Re: ASA Perspective

From: Jan de Koning (jan@dekoning.ca)
Date: Tue Mar 12 2002 - 20:31:09 EST

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    At 07:07 AM 13/03/02 +1100, Jonathan Clarke wrote:
    >Hi Jan
    >
    >Jan de Koning wrote:
    >
    > > SNIP
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > I have been in a study committee of our churches, and found that the lack
    > > of, or the type of elementary education has a lot to do with it. If you
    > > are going to elementary school in areas were "creationist" fundamentalists
    > > are in the majority teaching in elementary schools is different from
    > > teaching somewhere else. That is why we as Calvinists always have insisted
    > > on basic Christian schools from grade one to university.
    > >
    > > I have to leave now. Later more.
    >
    >The problem has been here in Oz that the parent controlled schools
    >established by
    >the Reformed churches and subsequently copied by others have proved to be
    >nurseries for YEC, as ever increasing numbers of parents demand first that
    >their
    >children be taught "creation" in science, as well as "evolution" and in
    >some they
    >are taught only creation science.
    >
    >Jon

    Sorry to hear that. It is not in line with the official publication of the
    Christian Reformed Church, see Acts of Synod 1991

    Jan



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