Re: [Phys-l] Intelligent designists fight back

["Richard Tarara" <rbtarara@sprynet.com>]

Let me make Stefan's question clearer (at least to me).  Isn't the first 
quoted paragraph exactly what public schools do (in some people's minds) 
when they teach evolution (or fill in the blank with your favorite belief 
that is contrary to public education or practice)?

Rick

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stefan Jeglinski" <jeglin@4pi.com>


> >There is no
> > need for conflict between us until or unless you decide it's your right
> > and/or duty to "correct" me and/or my children.  That would be, and is,
> > totally unnecessary, and it would be presumptuous of you to take it upon
> > yourself to do so.
>
> I'd like your take on the following. One of the issues seems to be
> that one's children are always one's children. That is, they grow up,
> and go to places like college, where they get exposed, in a serious
> way, to "foreign" concepts, esp evolution. In principle, parents
> should not fear their children going through this process, but many
> do anyway, and in fact are terrified of it, and hence try to go out
> of the boundaries you have described, politically, to influence
> institutions, and by extension, society, to sway others to what
> amounts to their personal religious views.
>
> How do you personally resolve this, having made the comment about who
> has the right/duty to instruct ("correct") your children? And does
> your personal resolution of this quandary also fit your beliefs about
> how society should deal with "enforcing" lower education?
>
> My question is an academic one, despite its personal nature. You just
> happen to be my current vehicle of enlightenment, and seem to take a
> mostly level-headed view of things :-)
>
>
> Stefan Jeglinski