Common in Christain science books?

[icantlogoff]

My Step son goes to a Christian school , he is 8 yrs old.

Anyway he recently brought home his science book where it stated that the stars and the sun are constant, and will never die out!.

Is it just this school , or is this common among christian schools here in the US.

And also to sneak any question onto the board at the same time, can anyone recommend a book on social evolution by this I mean the evolution of language/ nature right and wrong and such like.

regards

steve

 

[Babylon Sister]

Your son-in-law is 8 years old? Wow.

(might want to edit that. unless it's true of course)

As to your question, my neice was at a Christian school so I was very interested in what might pass for science there. To my surprise, it was very much a normal science book, no verses, no god, etc.

 

[icantlogoff]

corrected..lol opps

Oh this science book he brought home is full of God this and God that. It just really surprised me that they would make such a statement. ( why do i still get surprised!)

The are a baptist style school. you know praying before basket ball games for a win! - against other baptist schools.

 

[fuelair]

Christian... science...book is an oxymoron,

A science book is a science book or it isn't. Other than the so called Church of Christ Scientist (whose books could all technically be called Christian science books) if it's geared to religion/a specific religion, it is not science.

 

[icantlogoff]

I didn't personally refer to it as a Christian science book, I said that it is the science book my step son brought home from his Christian school.
I actually agree with your statement, although that doesn't change what the book is, which is teaching 'their' version of science tainted with all the god junk they can throw in.

 

[Cello Man]

...Anyway he recently brought home his science book where it stated that the stars and the sun are constant, and will never die out!...

I guess that the devil put all those black dwarf stars, supernovae and black holes there to test our faith.

 

[fuelair]

I didn't personally refer to it as a Christian science book, I said that it is the science book my step son brought home from his Christian school.
I actually agree with your statement, although that doesn't change what the book is, which is teaching 'their' version of science tainted with all the god junk they can throw in.[/QUOTE

Actually, I was not quoting you (and I am not saying this for any nasty/mad purpose or such) I said it on my own - otherwise, I would have used the quote thing before commenting.
I was, on the other hand using the data you provided (i.e. used in Xtian school, clearly not real science, medieval actually - since no major xtian group (non-fundie) claims that astonomical bodies are fixed and immutable anymore IIRC. Your point was fine! I was just riffing on it.

 

[Beerina]

Your son-in-law is 8 years old? Wow.

Reminds me of one of Nelson's thug-buddies on Simpsons, the one with the bald head and white T-shirt. He made some comment about school, then, "...and I say that both as a teenager and as the father of a teenager."

 

[kedo1981]

Bout the most outrageous thing I ever saw in my stepdaughter’s Christian books, was that the reason the Indians had the new world “taken” away was because they worshiped idols.

 

[Tanstaafl]

Bout the most outrageous thing I ever saw in my stepdaughter’s Christian books, was that the reason the Indians had the new world “taken” away was because they worshiped idols.

What an irony it would be if the person who wrote that part of the book had a plastic Jesus on the dashboard to keep them safe while driving!

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

My Step son goes to a Christian school , he is 8 yrs old.

Anyway he recently brought home his science book where it stated that the stars and the sun are constant, and will never die out!.

Do you have the title handy? I'd like to see who publishes it.

About two years ago I got a chance to check out the Biology textbook the new Catholic high school our company was selling an empty building to would be using. There was a large section devoted to evolution.

Those Catholics have some really weird ideas when it comes to their religion, but at least they teach science in the science classroom.

 

[Bellatrix]

My Step son goes to a Christian school , he is 8 yrs old.

Anyway he recently brought home his science book where it stated that the stars and the sun are constant, and will never die out!.

Is it just this school , or is this common among christian schools here in the US.

I currently have the misfortune of living in Lynchburg Virginia (birthplace of Liberty University) and when I was taking some of my art classes at the community college over the summer a few years ago I saw one of my highschool classmates. She was taking biology as a summer class because she refused to get the inacurate science classes she would have received at Liberty.
I can only assume that it is an issue that is faced at Baptist schools. There are several baptist schools in the area and durring highschool lots of students transfered to public schools.

 

[RationalReverend]

I currently have the misfortune of living in Lynchburg Virginia (birthplace of Liberty University) and when I was taking some of my art classes at the community college over the summer a few years ago I saw one of my highschool classmates. She was taking biology as a summer class because she refused to get the inacurate science classes she would have received at Liberty.
I can only assume that it is an issue that is faced at Baptist schools. There are several baptist schools in the area and durring highschool lots of students transfered to public schools.

I think it has more to do with politics than with anything that is "Baptist".