Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Thursday, September 06, 2012
Saturday, September 01, 2012
Anti Science Idiots Do Not Speak For All Homeschoolers
I shuddered when I read On The Box with Ray Comfort Homeschoolers Miss Out on Sexual Promiscuity and Much More, it is anti science idiots like this that give homeschooling a bad name.
He says
Not all us use those dreadful textbooks there are many secular textbooks available to homeschoolers, textbooks that teach REAL SCIENCE not this .....................................garbage. And I don't see how anyone can be considered knowledgeable when their "so called knowledge" is based on fiction not science. But if parents want to teach their children superstitious nonsense that is fine with me just don't pretend to speak for all homeschoolers.
He goes on to paint a totally biased portrait of public schools. While I am not a fan of the public school system and choose to homeschool my own children there are many good public schools out there that in no way resemble the public schools of Ray Comfort's fevered imagination.
He then says
The THEORY OF EVOLUTION has been proven countless times, just like the THEORY OF GRAVITY.
He says
I have met many kids who have been educated by their parents (using what one atheist on my blog called "idiot" home-school textbooks, and I have found that they are consistently respectful, well-adjusted to life, sociable with their peers, and extremely knowledgeable.
Not all us use those dreadful textbooks there are many secular textbooks available to homeschoolers, textbooks that teach REAL SCIENCE not this .....................................garbage. And I don't see how anyone can be considered knowledgeable when their "so called knowledge" is based on fiction not science. But if parents want to teach their children superstitious nonsense that is fine with me just don't pretend to speak for all homeschoolers.
He goes on to paint a totally biased portrait of public schools. While I am not a fan of the public school system and choose to homeschool my own children there are many good public schools out there that in no way resemble the public schools of Ray Comfort's fevered imagination.
He then says
Had home schoolers attended public school they would have also been brainwashed by an unproven theory about human origins,
The THEORY OF EVOLUTION has been proven countless times, just like the THEORY OF GRAVITY.
No serious biologist today doubts the theory of evolution to explain the marvelous complexity and diversity of life. In fact the relatedness of all species through the mechanism of evolution is such a profound foundation for the understanding of all biology that it is difficult to imagine how one would study life without it. (page 99)
The examples reported here from the study of genomes, plus others that could fill hundreds of books of this length, provide the kind of molecular support for the theory of evolution that has convinced virtually all working biologist that Darwin's framework of variation and natural selection is unquestionably correct..... As Theodosius Dobzhansky a leading biologist of the twentieth century (and a devout Eastern Orthodox Christian), has said, "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution." (page 141) - The Language of God by Francis S. Collins
Why It's Important to Teach Facts NOT Feelings
More post on Homeschooling and the Theory of Evolution can be found here.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
I highly recommend this book for teens (Grades 9-12). In a world where machines have turned on their human masters humanity must put aside their differences and band together in order to survive.
For those of you worried about profanity, it is on ONE page and makes sense in the context used. In a later chapter the term FUBAR is used but again makes sense in the context used and if your kids don't know what it is an acronym for then it's not a problem is it? And in the more genteel WWII era the F stood for Fouled.
Wilson wrote an outstanding book and the plot as well as the broader issues it explores makes it well worth reading.
For those of you worried about profanity, it is on ONE page and makes sense in the context used. In a later chapter the term FUBAR is used but again makes sense in the context used and if your kids don't know what it is an acronym for then it's not a problem is it? And in the more genteel WWII era the F stood for Fouled.
Wilson wrote an outstanding book and the plot as well as the broader issues it explores makes it well worth reading.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
Theodore Boone : the abduction by John Grisham
Theo's best friend April is missing and the authorities fear she has been abducted by a distant cousin who escaped from prison and is back in town. But Theo knows that April was staying alone because her Mom abandoned her and her Dad was out of town playing with his band and puts the pieces together in order to bring April home.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Book Review ~ Teen
Death Run by Jack Higgins - Twins Rich and Jade Chance become embroiled in their Father's work when their math teacher turns out to be "The Banker" John Chance rescued from "The Tigers" clutches. Fast paced thriller.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
The Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson lead to victory one of the most diverse and motley assortments of American troops ever put together.
