Interesting view: A homeschooler argues that homeschooling parents can do a disservice to the faith of their children by misteaching creationism instead of evolution. At The Upside Down World.
Those who are teaching their children using creationist curriculum are in particular danger of setting their children up for this fall. To see why, I’d like to offer a challenge. Take your child’s creationist materials and look at whatever footnotes and references are provided. Now take an evening and look up the names of the authors cited. Odds are excellent that virtually all of the authors are creationist scientists. Now, take the names of any mainstream scientists who are quoted or whose work is referenced and attempt to track down their work. Specifically, see if you can find the particular quotes used in your child’s materials. Google books can be a great way of doing this. Now, read through whatever you can find with an eye towards evaluating the accuracy of the quotes provided (ie are words changed, relevant sections replaced by “. . .”). Also try and honestly evaluate if the author of your child’s materials has accurately conveyed the substance of what the author is saying.
If you drink, you may want to keep some strong drink nearby to sustain yourself during this process, because I promise you, you will not be happy with what you find. Unfortunately, the only way creationist materials are able to create the appearance of validity is by only referring to the work of “creation scientists” (who don’t do research, BTW. Their work is limited to analyzing the work of others to look for potential holes which might be able to be seen as supporting a creationist perspective. This is not science.). When creationist materials do refer to the work of mainstream scientists, conducting actual research, they almost uniformly misquote and misrepresent them. If you do not believe me, then take a weekend or two and do the research yourself. The internet is a wonderful tool.
In a later report, it comes out that the biggest problem a Christian mother has raising science-literate kids is opposition from creationists who claim that knowledge is somehow evil. They just can’t keep their agendas hidden — and there is some ripe stuff in the comments.
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So often we see these self-fulfilling prophecies. Preachers say you have to choose between God and evolution. If someone actually encounters the evidence and not the spin of pseudoscientists, they may lose their faith. Preachers say either the Bible is perfect or it is worthless. When one find a problem that can’t be solved, they do what they were told and scrap the Bible altogether.
We need stronger voices for moderate versions of the faith!
http://exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com/2007/10/radical-middle.html
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