Comments on: Post Nazi Germany http://nogreaterjoy.org/articles/post-nazi-germany/ Over 500 articles from Michael and Debi Pearl on Child Training, Homeschooling, Family, Marriage, Christianity, the Bible, Missions, Simple Living, Gardening, and other topics! Fri, 18 May 2012 19:40:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rebekah http://nogreaterjoy.org/articles/post-nazi-germany/#comment-2924 Rebekah Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:54:21 +0000 http://new.nogreaterjoy.org/?p=2786#comment-2924 This is in response to the article and Kaleb above me. I totally agree with Michael Pearl on this and support him. To Kaleb, YOU need to get the facts brother. Go to www.drdino.com and read up on the truths of evolution and the dangers of teaching your children a kooky theory that is NOT scientifically based. Evolution, can not, in any form or fashion, be reproduced in a lab or elsewhere. That is science at its most basic level. This is in response to the article and Kaleb above me. I totally agree with Michael Pearl on this and support him. To Kaleb, YOU need to get the facts brother. Go to http://www.drdino.com and read up on the truths of evolution and the dangers of teaching your children a kooky theory that is NOT scientifically based. Evolution, can not, in any form or fashion, be reproduced in a lab or elsewhere. That is science at its most basic level.

]]> By: Carrie http://nogreaterjoy.org/articles/post-nazi-germany/#comment-2923 Carrie Thu, 13 May 2010 12:30:18 +0000 http://new.nogreaterjoy.org/?p=2786#comment-2923 Wonderful article Mr. Pearl! I hope that most people don't miss the point of the article. It is not about what is taught to our children. It is about our freedom to educate our own children. The government should never be allowed to control our personal freedoms. There is no one more fit to teach a child than someone who knows and truely loves that child. There can be no one right way to teach the children of an entire nation. Circstances differ from family to family as to what a child may need to know as he grows, although there are many things all children should know. But depending on the child there will need to be differences in how that child is taught because of differences in personality and how fast they mature. There is no way he government can do a better job than the parent who truely knows their child and knows his needs. Even parents of "lesser quality" have what the government lacks to better teach their children. There are many helps for parents who need them in the huge array of curricula out there. There will always be the lazy parents who choose not to take care or do a good job raising their kids. What is needed here is not for someone to jump in and give their kids a generic education. What is needed is for someone to teach the parents how to love their children so that they could grow up in a loving secure environment. It is better to grow up less educated than others but healthy in body and soul. Any young person raised in a healthy loving environment will want to learn and can easily suplement his educationas he grows. The Lord knows that as an adult I am educating myself through my own studies to make up for lack of proper learning in all my years in public school. It simply is not the goverment's job to raise or educate our children. They should be glad that so many of us want to take our children's education into our own hands and ease the burden placed on the people and tax payers who are helping to do our job for us. Wonderful article Mr. Pearl! I hope that most people don’t miss the point of the article. It is not about what is taught to our children. It is about our freedom to educate our own children. The government should never be allowed to control our personal freedoms. There is no one more fit to teach a child than someone who knows and truely loves that child. There can be no one right way to teach the children of an entire nation. Circstances differ from family to family as to what a child may need to know as he grows, although there are many things all children should know. But depending on the child there will need to be differences in how that child is taught because of differences in personality and how fast they mature. There is no way he government can do a better job than the parent who truely knows their child and knows his needs. Even parents of “lesser quality” have what the government lacks to better teach their children. There are many helps for parents who need them in the huge array of curricula out there. There will always be the lazy parents who choose not to take care or do a good job raising their kids. What is needed here is not for someone to jump in and give their kids a generic education. What is needed is for someone to teach the parents how to love their children so that they could grow up in a loving secure environment. It is better to grow up less educated than others but healthy in body and soul. Any young person raised in a healthy loving environment will want to learn and can easily suplement his educationas he grows. The Lord knows that as an adult I am educating myself through my own studies to make up for lack of proper learning in all my years in public school. It simply is not the goverment’s job to raise or educate our children. They should be glad that so many of us want to take our children’s education into our own hands and ease the burden placed on the people and tax payers who are helping to do our job for us.

