Of Christians and Homeschooling
As many of you may know, several months ago I had issues with my support group wanting everyone to sign a statement of faith. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm a Christian. It was more of a principle thing - a group for military homeschoolers, that meets on base, shouldn't have a religious requirement. One of the reasons I enjoy homeschooling so much is showing CG that there are other views and allowing him to decide for himself. I've noticed in the Christian Homeschooling realm that there are two distinct beliefs about Creation. The first is Young Earth (YE); from what I can understand (and please correct me if I'm wrong) this is the belief that God created the earth in 6 days (six 24 hour periods). This is basically the literal interpretation of the Bible. The second set (now just Christians, of course) is Old Earth (OE). This is the belief (as I understand it - again correct me if I'm wrong) that while God did indeed create the earth we don't know how l...