Comments on: Christianity Inc.

By: Missy

Missy — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 17:49:02 +0000

How extensive is the practice of homeschooling stateside? Hmmm….last pastoral interview Jeff and I went to, when I asked about the local public schools, the Senior Pastor’s response was–”Don’t you homeschool?”

As a christian, a pastor, and a mother of five, it’s ASSUMED that I homeschool. The really ironic thing is that the very pastor who asked me that question, who’s daughter homeschools her kids: His wife subs in that same public school system.

Don’t get me started on isolationism.

By: Bene Diction

Bene Diction — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:55:48 +0000

Hi Will:

LoL. I think his use of home schooling might need some useful rebuttal - I wouldn’t know how extensive the practice is south of the border. It didn’t strike me as the most useful example for what he was attempting to say.
Back at you - have a blessed and happy thanksgiving. Don’t hit the books to hard eh?

By: will

will — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:52:08 +0000

Logic teaches that one cannot dismiss an argument simply because the author of the argument made another argument that was substandard, however, it is a useful cognitive shortcut for a law student who should be studying for finals. Therefore, this little argument is a real gem for me: “Home schooling is one example of this. This is a phenomenon that is really driven by the companies selling home-schooling materials to parents.” It allows me to save a lot of time! (Unless the author is referring to that evil cabal of used bookstores selling dog-eared copies of Plato and Plutarch for the explicit purpose of getting rich of off homeschoolers. My God… it all makes sense. I’ve been exploited, I tell you, exploited by those evil used bookstore corporations.)
Anyway, have a blessed second thanksgiving BD (yes, I know you guys north of the border have it in October, but hey, every day is thanksgiving day when you know the Lord’s grace!).

By: Joel Thomas

Joel Thomas — Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:40:07 +0000

The great majority of Christian bookstores will not sell books authored by non-fundamentalists, whereas Cokesbury, the United Methodist bookstore, will sell books from the “Left Behind” series, which are very fundamentalist in nature. This has left a serious imbalance in the perspectives many Christians receive. Perhaps blogs will help fill some of the void.