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Voting-3-A
05
Feb
To make a valid decision on what to do about the current situation, a voter must also know how things work and what has worked or not worked in the past. Education is important. Liberals today discount history and focus on the present. They support what they call situation ethics. You look at the present situation and make a determination. Yet that determination requires some idea of how things work and what works and doesn’t work or it is meaningless guessing. Too often lately the news has come out with statements on an event that later prove false because they didn’t have all the facts. They ran with the story because it fit their agenda. The abortion issue is a perfect example. Before Roe vs Wade, the majority of people opposed abortion because most people assumed it was a baby from conception but the number opposing it has dropped as they are told we don’t know if it is. Many kids know about sex from sex education classes but do not understand conception and the baby’s development in the womb. Women are led to believe it is not a baby until just before birth. Once a woman sees an ultrasound showing her the baby in her is fully formed, most women reject abortions. In addition, those supporting abortion concentrate on the fact that they want to help a poor girl in distress but few people understand that she is in distress because sex education taught her to have sex but did not tell her about the consequences of it. It implies that she can have sex without worrying about getting pregnant because contraceptives prevent it and abortion takes care of any accidents. Good girls used to avoid sex outside marriage because of the disgrace of unwanted pregnancy, but after Roe vs Wade, many felt free to engage in it because their sex education classes fail to tell her about the high failure rate of contraceptives and the fact that abortion is not as safe as they are told. An abortion can have serious consequences physically and emotionally. It is the same with many issues today. The schools teach names and dates and either don’t teach the consequences or twist them to support their agenda so voters cannot make educated decisions about policies they want their representatives to pursue. As a result, voters must educate themselves. In addition, liberal politicians are often not open about the policies they support or proclaim support for policies the people want but then vote the opposite.
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21
Jun
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Sixth Sunday of Epiphany-Feb 16
14
Feb
Tutoring-A- Many of our public schools have a poor record of teaching and many students are failing. While there are many dedicated Christian teachers in the public schools, they are often hampered by class size and administrative demands. As our public schools become increasingly short on staff, many children are not getting the attention they need to succeed and are falling behind in school. Teachers rarely have time to spend helping students who are struggling. Many kids also fall behind in school because their parents may not be able to help them because their schools failed to help them when they fell behind. In addition, immigrants entering the U.S. may have only a minor grasp of English. Many students have learning disabilities, but far more are merely poorly motivated due to their home situation and lack of encouragement at school. Sterile public classrooms often teach by memorization and fail to encourage students to explore the wonders and majesty of God’s creation. All need assistance to help them. While many schools offer tutoring, many of them are not adequate. Volunteer tutors are needed for tutoring programs that can provide one-on-one assistance that teachers don’t have time for. Volunteers can also show that someone cares and can share a love of learning. Christian school students are often well ahead of public school students and many failing public school students tutored by caring Christian tutors often surpass their classmates. Tutoring can take place at school, after school, or in local churches.
Schools-I-AK
26
Jul
Some States are beginning to mandate that the Ten Commandments be taught in the public schools and many people are saying it violates the teaching of religion. However, the Ten Commandments are not strictly a product of Judaism and Christianity. Just about every culture has laws that forbid killing, stealing, lying, and others. The difference between the Ten Commandments and other laws is that the Ten Commandments are given by God. It is generally accepted that those who make the laws can change them. If God made them, no man can change them. Those made by man may be changed by those that make them, or by those called to interpret them. We are seeing the difference in the United States today. Judges who believe in the Constitution and the rule of law restrict themselves to interpreting the laws passed by Congress and the people while those who believe laws are man-made feel they can ignore the law when it interferes with what they want to do, or they can use it to harass their opponents and overlook it when it affects their friends. In the mid-1900’s, the Ten Commandments were firmly imbedded in our government and judicial system and people generally respected the law. There were those who disobeyed the law and they were usually punished but they made up a small portion of the population. Today, the Ten Commandments is banned from many schools and court rooms and the Constitution and laws passed by Congress and the people are often ignored or twisted to fit the person’s purpose. As a result, we see widespread lawlessness on our streets and in our political arena. Many judges and politicians feel they are above the law and the people follow their leaders. The police can only do so much. Laws may prevent killing or stealing, or lying when they are enforced, but they cannot prevent the hatred that produces killing, the greed that produces stealing, or the deceitfulness that prevents lying. Those feelings can only be contained when a person respects his neighbor, their property, and their reputation. It is that respect for man, his possessions, and his reputation that are taught in the Ten Commandments. If a person does not respect his neighbor, he will lie, steal, and even kill if he thinks he can get away with it. I wrote a series of study courses based on the values set down in the Ten Commandments to illustrate the difference between man’s values and the values God set down in the Ten Commandments.
