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"Deuteros" <deuteros@xrs.net> wrote in message 
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|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.

God made integers, all else is the work of man. When I trim my toenails
I have 9.857254344333 toes left, everyone knows that. Pizza can be 
divided
without pi but not without pie.
Why didn't the crowd bring their own lunch from Long John Silvers?
I'll tell ya... they thought they'd see the water-into-wine stunt again, 
and
it was gonna be a booze-up. What a let down, the whole show was just
a guy on skis walking on water behind Pete's bass and walleye skiff
with a lake speed limit of 10 mph to prevent wake. So they went to sleep
and forgot the fish sandwiches.

Androcles.