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From: pete@valid.UUCP (Pete Zakel)
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Subject: Re: Scopes II
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Date: Thu, 31-Jul-86 18:07:21 EDT
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> Well, as any fundamentalist Christian will tell you, exposing
> non-Christian children to Christian ideas (by means of school prayer)
> doesn't deprive them of their religious freedoms.  Similarly, exposing
> Christian children to non-Christian ideas doesn't deprive them of
> religious freedom either.
> 
> So I just can't see what their problem is...
> -- 
> David Canzi             "In your heart you know it's flat."

Fundamentalist Christians, however, will completely reject the second point.
They consider non-Christian ideas to come from Satan, and they don't want
their children to be tempted away from the "true faith" under any
circumstances.  Whether this fear is reasonable means nothing.

If they want their children to get a "Christian" education, they should send
them to a "Christian" school.  Unfortunately, they would rather turn the
public schools "Christian" instead of setting up their own.
-- 
-Pete Zakel (..!{hplabs,amd,pyramid,ihnp4}!pesnta!valid!pete) (member of HASA)