I think many Christians want to do a limited reading of the Gospels. They pick and choose and try and create this little “Christianized World” in order to feel safe. (It is also what creates misconceptions…people think that homeschoolers are doing what they do to feel safe…when the reality is the modern american educational system is rotten…and parents are trying to take responsibility for their kids education and help them be educated in all spheres of influence)

“In the World but not of the World”–You know I used to think that this was a direct quote from the Bible…actually it is a summary of 1st John 2:15-16. The thing is Jesus never called us to that approach to life. If we follow his example he engaged the culture and lived a life that was different and in contrast to the culture. The balance I think comes from the strength of one’s relationship with Jesus and not be the distance you have seperated yourself from society as a whole. When we seperate ourselves we basically say that God can’t use us to make a difference.

I think as time goes on that Rabbit hole mindset is going to increasingly permeate the church and eventually cause an implosion of sorts. This is why we are seeing the 19-29 age group heading to so many different directions…the “rabbit hole” church has decided that “status quo” was more important than being a living epistle to them and let them ask questions….just because we don’t know the answers doesn’t make the question bad…the question gives us an opportunity to journey with the person to find the answer and in the end all our blessed as all have grown.

So in all respects I rejoice when we, who believe that homeschooling is neccesary in order to produce effective and whole children are called demented. It was 12 demented men and a few demented women in the 1st century who were accused of turning the world upside down. I rejoice when I am called every filthy name in the book because I believe that a kid’s socialization is not nearly as important as being able to spell and write a proper paragraph.

In the end, our kids will be the legacy that will stand the test of time. In my small time on this earth very few will remember the Joy Behar’s of this world….it will be the Thomas Edison’s (a homeschooler)……the David Brainerd’s (another homeschooler)…that will be remembered.

So…the question needs to be asked again….what is more important?…1 comment or seeing our kids become testimonies that outlast the stupidity of one?

I linked to her post on my blog, and got a very nasty ad hominem attack on my post that said I had proved Joy Behar right, and was ruining my own kids, making them “demented” since I was too ignorant and immoral to educate them. Not to mislead anyone, I should admit that this attack wasn’t simply because I criticized Behar, but because of something else I wrote in the post that the reader found offensive. Still…

My choice of words may have been off kilter just a tad….it just irked me a little that one small comment could be interpeted to be an attack on a group.

Michelle, at least from my viewpoint, was making “supposed” inferences from the comment and then slanting the comment for her article. When I watched the episode I was anticipating Joy Behar to get into one of her rants, which she is brilliant at, but all that was there was a peanut gallery comment…the focus of the discussion on the view wasn’t home-schooling it was where would the Obama children be going to school when their Daddy takes office on January 20th.

I mean if someone is going to spell out that there was an attack made on homeschoolers…make it a good one…not “home schoolers are demented.”

I just expected a better article from Michelle Malkin and didn’t get it.

This expression refers to the animal ass (as in, Samson slew a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass) not the human posterior. Calling someone an ass (as in jackass, or donkey) is simply calling them a fool, and it’s not considered obscene. Since body parts cannot be said to have bad manners, but barnyard animals can, Ms. Malkin wasn’t being obscene.

Someone who calls themselves a moderate always makes me laugh.