Utterly Meaningless

Obviously, unlike Rev. Jim, I cannot speak for anyone else. Our reasons to choosing homeschooling were based on the public schools treatment of both us and our children. It was abusive, both emotionally and physically. Racism never entered the equation, although I have wondered if classism did.

I agree 100% with your assessment of him.

I want to thank you again for your blog, Daryl. I saw his latest gem earlier and linked it on a homeschooling board that I frequent and it is now turned into a discussion of ‘blacks and whites go to different churches because they like to dress differently’.

**shaking my head in bewilderment**

His church must be a real joy to attend.

Well, whaddaya know? I got a comment posted. His response was puzzling to say the least. He spouts off with more of the same idiocy.

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I attempted to post a link to this post with the comment “Make sure you take note of the question mark.” I REALLY hope he follows the link. Jackass!

I attended a predominantly African-American church once. I must confess, though, that I was a bit uncomfortable. The people were wonderful and the service quite moving. The problem was it was 2 1/2 hours long. My ass on those hard pews was quite uncomfortable.

Daryl, Daryl, you’re not supposed to be sitting down–you’re supposed to be standing up, dancing and praising. And if you were a woman–you’d be doing it in heels! 🙂

Here are the real victims of his lunacy…

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I wonder how these little ones would feel having their beloved pastor tell them their parents are in no position to make decisions about their welfare.

Sad.

I attended a predominately black church once too – a Catholic church in Little Rock AK, with a black priest. Without a doubt, it was the most fun I ever had at mass.

I’m sick of these people making the assumption that all homeschooling families are uni-racial. It seems like they have to be making that assumption before they can say the idiotic things that they say. It’d be funny for anyone to suggest racism as a reason for us homeschooling if they could actually SEE us! We’re a multi-cultural and multi-racial family teaching its children to fill in the dot that says “other” and the line for ethnicity as “American.”

I see Dr. Jim has declared victory, like so many before him.

I don’t want to take sides with the reverend as I don’t subscribe to his brand of logic, happy_...l.html , but perhaps what he’s done is connect some dots to make his own picture. We see ‘the big dipper’ asterism, he doesn’t.
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Although the whole of Ursa Major is difficult to see without very dark skies, the Big Dipper is one of the most recognizable patterns in the northern sky. In other cultures it was identified as a wagon or cart, a plow, a bull’s thigh, and (to the Chinese) the government.
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I _think_ what he may be using as a starting point was the (unfortunately coincidental?) rise of Christian schools in the wake of desegregation. After a while those schools lost their tax-exempt status because of lawsuits, the cost of that kind of schooling rose, and some parents turned to the ‘home schooling’ being pioneered by the counter-culturalists, hence the entry of ‘racism’ into homeschooling’s history.

The Rudner/BJU-providing-tests connection doesn’t help, either.
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Google “Christian school desegregation tax exempt” for other background links.