Got AIDS? Just sing: What a friend we have in Jesus!
You heard the one about a group of neo-Nazi teachers suing the government, because they’re not allowed to use Mein Kampf in the class room?
I’m not surprised: I just made that one up.
I wish I could say the same about the following:
A private Christian school in California and a group representing religious schools are suing officials at the University of California system, saying the university discriminates against students from high schools that present Christian viewpoints, including the teaching of creationism.
The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday, argues that five students at Calvary Chapel Christian School, located in Murrieta, Calif., are unable to apply to the university because several courses they have taken at the school — courses in subject areas required for admission to the university — have been refused certification by university officials for having a Christian slant. The university’s actions, the suit alleges, violate the constitutional rights of the students and of Christian schools.
Our collective hearts bleed for these five poor students, and for all oppressed Christians.
By the way, here’s one of the reasons why the state of California felt the Bob Jones “Biology for Christian Schools” text, which these schools had been using, wasn’t quite up to snuff in terms of biology – let alone human decency, or any true Christian values, really:
When the AIDS epidemic began, some people said that the disease was God’s judgmenton the sins of homosexuals and fornicators since they were the primary ones affected by the disease. Many were offended by such an analysis, claiming that it is unreasonably cruel to tell people in pain that they have caused their own disease.
Nevertheless, the Bible does teach that diseases that result from sexual impurity are part of God’s punishment of sin (Rom. 1:27). Such punishment is in fact evidence of God’s grace. It allows the sinner to experience the offensiveness of his sin and points him to the need for a Savior - “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29).
With these kinds of ‘Christians’ around, you don’t need Richard Dawkins foaming round the mouth about the evils of religion.
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