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the light of Bible prophecy
Teaching right and wrong to be scrapped
Schools will no longer have to teach children the difference between right
and wrong according to changes in the National Curriculum. The existing
aims to be scrapped include the instruction to ‘pass on the enduring values’
and to ‘develop principles for distinguishing right from wrong.’ Under the
new proposals this would be replaced with an aim which simply says children
should have ‘secure values and beliefs.’
Also to be scrapped is the requirement to help pupils discover a sense of
identity ‘through knowledge and understanding of the spiritual, moral,
social and cultural heritages of Britain’s diverse society.’ All reference
to Britain is dropped with the aim to help individuals ‘understand different
cultures and traditions and have a strong sense of their own place in the world.’
All of this ties in with a world wide programme to condition children for
the new global management system. All sense of national identity must be
replaced with a global identity (‘a sense of their own place in the world’).
Traditional ideas of right and wrong based on God’s commandments must be
replaced with a consensus of shared values which are arrived at through a
process called ‘Values Clarification’.
Berit Kjos has written extensively on this subject on her website
www.crossroad.to . She defines ‘Values Clarification’ as a process which
uses ‘facilitated dialogue to replace old beliefs and values (first) with
moral relativism and self-made choices, then (second) with new global
beliefs and values. It shatters faith, destroys modesty, desensitises to
evil, and frees children to follow their feelings.’
‘To understand this planned rebellion against biblical values, look back to
1970. Education psychologist Dr. William Glasser had just pioneered a
"daring new programme" for changing attitudes. His book, Schools Without
Failure, introduced a manipulative strategy for turning the class into an
encounter and counselling group: Children would share their feelings and air
their complaints under the guidance of a trained facilitator with a
politically correct answer. They learned to empathize with another's lust
and respect each other's feelings. Soon, they had traded God's moral
standards for self-made choices. No longer would authoritarian parents
impose their values on submissive children. They would write their own
rules!’ (B Kjos, ‘Sex Education and Global Village’).
By this process education becomes a form of indoctrination which actually
does not scrap ideas of right and wrong but replaces ones based on Christian
values with humanistic ideas which always come down to a repeat of the first
question to be asked in the Bible ‘Hath God said?’ (Genesis 3.1). Some of
the basic ideas of the thinking the education system seeks to inculcate on
what is right and wrong are these:
- Right thinking = There is no right and wrong. All is relative. My truth is not
your truth and what I consider right may not be right for you.
- Wrong thinking = There is right and wrong based on the unchanging Word
of God.
- Right thinking = All expressions of human sexuality are valid and there
is no preferred way to bring up children.
- Wrong thinking = Sex should be kept for heterosexual marriage and the two
parent family of father and mother is the basic building block of society
for the bringing up of children.
- Right thinking = All religions are equally true or untrue and no one has a
monopoly on truth about God.
- Wrong thinking = The Bible is the true revelation of the nature of God and
Jesus is the Messiah and Lord who meant it when he said, ‘I am the way the
truth and the life and no one comes to the Father except by me.’ John 14.6.
In this case Bible believing Christians are wrong on all counts. But the
rotten fruit of this tree is apparent to anyone with any discernment.
Tragically the fruit is most obvious in the ruined lives of young people who
are taught to mock and reject the truth revealed by God.
Berit Kjos concludes her article: ‘Our children are not immune to the
world's seductive messages. Many hear the same tempting promises and the
alluring voices that others hear and follow. They, too, want friends and
fun. So when the tempting promises ring out day after day, week after week,
they start to sound both true and natural.
Concerned about their spiritual safety, our Shepherd reminds them:
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of
your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect
will of God." (Romans 12:2-3)
Unless we help our children build a mental framework and filter based on
biblical truth, the world's philosophies will probably squeeze them into its
mould. It takes discernment, diligence, and delight in God to stand firm in
His truth when friends choose to follow their feelings. But those who have
chosen to stand firm, wear His armour, trust His promises, and follow Him no
matter what, will be led by the Shepherd in a peace and triumph the world
can never understand.’
