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Deuteros wrote:
> I feel that Christian schools using math books intertwined with Christianity
> might not be the right choice for Christian schools. Even if the text is
> rewritten to be more consistent with the teachings of Christ, there is still
> some concern. In fact, if we turn to the New Testament, we learn that the
> Lord actually saw little need for subjects such as math:
> 
> 1. When Jesus was in the temple and demanded that the money changers cease
> their questionable activities, did he use pre-calculus in his assessment of
> the goings-on? No! God told him what to do and he did it.
> 
> 2. When Jesus needed to multiply the loaves and fish to feed the crowds, did
> he calculate a derivative to determine how much food was needed? Heck no!
> Jesus used his fingers and toes to count heads.
> 
> 3. When Jesus was giving advice about taxes, did he use the sine and cosine
> of the angle between the floor and the wall to determine what people should
> do? No, he did not. Jesus used his own common sense, coupled with a healthy
> fear of Caesar.
> 
> As you can see from just these three examples, Christians do not need
> calculus, nor even its predecessor, pre-calculus. If you are really a
> Christian school you will not teach math at all.

One of the obvious problems with mathematics is that it has been used by 
astronomers to calculate the age of the universe as being several 
billion years. We know for a biblical fact, however that the world is 
only 5,400 years old, so therefore mathematics must be fundamentally 
wrong, and should not be taught in schools. ;=))