But can this woman actually read?
This woman has more of a case than Laura Mallory, even though she really doesn't have a case:
The Palm Beach County School Board refused to pull 80 books referencing homosexuality, atheism and abortion from the library shelves of two high schools. But the mother fighting since September to ban them refuses to give up. Laura Lopez said she will start a church-to-church petition and reach out to a Christian law center to represent her. "To me, it doesn't end here. This is just the beginning," said the West Palm Beach mom.
What are these horrible books that Lopez wants removed? Surely we are talking about books that encourage anarchy, crime, and drug use! Nope:
Among the objectionable books were: Medical Ethics: Moral and Legal Conflicts in Health Care, Coping When a Parent is Gay and The Cider House Rules, a John Irving novel about a rural doctor who runs an orphanage and performs illegal abortions.
Oh No! Don't let kids read books like these! They will surely tarnish the soul and the reader will be condemned to the pit of fire! Like Mallory, Lopez has not read any of the books. She searched the library computer system by keyword to find books she think are objectionable.
The school board found no grounds for her objections. Board member Monroe Beniam summed it up with this, "As a school board member, I'm a school board member to all children whether they are heterosexual or homosexual, pregnant or not pregnant and no matter what they believe religiously."
Ms. Lopez, if you don't like the books, and they aren't "Christian" enough for you, send your kid to a private christian school or take him out of all schools and homeschool him. By the way, if the Bible is your guide for everything, you should know your place according to the teachings of your book and hide behind your husband rather than speaking for yourself.
My Disclaimer: Someone is going to ask me for a verse about the "don't speak for yourself" part. I don't have one, I don't care for one. This post is full of gross generalizations, that is why it is a rant.
Comments
I got really into Christian apologetics a fews years back. I believe that Christians needs to reach out and try to understand atheism and so on. One of my favorite books is Atheism: The Case Against God. I don't agree his main theme, but he educated me. I wish all Christians would see the good in things they don't agree with.
Posted by: Jason | July 14, 2007 10:16 AM
""They're teaching kids the Big Bang. They're teaching kids lies," she told the board. "The world was created 6,000 years ago. In my son's elementary school book, it says the world was created several million years ago."
The world is only 6,000 years old? The Chinese domesticated the dog and the Sumerian's invented glue well before then. I know it's based on the lineage of Adam to Christ listed in the Bible, but that is assuming that it is true. This is the danger of religion. It takes advantage of people's credulity and stifles the search for scientific truth.
You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe.
"One of my favorite books is Atheism: The Case Against God. I don't agree his main theme, but he educated me."
Jason...As an agnostic/atheist, I can 'hip' you to many other books for further insights (Dawkins, Harris...).
It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
p.s. I'm not perfectly clear on your requirements for posting but, does having this perspective or discussing religion ban me from this forum, mate?
Posted by: joe.politico | July 14, 2007 01:43 PM
"Someone is going to ask me for a verse about the "don't speak for yourself" part."
1 Timothy 2:11-12
"A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent."
Posted by: joe.politico | July 14, 2007 01:53 PM
I'm not perfectly clear on your requirements for posting but, does having this perspective or discussing religion ban me from this forum, mate?
Haha, hell no. The only real "requirements" are to keep it PG-13.
There aren't really any topics are off limits, at least not that I can think of, except maybe my personal, private life.
I think I've only banned one or two people.
Posted by: Jason | July 14, 2007 02:05 PM
Jason...As an agnostic/atheist, I can 'hip' you to many other books for further insights (Dawkins, Harris...)
Only if you'll take a look at some stuff by William Lane Craig.
Posted by: Jason | July 14, 2007 02:08 PM
Once again personal conviction being tossed about as biblical truth.
Read "A Case for Christ" or a "Case for Faith" by Lee Strobel. An Atheist who set out to right a book to prove his atheistic belief system. Keep in ming atheisism is as much a religon (belief) as any other.
Posted by: Publius V. | July 14, 2007 02:49 PM