]]> By: Eva http://nogreaterjoy.org/articles/post-nazi-germany/#comment-2922 Eva Tue, 11 May 2010 10:35:40 +0000 http://new.nogreaterjoy.org/?p=2786#comment-2922 I would like to add, Anthony Flew, who debated against creationists/intelligent design experts in front of thousands of people for many years and was considered one of the foremost experts in atheistic theology, had one principle which I greatly admire: "Follow the evidence wherever it may lead" because: Jesus said "John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." I would like to add, Anthony Flew, who debated against creationists/intelligent design experts in front of thousands of people for many years and was considered one of the foremost experts in atheistic theology, had one principle which I greatly admire:
“Follow the evidence wherever it may lead”
because:
Jesus said “John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

]]> By: Jason http://nogreaterjoy.org/articles/post-nazi-germany/#comment-2921 Jason Wed, 05 May 2010 18:56:55 +0000 http://new.nogreaterjoy.org/?p=2786#comment-2921 I respectfully disagree with "Kaleb"'s contention that he "understandshow frustrating it must be...", etc. Here's why: Mr. Kaleb has missed the point of the entire article. It is not a matter of "choice" of education or "parents of lower...Quality" (a degrading statement on its own) being unable to "properly" educate their children. The German government has made it an imprisonable offense to homeschool AT ALL. As an example, an oft-quoted letter from Germany's Minister of Education to parents attempting to homeschool explicitly spells out the German State's express totalitarian agenda: "The minister of education does not share your attitudes toward so-called homeschooling...You complain about the forced school escort of primary-school children by the responsible local police officers. ... In order to avoid this in future, the education authority is in conversation with the affected family in order to look for possibilities to bring the religious convictions of the family into line with the unalterable school-attendance requirement." This is not an option for German parents; it is the only choice. Hitler imposed this same requirement, and the German government's continuing incorporation of this Hitlerian policy should be at the least an embarrassment and a shame to the current regime. A second item of note: Although most readers of this magazine already recognize this, Mr. Kaleb's contention that "children should be brought up knowing the FACTS that are compounded again and again by scientific evidence" does rather go against his own argument for teaching evolution. If my children are taught scientific facts, they will unerringly make the remarkable discovery that evolution is not based on facts, but on a continual denial of the overwhelming scientific evidence against evolution; a denial explainable only by the desire to deny the existence of God and the accountability of evolutionists to God for their sin. To be blunt, then: Anyone objectively studying the bare scientific evidence without any interpretation beyond raw data is inescapably drawn to the same conclusion reached by Antony Flew, (one of the world's most renowned former atheists and author of "There Is A God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind"): Science by itself demonstrates what the Bible expressly states. The Earth itself and everything in it blatantly points to God. There is not an evolutionist in the world, to include Richard Dawkins and all the rest, who can successfully scientifically rebut that creation (rather than evolution) is the only scientifically reasonable explanation for the existence of energy, matter, and this planet as it exists (to say nothing of DNA, which is simply too complex to come into being in any way explainable by evolutionary pseudo-science). I notice that Mr. Kaleb immediately argues that the "science-based side" should be "standardized". Based on that argument alone, there is no reason to teach a child the mythology of evolution...because evolution cannot (based on lack of evidence and its violation of available data, scientific principles and dependence on already-discredited theories which cannot stand in the light of discoveries made by evolutionists themselves!) stand up under objective scientific scrutiny. This is why even evolutionist scientists of the first rank are being forced to admit that they have no true evidentiary legs to stand on. For sheer entertainment value, watch Ken Hamm discuss evolution with any evolutionist, and note that the arguments proffered simply don't hold water under evolutionists' own scientific burdens of proof. It is absolutely in the best interests of a child to teach him or her about evolution..provided it is done honestly, with straightforward admission that this religion masquerading as "science" is nothing more or less than the desperate, self-contradicting efforts