Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!csanders From: csanders@ucbvax.ARPA (Craig S. Anderson) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion Subject: Re: "Secular Humanism" banned in the US Schools. Message-ID: <10141@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 02:41:40 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.10141 Posted: Fri Aug 23 02:41:40 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 18:21:00 EDT References: <4141@alice.UUCP> <938@bunker.UUCP> <161@gargoyle.UUCP> <5766@cbscc.UUCP> Reply-To: csanders@ucbvax.UUCP (Craig S. Anderson) Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 16 Keywords: Education (or lack thereof) Xref: watmath net.politics:10593 net.religion:7456 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