Education-I-AJ
25
Jul
Kids need to be taught to think critically on issues. Many public schools and universities today seek to indoctrinate kids in what is politically correct by telling them their view and demonizing those who hold an opposing view. Liberal teaching is based on emotion based theories not science and need to be exposed with scientific facts. Kids needs to be taught to seek out and evaluate both sides of an issue so they are not led blindly to accept false liberal teaching. I feel that my class on debating in high school was one of the most important classes I took because it taught me to back up my beliefs with facts. I vividly remember a debate I had over the value vs the dangers of smoking. This was in the early 1960’s when smoking was popular, before the dangers of smoking became public. My opponent argued that it helped him relax and made him look “cool”. My research however, produced numerous studies showing close ties of smoking to heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer, and a multitude of other diseases which were withheld from the public because of pressure from cigarette manufacturers. He defended the popular socially accepted view based on feelings, but I defended the opposing view based on facts backed by numerous studies. When I taught Sociology in college, they used liberal textbooks based on politically correct theories and not facts and I felt I needed to present the facts so they could learn the truth about relationships, health and financial issues, government, education, and public welfare. I had to go back to books published before 1960 which were written by experts and reviewed by panels of their peers. While teaching, I wrote the lectures to include both sides of the issue and later published what I learned under the two volume series, “Truly in the World But Not of it”, which is still available from LULU Press.
Schools-5-A
08
May
In 2018, Missouri passed a law to allow schools to use instruction hours instead of days of school to allow flexible schedules including four day weeks. They claim it will help retain teachers and save money though no proof has been given to support those assertions. Parents have strongly resisted it because it would force them to get daycare for their children on the fifth day because most parents have to work five days a week. While some companies are experimenting with flexible work schedules for employees, most working parents do not have the option of flexible scheduling. The main problem lies in the increasing number of single parent families and families where both parents work. While other States have discussed changing the school schedules, such as going to school all year. None have gained much traction
Schools-2R
08
May
There has been an ongoing fight since the voucher program began about whether public funds should go to private schools. The issue hinges on whether the State should support religious schools. Opponents claim religious schools should not get vouchers because the State cannot support religious instruction but if that is the case, they cannot support the public schools either because they teach Humanism which is really a religion because it meets all the criteria for a religion. The fact that most opponents and supporters miss is that it is not supporting the schools as such, it is providing funds for the student to go to the school of their choice. To say they cannot use it for religious schools is to discriminate against Christians. Parents should be free to send their children to the school of their choice. The Supreme Court has ruled that the government cannot bar Christian schools from receiving government funds simply because they are Christian. Public schools are paid for from public taxes while Christian schools must depend on tuition from students and donations from supporters. Those who send their kids to Christian schools must not only pay taxes to support public schools, but tuition for their children as well. As a result, many church members cannot afford to send their kids to Christian schools so Christian schools cannot compete with the public schools. Vouchers given to parents to take to the school of their choice would level the playing field and enable more church members to send their kids to Christian schools. By giving each student, a voucher for a certain amount, parents can choose the school that is best for their child. If parents want to send their child to a more expensive school, they can pay extra, but many Christian schools actually cost less than public schools. (see “Truly in the World But, Not of it” part B, published by Lulu Press under “Education” for a full discussion of vouchers.)