Homeschooling

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>>>>> "Ronald" == Ronald J Bowden <flatfoot@juno.com> writes:

    Ronald> On Sat, 24 Aug 1996 11:14:52 -0500 "Robert J. Brown"
    Ronald> <rj@eli.wariat.org> writes:

    >> But the point I am making is that the children were trained not
    >> only by their parents, but also *SCHOOLED* by the rabbis -- the
    >> local religious organization; extrapolate this into the new
    >> testament and you have scripture for church based schools.

    Ronald> Is that a basis for "church based schools" as you state or
    Ronald> for Sunday school and Biblical teaching in church
    Ronald> gatherings.  Where else were we instructed to teach our
    Ronald> children in Scripture?

Well, I must agree with you because religious schooling was all the
schooling there was.  Given the parents and the rabbis taught
religion, but did they not also teach reading, so one could read the
scriptures?  Where did the Jewish children learn arithmetic, or
geometry?  History was obviously in the Bible, but where did they
learn music?  How about the sciences?  Or engineering?  Engineering,
especially civil and military, were important in Bible times too.

I believe that the rabbis taught these higher academic subjects as
well as theology.  Many parents would not have the knowledge
themselves. 

So I beleive it takes both home and church schooling, and they should
cover religous and secular topics.

    Ronald> It is clearly the parents' primary responsiblity to teach
    Ronald> their children, "so that your days and the days of your
    Ronald> sons shall be multiplied (Deut. 11:21). These commands to
    Ronald> educate our children, of course, cannot be accomplished
    Ronald> once a week at Sunday School.  It involves a comprehensive
    Ronald> approach to education on a 'daily' basis.  The commands of
    Ronald> God should be taught to our children when we sit in our
    Ronald> homes, when we rise up, lie down, and when we travel.  In
    Ronald> other words, all of the time.
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    Ronald> This comprehensive educational program is to be based on
    Ronald> God's commands.  Two of the goals of Godly education,
    Ronald> therefore, are that children will put their confidence in
    Ronald> the Lord, and that they will keep His commandments.
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    Ronald> Sending children to public school violates nearly every
    Ronald> biblical principle on training and teaching our children
    Ronald> given to us in Scripture.  It is tantamount to sending
    Ronald> your children to be trained by the enemy.  No doubt that
    Ronald> if Satan had his choice as to which school system you use
    Ronald> he will choose the public school system.

In this light, it is very interesting that a fundamental tenet of
Freemasonry, at least in *THIS* country, is the existence of free
public schools.

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