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Whereas, the millions of children in government schools spend 7 hours a day, 180 days a year being taught that God is irrelevant to every area of life, and

Analysis

Are our public school children being taught that God is irrelevant to every area of life?

Well, who created the world? The public schools say it was a random event with no cause. They teach that science is the be-all and end-all of human knowledge, and if something can't be proven scientifically, it is mere mysticism or superstition. Many children from Christian homes graduate with a weakened faith and a watered-down view of God.

But the schools go further. Contrary to the Biblical guideline to be fruitful and multiply, to have dominion over the Earth, the schools teach children that Earth is their mother, and that humans are destroying her environment, and therefore population-growth should be controlled.

When does the public school system say it is appropriate to engage in sexual intercourse? They say it is OK for teenagers who believe they're mature enough, and that they can experiment with different partners, even partners of the same gender.

In fact, think about this, condoms are distributed in public schools, but Bibles are prohibited. As a result of this permissive atmosphere, venereal disease is way up, the number of teenage pregnancies has climbed, and so to has abortion. As if that's not enough, this liberal view of sexuality has reduced the odds for successful marriages as well, with more than half of today's marriages ending in divorce.

But this is all old news. Christian parents are choosing to send their kids to the government funded and managed schools despite this information. They believe—in our opinion mistakenly—that with a proper home life and church involvement, that they can raise Godly kids.

As we point out in the resolution, the odds are against them. Here's a lesson in mathematics.

180 days * 7 hours per day = 1,260 hours per year.

During that same year, even the most involved children will spend only 5 hours per week in church, or 260 hours—though for most children, it will be even less.

Over the 12 years of a child's education, that's 15,120 hours v. 3,120 hours. Which do you think is going to be more influential?

But the problem goes deeper.

Ralph O. Muncaster, author of A Skeptic's Search for God, shares stories from his upbringing where school teachers and Sunday school teachers provided him with conflicting evidence. For example, the idea of men like Noah and Methuselah living to be more than 900 years old made him laugh, and shortly afterwards he learned about the cavemen—a far more believable story.

At the time, he thought to himself, "Why doesnt the public school talk about such important things (as the Bible stories)?" The school teacher's viewpoints won, and by the time he was a teenager, he was a full-fledged skeptic.

But the real problem is that God has been expelled from our schools. During the week, the student does "work-like" things, preparing for his or her eventual career. God is reserved for church and private times. As a result, a child is conditioned to segregate his thoughts.

A public school education almost demands this "thought segregation," or even more accurately, thought disintegration, the opposite of integrity. Observe the tenor soloist in the church choir at 11am on Sunday, who at 11am on Monday is shredding Enron audit reports.

Without integrity, he "dis-integrates" his mind. His morality is compartmentalized—defined by his situation and surroundings. In fact, they even teach a child how to compartmentalize his values—they call it "situational ethics."

So we don't believe we're overstating our case when we say that public schools are teaching our children, "that God is irrelevant to every area of life." We believe the record is clear. With a public school education, odds are, your child will lose his or her integrity, choosing instead situational ethics. And the results will be devastating.

If you want your children to believe God is relevant to their life, we urge you to get them out of the government managed schools.