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Old 06-18-2008, 04:29 PM
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Oh, so it's okay for your damned government indoctrination centers to brainwash people but it's wrong for parents - WHO ARE THE ONLY ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR EDUCATING THEIR CHILDREN - to do so?

There not your kids: keep your damned hands off!

Of course, it's clear that you have animus toward evangelical Christians based on your comments. Therefore, nothing you say is valid. What you SHOULD have gotten from Jesus Camp is the danger posed by those Christians who are following after dominion theology and/or Christian Reconstructionism.
This reminds me of a classic Humphery (from Yes Minister) quote: "parents are the worst people in the world to raise children, they've got no qualifications to do it!" But there is some sense to what he says, we wouldn't expect parents to perform surgery on their children, or to cure them of a serious illness, we'd leave it to the professionals. And so the same should be true for teaching, no child should be taught by anyone other than a qualified teacher.
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