Help, my niece is being taught evolution!

[Abongil]

By law they are only required to get a 8th or 10th grade education and everyone has the option of being "home schooled". But they will be required to answer questions about evolution to qualify for a high school degree. Usually home schooled kids do better on those tests.

Home schooled kids are subject to brainwashing. At least public education brainwashes them all into the same track.

 

[JohnR7]

Home schooled kids are subject to brainwashing.

Not really, it is just a program they buy for the computer that is geared towarding making sure they score high on their proficiency test. They can usually get their work done in two or three hours a day. My son is in the second grade and he spends that much time working with his mom at night.

 

[Abongil]

Not really, it is just a program they buy for the computer that is geared towarding making sure they score high on their proficiency test. They can usually get their work done in two or three hours a day. My son is in the second grade and he spends that much time working with his mom at night.

Yes they are, they will believe anythign their parents tell them. They can alter the subject matter if they feel like it, or include a bunch of material.

 

[rainbowpromise]

All five of my kids were raised in public school and taught evolution. One child even went into college level science. All five decided that creation made more sense.

 

[JohnR7]

Yes they are, they will believe anythign their parents tell them.

Wow that is amazing, kids must really be different today from what they were when I grew up.
We did not believe anything our parents told us. In fact we all knew not to trust anyone over 30.

 

[Pats]

Does your conscious dictate you giving your children a choice in what to believe?

I believe that God has given them that choice, as it's not in my ability to grant or with hold such power. My job is to be ready to hear what they think, and open to discuss it with them.

Do I offer the guidence of council of what I believe is right or wrong in that process? Of course. A parent who tells there child to go figure out religion for themselves and stays entirely out of it, doesn't exist.

Even those who are teaching relative truth, are teaching the concept of relativity as opposed to absolute truth. There's not way around offering at least a guide as far as what you yourself believe as the parent.

Should we be impossibly stubborn that our children see everything as we do? Well, if we try that, they'll only pull away from us faster. Children will never see every single thing as parents do, history shows that.

having them decide for themselves what they feel is the truth?

I know I answered this above. Another important point, is that it is not true parenting to throw your children out into the dark without a guiding light, is it?

Mind you, I'm not saying a smothering pillow, here. Just a guide.

I

would hope every parent would do no less (although I know that is not going to happen anytime soon in this country/society)

With all the the latch key kids who are left to parent themselves in today's society, I'd have to agree, unfortunatley.

 

[Dal M.]

All five of my kids were raised in public school and taught evolution. One child even went into college level science. All five decided that creation made more sense.

What led them to that conclusion?

 

[Baggins]

What led them to that conclusion?

Poor education or fear of ostracism I would have thought

 

[Lucretius]

All five of my kids were raised in public school and taught evolution. One child even went into college level science. All five decided that creation made more sense.

You say 'science'. I'm guessing they hardly touched biology.

 

[Dannager]

All five of my kids were raised in public school and taught evolution. One child even went into college level science. All five decided that creation made more sense.

So they failed to grasp the fundamental concepts of biology they were being taught in high school and avoided higher-level education in that field through their universities leading them to accept the same falsehoods that everyone else in their immediate community believed because they lacked the knowledge necessary to make a proper decision? Got it.

 

[michabo]

All five of my kids were raised in public school and taught evolution. One child even went into college level science. All five decided that creation made more sense.

*sniff*

So many Creationists are coming from Canada now. Poor old country. I blame the States. They haven't forgiven us for burning down the White House.

 

[rainbowpromise]

You say 'science'. I'm guessing they hardly touched biology.

Actually she went into biology.

 

[Abongil]

Wow that is amazing, kids must really be different today from what they were when I grew up.
We did not believe anything our parents told us. In fact we all knew not to trust anyone over 30.

Really, my 2 year old son is learning to talk, so I taught him his colors wrong to see if he would straighten it out. Children believe anything their parents tell them.

 

[Lord_Marx]

Actually she went into biology.

So did she understand evolution but just believe in what sounded nicer?

 

[KittyPryde]

The original article kills me!

"Believe as I do or you will be eternally damned!"
After many years of church services and Sunday school workships, I am thoroughly convinced the preachers of my church were actively practicing brainwashing and scare tactics.

Science and evolution are not religion. There is no agenda to brainwash children to believe anything outside of the earthly world. Denying the evidence of science is like denying most advances of the modern world.

My children were introduced to the theory of evolution in grade school and it did not sway their religious beliefs one way or the other.

Q: "Does this mean humans were evolved from monkeys?"
A: "No. The theory states humans and monkeys share a common ancestor. They theorize that ancestor lived millions of years ago."

Q: "Do we believe monkeys and humans are related?"
A: "I don't know. What do you believe?"

My eleven year old daughter deeply believes in God. Over the following few days, we had several discussions about The Book of Genesis. I tried to allow her to form her own opinions about what was factual and allegorical.

 

[rainbowpromise]

So did she understand evolution but just believe in what sounded nicer?

Definately understood. She likes to rant about the discrepencies in the evolution theory.

 

[Lilandra]

the bottom of the article features books to help "insulate" children against alleged evolutionist brainwashing.

Ok guys go at it. Give us your reaction to what the Creationist Dr. Dino things about the propaganda machine of the evolutionists.

 

[Lord_Marx]

Definately understood. She likes to rant about the discrepencies in the evolution theory.

If she has understanding of the theory, a degree in biology, and sees major flaws in evolution, why not publish her findings? She could win the Nobel prize if she could disprove evolution.

 

[TemperateSeaIsland]

Definately understood. She likes to rant about the discrepencies in the evolution theory.

Please get her to point these out. Im always looking for new info.

 

[Pete Harcoff]

Definately understood. She likes to rant about the discrepencies in the evolution theory.

Hey, you should get her on here. I've been waiting for a creationist to explain an alternative to the application of evolutionary biology to comparative genomics.

Lots of funded research in that area these days...