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    Filed at 1:20 am under by dcobranchi

    Of course not:

    About 15 years ago, my family and I flew to Knoxville, Tenn., to attend a seminar for home-school parents and their children. There were about 15,000 in attendance in the Thompson-Boling Arena at the University of Tennessee. It was quite an impressive seminar with a choir of 5,000 high school teens.

    I decided to conduct my own survey to find out just who these people were. A lady told me she was from Texas and her husband, like Moses, had parted the Red Sea when the Air Force jet he was flying flamed out over the Red Sea. I had lunch with two doctors who had had excellent results from their use of prolotherapy. They were going to Minneapolis to set up a clinic for treating people with back pain. Then there was a dentist from Georgia who was explaining to me the problems dentists were having.

    One evening a young father and I were joining in the singing of hymns. We had a short break, so I told him I was from Astoria, and asked where he was from. He said he was from Huntsville, Ala. I said, “Isn’t that where they make the rockets for NASA?” He replied that he was a space engineer.

    I said, “You are obviously here because you are a home-school father. Does that mean you don’t believe in evolution?” His answer was three words. “Of course not.”

    I was totally impressed by all the people I met there from all over the U.S. and Canada. Reflecting on what I had seen and heard at Knoxville, I concluded that if the U.S.A. has hope of a great future, it lies in the children of parents who have not fallen for Darwin’s great lie called evolution.

    Bill Moberg
    Astoria

    Homeschooler ≠ creationist

    8 Responses to “LOTD”


    Comment by
    Bill BLum
    March 17th, 2007
    at 6:57 am

    I drew all sorts of stares at the last major homeschooler gathering I attended here— apparently reading Richard Dawkins books is bad taste in some settings.


    Comment by
    Nance Confer
    March 17th, 2007
    at 9:28 am

    This letter is very confusing. I think he is saying that the “of course not” meant the fellow did not believe evolution is true. And he’s happy that all these hsed kids were saved from the evil of science. (I wonder what happened to these kids — since this was 15 year ago. . .)

    On the whole, I’d rather have Roseanne on my side. . .

    Nance


    Comment by
    COD
    March 17th, 2007
    at 9:34 am

    I think we need a new support group – Homeschoolers for Evolution 🙂


    Comment by
    Dawn
    March 17th, 2007
    at 1:12 pm

    Homeschoolers for Evolution >>>

    Yes.

    Seriously. At least a freaking webring.


    Comment by
    Lillian
    March 17th, 2007
    at 3:54 pm

    Here’s one: i-evol...t.com/


    Comment by
    Daryl Cobranchi
    March 17th, 2007
    at 4:30 pm

    Like this?


    Comment by
    COD
    March 17th, 2007
    at 8:37 pm

    How about The Evolved Homeschooler Wiki?


    Comment by
    Nance Confer
    March 18th, 2007
    at 10:50 am

    These efforts strike me as being along the lines of asking all those who acknowledge gravity to raise their hands. It seems sort of silly.

    Nance