Decius wrote:
] ] Students at one of the area's largest Christian schools
] ] are reading a controversial booklet that critics say
] ] whitewashes Southern slavery with its view that slaves
] ] lived "a life of plenty, of simple pleasures."
] ]
] ] Leaders at Cary Christian School say they are not
] ] condoning slavery by using "Southern Slavery, As It Was,"
] ] a booklet that attempts to provide a biblical
] ] justification for slavery and asserts that slaves weren't
] ] treated as badly as people think.
] ]
] ] Principal Larry Stephenson said the school is only
] ] exposing students to different ideas, such as how the
] ] South justified slavery. He said the booklet is used
] ] because it is hard to find writings that are both
] ] sympathetic to the South and explore what the Bible says
] ] about slavery.
]
] This is an interesting story. Is this a good idea or a bad
] idea? Its difficult to tell. Does this "Christian" school
] teach "different ideas" about Religion? If so, then I'd say
] this is no different. If not, then I'd say they are being
] selective about what to indoctrinate and what not to
] indoctrinate.

Did you hear that they took it out of their curriculum now? I posted their press release.

RE: newsobserver.com Christian School teaches multiple views on Slavery