Monday, March 29, 2021

NEUTRALITY AND NON-RELIGIOSITY

 


 

Is such a thing possible in our schools? Is it possible to be neutral when we hire, choose our textbooks, and set our curriculum? All such decisions cannot be exclusively tested in a science lab. They require values, worldviews, and laws – matters of religion and conscience, whether explicit, systematic, or implicit.
 
Most schools will not hire convicted sex offenders. We might pass the buck on this question and claim that it is strictly a matter of law, but is it? Don’t our laws all rest upon a foundation of values/religious beliefs? Of course, they do!
 
Consequently, if we eliminate values/religious beliefs (VR) from our institutions, we no longer have a basis for decision-making and almost every choice we make. However, we do eliminate certain VRs from the public domain, as we should. We should eliminate a VR that allows parents to have sex with their children or teachers seduce their students.
 
However, ideally, such decisions should involve an open discussion of all the considerations, but this is not happening. Instead, any consideration of God is routinely eliminated by erroneously invoking “Separation of Church and State.” Others will try to eliminate any consideration of God and Intelligent Design by claiming that this consideration is not scientific, while making the religion the naturalism the mediator, as if it is a scientific reality.
 
However, there is not even the least bit of evidence that anything is natural or has ever been caused naturally. Ironically, the laws of science give every indication that they are designed, by virtue of their elegance, immutability, and universality. Even the smallest atom provides evidence of exquisite design.
 

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