On Aug 16, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Olin Elliott wrote: > "(08-12) 17:25 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal judge says the > University of California can deny course credit to applicants from > Christian high schools whose textbooks declare the Bible infallible > and reject evolution. > Rejecting claims of religious discrimination and stifling of free > expression, U.S. District Judge James Otero of Los Angeles said > UC's > review committees cited legitimate reasons for rejecting the > texts - > not because they contained religious viewpoints, but because they > omitted important topics in science and history and failed to teach > critical thinking.... > > > > Aren't these the same folks who scream that Gays and Lesbians who > ask for basic civil rights are seeking "sepcial treatment"? Why do > Fundamentalism and hypocrisy so often seem to go together? > > Olin
One of the articles I saw on this mentioned that at least one of the textbooks in question (the one quoted as saying "if (scientific) conclusions contradict the Word of God, the conclusions are wrong") was published by Bob Jones University. Those would definitely seem to be the same guys. It's worth noting that the entire *curriculum* taught by fundamentalist-based schools and homeschooling systems (most of them use the same curriculum, in most cases either A Beka or PACE) is considered so substandard by accredited university standards that most fundamentalist "Christian" school courses aren't accepted for credit in accredited universities. This is a widespread enough problem that there is a whole "parallel economy" of fundamentalist-affiliated universities like Regent, Bob Jones, Liberty, and others, and even alternate track *accreditation* for those universities (since their *own* courses are often not accepted for transfer to mainstream universities, likewise for the reason that most of them are so appallingly substandard as to not be worth the paper they're printed on), just to provide a secondary education for the kids unfortunate enough to have been dragged through a fundamentalist K12 program. It's a huge problem, and is very much underreported in this country. (It's worth noting that Monica Goodling, one of the players in the US attorneys firing controversy, was a Regent graduate, considering other fundamentalist-connected players hired or appointed by the administration..) The true paradox of democracy is that it is vulnerable to defeat from within -- Me _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