by sinful men to deny responsibility for their own sin by degrading themselves to hyper-evolved chimps, fish, and rocks. Evidence presented in "The Fingerprint of God", "EvidenceThat Demands A Verdict", and even the video series "Amazing Creatures That Defy Evolution" are simply unanswerable by evolutionists, and there is a reason for that: You cannot refute truth with lies. You can only yell the lie over and over again, in hopes that enough people will believe it. Unfortunately, in this fallen world, that tactic works rather well. I respectfully disagree with “Kaleb”‘s contention that he “understandshow frustrating it must be…”, etc. Here’s why: Mr. Kaleb has missed the point of the entire article. It is not a matter of “choice” of education or “parents of lower…Quality” (a degrading statement on its own) being unable to “properly” educate their children. The German government has made it an imprisonable offense to homeschool AT ALL. As an example, an oft-quoted letter from Germany’s Minister of Education to parents attempting to homeschool explicitly spells out the German State’s express totalitarian agenda: “The minister of education does not share your attitudes toward so-called homeschooling…You complain about the forced school escort of primary-school children by the responsible local police officers. … In order to avoid this in future, the education authority is in conversation with the affected family in order to look for possibilities to bring the religious convictions of the family into line with the unalterable school-attendance requirement.”
This is not an option for German parents; it is the only choice. Hitler imposed this same requirement, and the German government’s continuing incorporation of this Hitlerian policy should be at the least an embarrassment and a shame to the current regime.
A second item of note: Although most readers of this magazine already recognize this, Mr. Kaleb’s contention that “children should be brought up knowing the FACTS that are compounded again and again by scientific evidence” does rather go against his own argument for teaching evolution. If my children are taught scientific facts, they will unerringly make the remarkable discovery that evolution is not based on facts, but on a continual denial of the overwhelming scientific evidence against evolution; a denial explainable only by the desire to deny the existence of God and the accountability of evolutionists to God for their sin. To be blunt, then: Anyone objectively studying the bare scientific evidence without any interpretation beyond raw data is inescapably drawn to the same conclusion reached by Antony Flew, (one of the world’s most renowned former atheists and author of “There Is A God: How the World’s Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind”): Science by itself demonstrates what the Bible expressly states. The Earth itself and everything in it blatantly points to God. There is not an evolutionist in the world, to include Richard Dawkins and all the rest, who can successfully scientifically rebut that creation (rather than evolution) is the only scientifically reasonable explanation for the existence of energy, matter, and this planet as it exists (to say nothing of DNA, which is simply too complex to come into being in any way explainable by evolutionary pseudo-science). I notice that Mr. Kaleb immediately argues that the “science-based side” should be “standardized”. Based on that argument alone, there is no reason to teach a child the mythology of evolution…because evolution cannot (based on lack of evidence and its violation of available data, scientific principles and dependence on already-discredited theories which cannot stand in the light of discoveries made by evolutionists themselves!) stand up under objective scientific scrutiny. This is why even evolutionist scientists of the first rank are being forced to admit that they have no true evidentiary legs to stand on. For sheer entertainment value, watch Ken Hamm discuss evolution with any evolutionist, and note that the arguments proffered simply don’t hold water under evolutionists’ own scientific burdens of proof.
It is absolutely in the best interests of a child to teach him or her about evolution..provided it is done honestly, with straightforward admission that this religion masquerading as “science” is nothing more or less than the desperate, self-contradicting efforts by sinful men to deny responsibility for their own sin by degrading themselves to hyper-evolved chimps, fish, and rocks. Evidence presented in “The Fingerprint of God”, “EvidenceThat Demands A Verdict”, and even the video series “Amazing Creatures That Defy Evolution” are simply unanswerable by evolutionists, and there is a reason for that: You cannot refute truth with lies. You can only yell the lie over and over again, in hopes that enough people will believe it. Unfortunately, in this fallen world, that tactic works rather well.

