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From: csanders@ucbvax.ARPA (Craig S. Anderson)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion
Subject: Re: "Secular Humanism" banned in the US Schools.
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 02:41:40 EDT
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As a product of 12 years of public schools (not counting Berkeley)  I think
that the concern about 'Secular Humanism' is totally misplaced.  Not once
in twelve years did any of my teachers even remotely try to promote a set
of dogmatic beliefs, including humanism, whatever that happens to be.
The only time religion was even brought up was when my biology teacher said
that he was not trying to contradict anyone's religion by teaching
evolution.  He went on to add that evolution is an accepted part
of science, just as we accept that photosynthesis is how plants
make their food.  How come some people are more concerned about
prayer in schools rather than the education their children receive there?
After all, schools are meant to educate the next generations.  If I were
to look at the performance of this nation's schools,  I sure as hell
would be more concerned about how we are training the people who will
run this country rather than if they get a minute of silence every day...

-Craig Anderson