The God Dilemma
July 13, 2023
Einstein's theory of relativity, Google's quantum computer, how humans see their place in the universe, imbuing the inanimate with diety, John Green, obtaining omniscience, origin of Faith and Reason, quantum computing, relilgion and science born of the same necessity, social cohesion, the purpose of public education, voucher schools, which came first--man or god??2 Comments
The Lord is in control, the Facebook entry said. I’m not religious, but I often find “Thank you, Jesus,” remarks threaded through my feed page. Mostly, I ignore or delete them. But on the day this one popped onto my computer screen, I was in a different state of mind. If
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March 29, 2017
Betsy DeVos, Focus on the Family, Heavens to Betsy, Joseph Overton, Kristina Rizga, Michigan public education, the Overton Window, voucher schools
Experiments are always happening in public education. During my brief years in the classroom, I remember fads like team-teaching, schools-within-schools, open classrooms, magnet schools, alternative schools and, finally, charter schools. What these variations held in common was
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