools
By Deanna Pan
Aug. 7, 2012
Thanks to a new law privatizing public education in Louisiana, Bible-based curriculum can now indoctrinate young, pliant minds with the good news of the Lord—all on the state taxpayers' dime.
Under Gov. Bobby Jindal's voucher program, considered the most sweeping in the country, Louisiana is poised to spend tens of millions of dollars to help poor and middle-class students from the state's notoriously terrible public schools receive a private education. While the governor's plan sounds great in the glittery parlance of the state's PR machine, the program is rife with accountability problems that actually haven't been solved by the new standards the Louisiana Department of Education adopted two weeks ago. Blah blah
1. Dinosaurs and humans probably hung out: "Bible-believing Christians cannot accept any evolutionary interpretation. Dinosaurs and humans were definitely on the earth at the same time and may have even lived side by side within the past few thousand years."—Life Science, 3rd ed., Bob Jones University Press, 2007
2. Dragons were totally real: "[Is] it possible that a fire-breathing animal really existed? Today some scientists are saying yes. They have found large chambers in certain dinosaur skulls…The large skull chambers could have contained special chemical-producing glands. When the animal forced the chemicals out of its mouth or nose, these substances may have combined and produced fire and smoke."—Life Science, 3rd ed., Bob Jones University Press, 2007
3. "God used the Trail of Tears to bring many Indians to Christ."—America: Land That I Love, Teacher ed., A Beka Book, 1994
4. Africa needs religion: "Africa is a continent with many needs. It is still in need of the gospel…Only about ten percent of Africans can read and write. In some areas the mission schools have been shut down by Communists who have taken over the government."—Old World History and Geography in Christian Perspective, 3rd ed., A Beka Book, 2004 Read on
And as always, with posts of this nature, you may wish to strap in prior to proceeding.
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In this new DVD, Dr. Georgia Purdom reveals simple, Bible-based answers that parents can use with children of all ages!
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Video: A woman, dr. Purdom I suppose, talks about a topic that’s really near and dear to her heart, to answer questions that kids have, because she has a 7-year-old at home, okay (...)
5 most asked questions, according to dr. Purdom:
What about dinosaurs?
What about aliens?
Why do we look different?
How old is the earth/universe?
Why is there death and suffering?
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One may wonder why Mrs Purdom asserts that these are the most asked questions. I know a lot of children, but none of them ever asked such questions.
Anyway, intelligent kids, doubting the information they have been bombarded with.
I’m not amazed that Mrs Purdom is amazed how much work she has to do as a mom, doing speeches, making DVD’s. A mother’s lot is not always an easy lot.
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From where you're sitting life may not make much sense, but from where I'm sitting the entire universe doesn't make sense.
ReplyDeleteArrrgh! Answers in Genesis! You will do yourself brain damage wandering through that site.
Do you want to sponsor a plank?
http://arkencounter.com/
Bill Nye: Creationism is not appropriate for children.
ReplyDelete"Denial of evolution is unique to the United States. I mean, we're the world's most advanced technological — I mean, you could say Japan—but generally, the United States is where most of the innovations still happens. People still move to the United States. And that's largely because of the intellectual capital we have, the general understanding of science. When you have a portion of the population that doesn't believe in that, it holds everybody back, really."
"And I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we observe in the universe, that's fine, but don't make your kids do it because we need them. We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future. We need people that can — we need engineers that can build stuff, solve problems."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
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