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1.0 out of 5 stars
The ultimate guide to religious intolerance..., 21 Jan 1998
By A Customer
This book should have been called: 'The ultimate guide to christian homeschooling'.I have nothing against educating your children with one perspective, or another: but please, make it clear in the title when the approach is focusing in one direction only. I am offended by the lack of consideration that the author has for any religion or belief other than the christian. Just a few excerpts. Talking about science "I have not found any positions that conflict with our beliefs". Whose beliefs? If the book is directed to a precise christian sect, state so in the cover page. I found this shocking comment in a chapter devoted to teaching history, where the author talks about the fact that christian missionaries did not get to Asia 'in time': "We also saw the dramatic repercussion from missed opportunities. [...] the emperor of China had asked Marco Polo to bring priests to explain Christianity to him [...]. But the missionaries were frightened away [...]. [...] Shortly after that Buddhism appeared, the emperor converted, and the religion spread throughout the continent." What does the author mean? That the appearence and widespread of Buddhism is a "dramatic repercussion", or an unfortunate event? I wonder how tolerant of other people her children are, if every other religion is seen as a dramatic repercussion of the absence of christian missionaries. Does she wish that 'christian missionaries' had given the same fate to asian people they gave to native americans and pre-colombian civilizations: exterminating them? One last example: the author advises participating to a "Worldview Academy Leadership Camp", "designed to equip [notice the subtle term substitution for 'indoctrinate'] teens with a Christian world view. The camp focuses on three spheres: world views, apologetics (defense of faith) and evangelism, and leadership." It reminds me a lot of the merry get togethers of the KKK. I dare wondering what the author, considering her approach to other religions, thinks of Jews, or Muslims. Ultimately, I think the title of this book is misleading, and the author's approach to the subject of homeschooling is shortsighted and ignorant (how can you consider entire civilizations "dramatic repercussions" of lack of christianity?). This book is, at best, a manual for the religious fundamentalists on how to indoctrinate their children: a crash course on how to raise intolerant children, therefore potential intolerant adults. Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni (sebacc@aol.com), New York, USA
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