Re: [asa] Homeschooling and Creation Science

David,

Regarding the chemistry curriculum: was it anything other than what
people might expect in a secular curriculum? Because I note an
article in Chemical & Engineering News from two weeks ago, wherein
some athiest members of the American Chemical Society complained about
the lack of secular homeschooling materials in chemistry. One of them
admitted not to have even examined the Christian materials because
when they see God written on something, they run away..

Chris

On 4/27/07, David Buller <bullerscience@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here's some info on being on the inside of the creation
> science/homeschooling thing. I have been homeschooled since fourth grade,
> and we have used all Bob Jones University Press curiculum. The BJU texts
> are indeed of very high quality. I had their older edition of Biology, but
> the Physics and Chemistry books were beautifully done. As you may have
> imagined, the Biology textbook was ever so slightly open to the day-age and
> gap theories, but overall it was YE and anti-evolutionary. TE was rejected.
> My church is also YEC.
>
> Basically I came to accept evolution by having an open mind to all the
> evidence, biblical and scientific. I think the idea of a OEC/TE high school
> textbook series would be an excellent idea, although certainly a mammoth
> task. Anyway the homeschool movement truly is very YEC controlled,
> unfortunately. On the other hand, perhaps it is easier for a homeschooler
> like me to reject YEC than, perhaps, a high schooler attending a private
> school and using the same curriculum. There is little wasted time in
> homeschooling (when it is well-structured) which allowed me plenty of time
> to pursue my extracurricular interests, such as chess, classical music,
> programming, herpetology, and, yes, evolution. If there was a Christian
> curriculum that was scientifically solid and biblically based, the
> homeschool movement would be cranking out some pretty solid scientists!
>
> So anyway, it's pretty interesting being a TE in a YEC world...This is my
> "inside view" on the topic. :-)
>
> If there are any questions on this topic, feel free to ask me!
>
> -David Buller

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Received on Mon Apr 30 07:37:07 2007