Spirit of New Orleans
Road to New Orleans
Afro-Creoles in the Battle of New Orleans
- The regular army's 7th and 44th infantry regiments
- Militia units from Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana
- Two Battalions drawn from the free black population of New Orleans
- Chocotaw Indians
- Pirates under the command of Jean Lafitte
Spirit of New Orleans
Road to New Orleans
Afro-Creoles in the Battle of New Orleans
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Book Review ~ Peter, Paul and Mary Magdalene by Bart D. Ehrman
Peter, Paul and Mary Magdalene The Followers of Jesus In History and Legend
Ehrman explains how the stories made up about Peter, Paul and Mary Magdalene give us insight into what the people of that period were thinking.
Ehrman explains how anything supposedly written by Peter is highly suspect as Peter was an illiterate fisherman. Explores the stories concerning Simon Peter's "contest" with Simon Magus. Tells how Peter supposedly refused to heal his own daughter who was paralyzed to keep her a virgin. And explores the myth of Peter's martyrdom, he was supposedly crucified upside down because he preached sexual abstinence even for married people.
Paul was well educated and spoke Greek. Doubtful he spoke Hebrew/Aramaic. The letters Paul wrote are at odds with what was written about him in Acts. The views in Acts that women were to stay home and have babies are not Paul's. Supposedly beheaded by Nero, and his blood was replaced with "milk". Paul was a figure of controversy even in his own time.
Mary Magdalene the most interesting from my point of view. Little is know about her and she is only mentioned in the four Gospels of the New Testament 13 times, although she is often confused with other Mary's (Mary of Bethany for example) and unnamed women in the Bible. In The Golden Legend she is a reformed sex offender who can work miracles. In The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown she is Jesus' secret wife and the mother of his child. In Jesus Christ Superstar she was sexually attracted to Jesus and possibly intimate with him. The Last Temptation of Christ had Jesus imagining an alternate life with Mary Magdalene as his wife while he was being crucified. While in the Bible she is only on the fringes of the group of Jesus and his disciples along with other women. In fact all we know about her from the Bible is that demons were cast out of her and that she was the first to see the empty tomb, and that she was the one who proclaimed that "Jesus Was Risen", making her the first apostle. More then likely she was illiterate. There are no surviving text written by Mary or claiming to be written by Mary. The Gospel of Mary is a book about her written years after her death.
Ehrman explains things in an easy to understand way and has written an interesting book about Peter, Paul & Mary Magdalene.
Ehrman explains how the stories made up about Peter, Paul and Mary Magdalene give us insight into what the people of that period were thinking.
Ehrman explains how anything supposedly written by Peter is highly suspect as Peter was an illiterate fisherman. Explores the stories concerning Simon Peter's "contest" with Simon Magus. Tells how Peter supposedly refused to heal his own daughter who was paralyzed to keep her a virgin. And explores the myth of Peter's martyrdom, he was supposedly crucified upside down because he preached sexual abstinence even for married people.
Paul was well educated and spoke Greek. Doubtful he spoke Hebrew/Aramaic. The letters Paul wrote are at odds with what was written about him in Acts. The views in Acts that women were to stay home and have babies are not Paul's. Supposedly beheaded by Nero, and his blood was replaced with "milk". Paul was a figure of controversy even in his own time.
Mary Magdalene the most interesting from my point of view. Little is know about her and she is only mentioned in the four Gospels of the New Testament 13 times, although she is often confused with other Mary's (Mary of Bethany for example) and unnamed women in the Bible. In The Golden Legend she is a reformed sex offender who can work miracles. In The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown she is Jesus' secret wife and the mother of his child. In Jesus Christ Superstar she was sexually attracted to Jesus and possibly intimate with him. The Last Temptation of Christ had Jesus imagining an alternate life with Mary Magdalene as his wife while he was being crucified. While in the Bible she is only on the fringes of the group of Jesus and his disciples along with other women. In fact all we know about her from the Bible is that demons were cast out of her and that she was the first to see the empty tomb, and that she was the one who proclaimed that "Jesus Was Risen", making her the first apostle. More then likely she was illiterate. There are no surviving text written by Mary or claiming to be written by Mary. The Gospel of Mary is a book about her written years after her death.
Ehrman explains things in an easy to understand way and has written an interesting book about Peter, Paul & Mary Magdalene.
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Dave Out Loud ~CoH
The Carnival of Homeschooling is being hosted at Dave Out Loud this week. Be sure to drop by and check out my submission.
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