]]> By: Kaleb http://nogreaterjoy.org/articles/post-nazi-germany/#comment-2920 Kaleb Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:20:25 +0000 http://new.nogreaterjoy.org/?p=2786#comment-2920 If I may offer my 'two cents', I have a a few statements about my take on this article. I understand how frustrating it must be for a parent who is homeschooling their child to be told what they must teach them, especially if it were the school's curriculum that the parent was trying to avoid in the first place. On the other hand, however, there are parents of lower... Quality... Who perhaps lack the abilities to teach their children certain things that may be quite important in their futures. Or they may not consider it an important subject/lesson to study. For these reasons, it is my opinion that a standardized lesson plan may be more effective. Subjects such as Sexual Education are quite important in bringing up a healthy and functioning child, and neither promote nor condemn sexual relations, serving to inform the child, allowing them to make informed decisions. Also (and I must stress that this is MY opinion, and I am not pushing it on anyone), refusing to teach the concept of evolution is an extremely poor choice. Regardless of your beliefs, children should be brought up knowing the FACTS that are compounded again and again by scientific evidence. I am by no means saying that you shouldn't tell your child about intelligent design, or whatever you believe, but I AM saying that both sides of the argument should be presented, with the science-based side standardized, and the religious side presented by parents or members of the community, depending on the religious beliefs of the family. I have more opinions I would love to share, but I am doing my best to stay more or less unbiased, so I will stop here. Thanks for listening. If I may offer my ‘two cents’, I have a a few statements about my take on this article. I understand how frustrating it must be for a parent who is homeschooling their child to be told what they must teach them, especially if it were the school’s curriculum that the parent was trying to avoid in the first place. On the other hand, however, there are parents of lower… Quality… Who perhaps lack the abilities to teach their children certain things that may be quite important in their futures. Or they may not consider it an important subject/lesson to study. For these reasons, it is my opinion that a standardized lesson plan may be more effective.
Subjects such as Sexual Education are quite important in bringing up a healthy and functioning child, and neither promote nor condemn sexual relations, serving to inform the child, allowing them to make informed decisions. Also (and I must stress that this is MY opinion, and I am not pushing it on anyone), refusing to teach the concept of evolution is an extremely poor choice. Regardless of your beliefs, children should be brought up knowing the FACTS that are compounded again and again by scientific evidence. I am by no means saying that you shouldn’t tell your child about intelligent design, or whatever you believe, but I AM saying that both sides of the argument should be presented, with the science-based side standardized, and the religious side presented by parents or members of the community, depending on the religious beliefs of the family. I have more opinions I would love to share, but I am doing my best to stay more or less unbiased, so I will stop here.
Thanks for listening.

]]> By: Betty http://nogreaterjoy.org/articles/post-nazi-germany/#comment-2919 Betty Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:05:56 +0000 http://new.nogreaterjoy.org/?p=2786#comment-2919 YAY Mr. Pearl! I cannot agree more with your reply and the initial letter. Homeschooling families in all European nations have much been on my heart. I too fear for our own country as more and more liberal agendas are passed even without the consent of the American people. Pray pray pray folks, it is God who still gives us our leaders, good or bad to bless or chasten. May He protect us and our fellow homeschoolers and Christians everywhere. Thank you Pearl family for always standing for what is right, even when it gives you un-deserved criticism. I am so thankful that there is a ministry that is truly unashamed of speaking the Truth both in the Word and for life. Too many "ministries" are sounding more and more like wimpy extensions of political correctness rather than life-giving water. I may not agree with everything on here, though that is rare and small and mostly insignificant, I agree with 99.9% and I *know* that truth prevails here at NGJ. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANKYOU!!! YAY Mr. Pearl! I cannot agree more with your reply and the initial letter. Homeschooling families in all European nations have much been on my heart. I too fear for our own country as more and more liberal agendas are passed even without the consent of the American people.

Pray pray pray folks, it is God who still gives us our leaders, good or bad to bless or chasten. May He protect us and our fellow homeschoolers and Christians everywhere.

Thank you Pearl family for always standing for what is right, even when it gives you un-deserved criticism. I am so thankful that there is a ministry that is truly unashamed of speaking the Truth both in the Word and for life. Too many “ministries” are sounding more and more like wimpy extensions of political correctness rather than life-giving water.

I may not agree with everything on here, though that is rare and small and mostly insignificant, I agree with 99.9% and I *know* that truth prevails here at NGJ. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANKYOU!!!

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