As a
Christian, I wish that everyone would come to know Jesus Christ, but
evangelization is not a function of our public schools. And
the myopic, stupid notion that a literal reading of the Bible can be
seen as a scientific text or the basis thereof – or that a literal
reading is even a valid interpretation of sacred Scripture in the
first place – is not only childish but dangerous.
I have
no truck with atheism but am in agreement with its proponents that
religious instruction has no place in the public classroom. And the
dumbass brand of Christianity that promotes fundamentalist,
Creationist, so-called “scientific” theories is an embarrassment
to the faith that I know and believe in.
Jesus
loves us all. He loves the fundamentalists and, as with everyone
else, wants to save their souls. But when they claim that the
universe is 6,000 years old and that, therefore, man and dinosaurs
must have co-existed, I think he must roll his eyes at the idiocy his
saving presence has inadvertently spawned.
All of
this is not to say that the young man in this interview is an
atheist; the interview doesn't address his belief in God or lack
thereof. And frankly, I'd never heard of the kid before seeing this
interview. But whatever his spiritual convictions (or again, lack
thereof) I'd be proud as hell if my kid was doing at his age what
this young man is doing.
http://billmoyers.com/segment/zack-kopplin-on-keeping-creationism-out-of-public-classrooms/
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