Editor,
I have a few thoughts on the separation of church and state. I think it isn’t OK to force your religion on others in the academic environment, but to exclude all semblance of Christianity is kind of ridiculous. The reason is that when discussing history, literature or other topics, Christianity might come into discussion because it has had far-reaching influence and is mentioned in literature.
The problem that I have is that I had an English teacher at UNM who routinely put down and denigrated Christianity while promoting his communist agenda/beliefs. And I had a teacher at Santa Fe Community College who put down Christianity. My point is that if you want to keep Christianity out of schools, then please discipline teachers who try to poison students’ minds against Christianity. That isn’t kosher at all.
The school/academic world is a place for open discussion of ideas and not a place to promote one’s own beliefs with students. This includes not trying to influence students against Christianity.
Also, many young people don’t realize that Christians basically started almost all of the colleges and universities originally in America.
Study the Bible. It has a lot to say about this life. It is a book of wisdom.
Jean Hampleman
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