RE: [asa] Mike Riddle's YEC astrophysics video

Another note on curriculum. The administrator of the Christian school that
operates in the facility where we go to church told me recently that they
evaluated all sorts of Christian and secular science textbooks, and they
decided on secular curricula because they contained better science. I just
borrowed several of the high school science books to see what they chose and
to look them over for myself, which I started doing this evening.
Interestingly, they chose the Prentice Hall Biology textbook from Ken Miller
and Joseph Levine (http://www.millerandlevine.com)! I'm fairly certain it
wasn't because of Ken Miller being a Christian, but probably based on the
quality of the book itself.

I also noticed last week in the school's library that there were several YEC
science videos on the shelf, but also some from National Geographic and
others - one, which apparently contained references to evolution, was marked
"for upper grades only". I can only imagine why.

Jon Tandy

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Subject: RE: [asa] Mike Riddle's YEC astrophysics video

In all fairness, we have a YEC astronomy text and have used it for
homeschooling. It is actually a pretty good course for grade school level,
as most of it emphasizes the glory of creation in a fairly accurate manner,
with great pictures and activities.

However, I have decided against the Apologia high school curriculum, and we
will probably use good texts from standard secular publishers. I had pretty
much predicted when we started that this would be the course we would go
(Christian curriculum to give a foundation with an emphasis on God, and
secular courses in the upper grades to get more accurate science). After
reviewing a few Apologia texts a few months ago (search for "apologia Jay
Wile" on Amazon), it sealed the deal for me. Too much apologetics and
inaccurate science, particularly in the Biology course (go figure). I think
the answer to your question is, they don't give Christian science answers to
the details of the universe's origin, they just give talking points against
the standard model.

Jon Tandy

Christopher Sharp wrote:

Do YECs want to reduce the whole field of astrophysics to the God-did-it
cop-out? I wonder what a YEC textbook on astrophysics would look like!

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