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Christian Private School


I've heard some pretty strong opinions from people about Christian teachings in schools on this forum and other pagan forums.

If there were no obstacles (price of tuition, locations, etc) would you send your kids to a Christian private school if it provided a better education that the local public schools? Why or why not?
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Not being comfortable with schools is general, and having little faith in any religious bias, I would never send any child in my care to such a place of corruption.

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If the school found out you're Pagan, I highly doubt you'd have to be concerned about going or not. That's why they're PRIVATE. Or, they'd let your child in, but they would still have to be taught the Christian beliefs in all the classes as it is not something that can be disected out of the classes.

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The Christian school I went to freely admitted Muslims, Jews, Atheist and anyone else.

We attended 15 minutes of chapel a day. Say a few prayers, then the "sermon" which was almost always a talk by someone or a performance and didn't necessarily have anything to do with religion.

We had Theology in 8th and 12th grade. 8th grade theology was all Christian. Learned a whole lot about the history of the land where the Bible was written. Very interesting.

12th grade Theology was more about world religions. We went to the local Hindu temple (one of the students was a member there), attended a Buddhist ceremony and generally learned a lot of religion.

But that's all. Of all of the 6 years I spent in that school, I had two whole classes that had anything to do with religion. Oh, and we couldn't eat lunch until a prayer was said on the loud speaker. emoticon

I don't have any problems sending my kids to a Christian school if the education there would be superior. My husband is pretty set against it, but he hasn't even gone into any of these schools to see what it's like.
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TM, that sounds like a very good and open-minded school. One I would send my kids to, if I had any.

Glad to hear such schools exist. emoticon

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I put unsure before reading the responses.

I personally think homeschooling is the way to go if you're able.
If for some reason that was not feasible and it came to a choice between public schools and an open-minded christian school....... I would then pick the christian school. But only if I truly felt it was open minded and gave a quality education.

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I worked at Sacred Heart while in college - it is a catholic school. I loved it. I was not Catholic and Sister Joel who ran the preschool was not into polarylizing on subjects of religion, etc. emoticon

I have also worked at Jewish schools as well and found it quite enjoyable. But they too did not claim to be the end all, be all. They were open to students and facualty being whatever religion they wanted to be.

 emoticon I would send my kids to a school like the ones I worked at regardless of my religious leanings because these school's are great for learning - they strive to empower the child - not necessarily through religion but with good strong education ties and inspiring kids to do good and succeed.

Now there are schools out there I would not send my child to that are religious - ones that did not teach evolution, that tried to micro-control a child. We had a school in my area not to long ago refuse to allow a senior to "graduate" with the others because he tooks his girlfriend (from another school) to her prom - they prohibit dancing and socializing with the opposite sex. They went beyond their station as a school and tried to exert force with threats to force practices on the students - regardless of if it was their faith. That I don't agree with at all.

I don't agree with teaching as I said above Creation and leaving out Evolution. Going to a religious private school will no doubt bring creation into the discussion in most all schools but some schools are better at looking objectively at the stories of creation and acknowledging that evolution is quite likely and has lead to amazing discoveries - health wise, etc. They encourage kids to explore and discover for themselves what they believe and teach them all of it oppose to just selections that suit them. These are the schools I admire and appreciate regardless of if they are Christian or not. emoticon

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Good thoughts Kali! My Christian school taught evolution as fact and there was no mention of Creationism except from the one kid who was excused from the evolution unit due to his religion. I had never even heard of Creationism until then - this was 9th grade biology, after I had been at the school for 2 years! I had no idea people took those stories literally. All we learned in 8th grade theology was the allegory of the biblical stories.
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I really think the push for Creation is from a small minority not a large majority as some think. My husband is as righty tighty Christian - as "big" of one can be and he is a firm believer in Evolution - it does not contradict his beliefs about the biblical Creation as he sees it.

Personally I figure there was a "Creation" and it can be explored with Science and Evolution is valid. I don't doubt the big bang took place, etc. It could be divine in origin and still be scientific.

I think some Christian fundie groups have become scared that there is a shift from the Christian religion in society to a more open one that accepts more religions and that they are reacting by trying to push creation, flood stories and such into not just private areana's but in public schools, etc. as an effort to bring Christianity back to the forefront of both political and personal lives.

They see the decline in Fundalmental beliefs, laws, teachings and are struggling to "increase" numbers with tactics that include "reaching" out to children in early development. Which is rather pathetic - a person will either believe in a God of their choice or they will not - you can not force long term belief on anyone no matter how much you "educate" them. Look at America today - the Christian way is giving way to the American way - your seeing shifts in laws, in schools, in public programs that encompass many beliefs and are becoming tolerant.

But in any event we can not allow our children to become victims to the there is no evolution there is only Creation movement that seems to be cropping up in certain areas of the country. Evolution has provided us with so much - medical, scientifically that creation has never been able to provide. You can pray over someone all you want - it may in fact help them keep positive which is definately better for their over all health but at the same time we need modern medicine to combat diseases and conditions that evolution has shown us cures, treatments for. There needs to be a co-existance where neither religion nor science are supreme ruler of the "world" and acceptance of both's value is the norm but not at the expense of education or science. I can and do teach both in my home. Church or other religious institutions are where you go to learn Creation outside your home and school is where you go to learn evolution outside your home.

We don't see evolution being taught in the Fundie sunday schools as fact and positive so why some want their beliefs taught in positive ways that get presented as fact in public schools is beyond me. There is a time and place for everything - a lot of good private schools balance out evolution and creation. Unfort. a lot of other groups don't.

Unfort. all this is spilling over into the Christian culture as a whole - making it seem like all Christians are unreasonable and Fundies. Which I know is not the case.

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