Delicious Wingnut Outrage: Team Obama wins fight to have Christian home-school family deported

[Rowan16]

134. Please do not assume we are all dumb, or that we all believe the same things

I do not believe that the climate change we are currently experiencing is primarily a result of man's activities, and I would consider myself a creationist more so than an evolutionist, though my personal beliefs do draw from both camps. I do have a high school education, and I also have a Bachelor's degree in physics. I have also published scientific papers.

I am a committed Christian, and I can tell you that most Christians I know have at least a University education, and many of them have Master's degrees or PHDs. We all hold different beliefs. Some of us believe in Anthropogenic global warming, and some of us believe that the world climate is entirely stable. Some of us believe in the theory of evolution, and some of us believe that the world and everything in it was created in literally 7 days. One thing I have found to hold pretty true across the board: Most of us have an understanding of Anthropogenic global warming, and most of us understand evolution at least as well as those who believe it. We have to. Most of us have spent a considerable amount of time questioning our own beliefs in the middle of a world that thinks what we believe is foolish. Most of us have had to weigh searching for the truth with fitting in with our peers. My beliefs about my religion and about my world have not been arrived at lightly, and I question and revise them constantly as new information is given me.

If I were living in a country that I felt was trying to teach my children to blindly accept what the state taught as good and right, and what my family valued as wrong, then I would home-school or flee. I would do this if I felt the state was trying to teach my children that my religion was evil, and I would do this if I thought they were trying to teach my children to not ask questions about the world around them.

I can't speak for the German family. I haven't been able to find information on exactly what the German schools were teaching that they found so dreadful they had to flee the country, but I do respect their decision. I am greatful to live in a country where homeschooling is legal. As long as the children can pass the same tests given to their publicly schooled peers, I see no issue with homeschooling for any reason.