Thousands of American school students in Louisiana attend private religious schools that teach from a fundamentalist christian curriculum that suggests the Loch Ness Monster is real and disproves evolution.
"Are dinosaurs alive today? Scientists are becoming more convinced of their existence.
Have
you heard of the `Loch Ness Monster' in Scotland? `Nessie,' for short
has been recorded on sonar from a small submarine, described by
eyewitnesses, and photographed by others. Nessie appears to be a
plesiosaur." explains an Accelerated Christian Education science textbook
It goes on to declare that "True science will never contradict the Bible because God created both
the universe and Scripture...If a scientific theory contradicts the
Bible, then the theory is wrong and must be discarded."
Politically, the religious school curriculums denounce trade unions as "... plagued by socialists and anarchists who use
laborers to destroy the free-enterprise system that hardworking
Americans have created." and that the Great Depression was exaggerated by propagandists, including John Steinbeck, to advance a socialist agenda.
Whereas "...the Ku Klux Klan in some areas of the country tried to be a means of
reform, fighting the decline in morality and using the symbol of the
cross... In some communities it achieved a certain respectability as it
worked with politicians."and that "South Africa's apartheid policy encouraged whites, Blacks, Coloureds,
and Asians to develop their own independent ways of life. Separate
living area and schools made it possible for each group to maintain and
pass on their culture and heritage to their children."
Four days after this blog post appeared, the Glasgow Herald published a similar article. Are they reading Socialist Courier? More likely they are reading the same source as Socialist Courier. Unlike ourselves who provided a link, the Glasgow Herald's reporter Rachel Loxton failed to do so.
ReplyDeleteThe Herald now has a pay to read online policy, supposedly to protect its intellectual property. In future, this blogger will think twice before crediting the Herald in future when it is quoted.