Teachers bribed to denigrate Christianity
by Chris McGovern, TCW:
“Five luxury Harrods Hampers to be won!” That is the offer currently being made to teachers by the Times Educational Supplement resources website. What is more, by using the ‘FREEHAMPER” discount code you get “ a free teacher-created, classroom-tested resource costing £3 or less.” So what is on offer?
A model lesson for 11-14 year-olds caught my eye. It is entitled, Extremism: Christian terrorists.
The “learning objectives” under a sub-heading of “Abortion clinics” are
“To know an example of Christian terrorism”
“To explain Christian arguments for and against terrorism”
The “Learning outcomes” include:
“Explain how some Christians could use Situation Ethics to justify murder”
“Justify your opinion on whether murder is ever acceptable, using your own opinion as well as Christian arguments”
The example of “Christian terrorism” provided is an unattributed description of the shooting dead of George Tiller, “a prominent US abortion doctor”. President Obama is quoted: “However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence.”
It is unlikely that many 11-year-olds or, even, 14-year-olds, will be mature enough or knowledgeable enough to understand the complex moral issues that relate to abortion in general and to the Tiller case in particular. Nor is it likely that many will wish to be plunged into it. For some, indeed, the whole issue could be deeply traumatic. Parents will be justified in feeling alarmed that this material is being promoted for classroom use in lower secondary school, with or without a Harrods Hamper backing it up.
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