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The Shaming Projectdoes the violence of "Left Behind: Eternal Forces" bother you ? If so, what can you do ? Well, to begin with you can email Jonathan Hutson's stories to people you know. That will help to bring more public scrutiny of the game. Public shaming really works ! Just click on the "email" icon and link at the top or bottom of the story and you'll be taken to a form that will allow you email the first story, The Purpose Driven Life Takers or the latest installment without leaving this site. Thanks.
Revisionist history in the public schools |
| Wed Dec 28, 2005 at 11:40:22 AM EST |  print story | |
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| topic: Education and Public Schools |
It attempts to persuade students to adopt views that are held primarily within certain conservative Protestant circles but not within the scholarly community, and it presents Christian faith claims as history: The Bible is explicitly characterized as inspired by God. Discussions of science are based on the claims of biblical creationists. Jesus is presented as fulfilling "Old Testament" prophecy. Archaeological findings are cited as support for claims of the Bible's complete historical accuracy. Furthermore, much of the course appears designed to persuade students and teachers that America is a distinctively Christian nation -- an agenda publicly embraced by many of the members of NCBCPS's Board of Advisors and endorsers.
The National Council on Bible Curriculum in not new. It claims that its course has been implemented in 312 school districts in 37 states. But it won't provide information on those school districts, and no one seems to have stepped forward lately to challenge the group. Odessa is different -- the debate over the curriculum was highly publicized and controversial, and a lawsuit is a near certainty. A press release from the Texas Freedom Network asks, "Is Odessa the Next Dover?" If it is, then Christian nationalist revisionist history -- the claim that America was founded to be a Christian nation and that separation of church and state is a subversive myth -- could be the next intelligent design.
With that in mind, I have a favor to ask. If anyone knows of any other school districts where The National Council's curriculum is being used, please let me know -- I'm planning a story about it someone in January.
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