The Antithesis

Of course, you already know my response. Wisdom, virtue, truth, goodness, and beauty are all objective absolutes. Whatever is in line with Christian dogma is right. Anything opposed to Christian dogma is a damnable doctrine and should be opposed sharply.

All truth is God's truth. Since this is true, teaching God's truth has not been completely eliminated from the public school system. For when teachers teach calculus accurately, they are teaching God's truth - which is really neat because there is beauty in Calculus. Learning Calculus enables us to discover the Laws of Nature - the beauty and ordered-complexity of God's Creation. Of course, creation itself is an evangelist testifying to the Power and Beauty and Wisdom of the Creator. Praise be to God.

I have little doubt that once the ACLU realizes this, they will push to not allow the teaching of calculus. Calculus, like Jesus, is very black and white. There are right answers and wrong answers. And I'm sure that the ACLU is dogmatically against any dogmatic assersion that Johnny might be wrong, but Billy is right. The new calculus should be very interesting.

Of course, the truly wise and virtuous person does not give praise to Mohammed or Allah or Buddha. Again, wisdom and virtue are absolutes.

To change "those two words (Christ Jesus)" is a really big deal. I don't give in to that for a second. We are living to see the NAME of Jesus Christ be lifted high. It is the Name above all names. There is power and authority in the Name of Jesus. When we pray in Jesus' Name, it is because we know full well that to pray in any other name is a waste of time at best - and idolatrous at worst. Throughout the Bible, exalting the Name of God has always been a huge deal. That is how we get saved: By calling on the Name of Jesus.

You said, "The plain reality is that not everybody in the US agrees that Christ makes an excellent moral basis in education."

To which I say, "So?"

Since when was evil and ignorance a legitimate point of view?

Not everybody in the US agrees that racism is wrong. But since it is wrong, it is taught to be wrong in the public school system - precisely because of the tenacity of Martin Luther King and others who demanded that to be done. And on what authority, did they make that demand? Well, they fundamentally appealed to righteousness. They appealed to the moral law - which is real and true. It matters not that some don't recognize it. Those people need to be resisted.

And the bottom line is that if Christ is not preached in the public schools, other anti-Christian doctrines will be (and are) preached. There is an anti-thesis. There is no neutral ground. A values-neutral education is not possible - nor desirable. Either teachers will teach what God would have them teach in the manner which God would have them teach it in the grace that God gives them to teach it and with His authority, or they are in rebellion against God.

Obedience or rebellion. Those are the only two options.

When God speaks, to respond to Him with, "I'll just take the neutral ground" is to really misunderstand God. People who say this do not know what it is to fear the LORD.

We must dogmatically demand for the State to let our people go, trusting that God will honor our request as we put our faith and trust in Him as we do things His way.