1-Eagle wrote, “Christians are not called to hide themselves from the world or to become outraged over the lack of “Silent Night” in a school program. We are called to be the “salt of the earth.”
The purpose of government schools is to mold the world-view and mindset of youngsters into collectivism. There is no way a child can protect his/her mind against those thousands of hours of subtle propaganda and brain-washing. Parents are exposing their children to weapons that the children are totally unable to withstand by sending them to these government propaganda institutions. Perhaps there are a few left which are not so far down the road, and perhaps the parents can judge that (tho I would suspect many parents don’t know all that takes place in the school day and also may not be sufficiently alert to recognize the subtle forms of influence.) But in general, schools are very successful at their goals. Rather than trying to force the leopard to change his spots, parents should fight against forceful funding of government socialized education.
What ever happened to reading, writing, and arithmetic? You make today's classroom sound like a citizen rehabilitation class in Hanoi. A good Sunday School teacher can overcome all of that in five minutes, such is the power of God's Word. Just make sure all of your kids go to Sunday School every Sunday and spend time talking with them about what the learned in school each day. The danger for the secularist atheist society is that they have to interact with US. Thousands of kids are won to Christ every year by Christian friends who pray for them and invite them to... Sunday School.
Whatever the risks of being hypnotized by socialism, we cannot simply run away. We are called to be the "light of the world" and "so let your light shine before men." This is no time for fear and cowardice.