NON-SEQUITUR
Mike Smith is a lawyer, so he ought to be able to reason better than this:
Most home-school families have a keen awareness of history and hold a biblical worldview. As a result, the majority of the home-school community recognizes that if too many citizens disengage, then the freedoms and liberties we enjoy in this country could be lost.
On which planet are the majority of home educators fundamentalist Christians? Hell, under Mike’s definition of biblical worldview, Catholics are excluded by defintion. And all those home educators teaching evolution? Minority status for you (us).
5 Responses to “NON-SEQUITUR”
 Comment by Anonymous Coward July 26th, 2005 at 5:22 pm |
Any suggestions on a reasonable lesson plan (scope and sequence) for teaching evolution? I was looking for materials that teach neo-Darwinism at the middle school level, but none address that. |
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Comment by Daryl Cobranchi July 26th, 2005 at 6:16 pm |
We don’t really teach that level of science in the MS years. I figure my son will be ready to study biology around 15. For me, it’s more countering the interpretation they get in church that Adam and Eve were real folks who were formed during the 6 24 hour days of creation. |
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Comment by Anonymous Coward July 29th, 2005 at 9:55 am |
Well, I just choose Apologia Biology Second Edition for teaching my 13 year old daughter. It covers Neo-Darwinism and Punctuated Equilibrium. Unlike mainstream biology texts, it does not propogate hoaxes such as fruit flys with an extra pair of functional wings (NOT!), Haeckels embryo’s, and photos of moths pinned to tree trunks to mislead you into thinking that they actually rest on tree trunks. But, the book is not perfect, so we’ll supplement with other materials where appropriate. It has a great bio of Gregor Mendel. I bet few people know that Mendel was a Christian (who believed in Adam and Eve) and that he parked his work on genetics to defend his right to religious freedom from the government. Wow – Mendelian Genetics born from the mind of a fundamentalist Christian. Whooda Thunk? 🙂 If you think this is an outlier, then next on the list would be Carl Linnaeus. (biological classification) Oh, and the scientific method? Francis Bacon…. Yup, another fundamentalist! Run fer the hills! |
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Comment by Daryl Cobranchi July 29th, 2005 at 10:00 am |
Well, that just shows how far fundy “thinking” has devolved in the ensuing centuries. |
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Comment by Anonymous Coward July 29th, 2005 at 6:04 pm |
Well, I can’t argue with that. But, what will you teach? Will you make a distinction between micro-evolution and macro? Will you make sure that no equivalent “Adam and Eve” type myths are presented without suitable caution? What will you teach as the best evidences supporting macro-evolution? Will you also teach evidences against macro-evolution? Will you teach theistic evolution or atheistic evolution? Will you teach your children both sides of the issue or keep other POV from them? What will you teach as the mechanisms of micro and macroevolutionary change? And what examples will you provide that demonstrate the power as well as the limitations of these mechanisms? |