Emile, I have picked up all of my impressions of you from your own posts, and the platform you ran on for political office which was cited here at Feelings a couple of months ago.
Your personal belief system convinces you that Christianity is a superior religion, and apparently that the history of Europe since the Christians is a golden age. You are free to teach all that to your children at home or in church, but I do not wish to support it with the tax dollars I pay for public education for all children. Out here in California we have sometimes children from many continents, speaking eight or ten native languages, in the same classroom. It is only fair in such a diverse culture as America is, that we teach respectfully what contributions come from all over the world, and from many peoples. History is based on truth, not religious belief systems. I wonder if you are aware of all the inventions and discoveries of the Arabs and the Chinese, for example?
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I definitely agree that children need to be taught European history, along with the history of all the other continents. Europe is not superior to, or better than, the rest of the world, however. By the time of the Renaissance in Europe, many of the really important inventions of history had already been in existence for thousands of years. We do white, Christian children a real disservice by not sharing all this richness with them.
Of course, when you are teaching European Christian culture to the white, Christian children you know, please remember to tell them all about the Dark Ages, the Crusades, the Inquisition with all those innocent women who were burned to death, and all the other wars and bad feelings that were the result of the polarizations religious fervor created in Europe!! |
