Transition to christian perspective

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  1. soldiermom

    soldiermom New Member

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    We are transitioning to reteaching my dd about the world through the creationist perspective. However I want to teach some of the stuff she would learn in the public schools so she can relate with her peers and still answer questions correctly on standardized testing i.e. big bang, prehistoric era, evolution blah blah blah. My problem is that it is going to feel like everything that ever was taught in school up to this point has been a lie. She is a smart girl and should take it ok but when the school says the planet is 4.5 billion years old and I tell her that the bible says it is only 6,000 old it may get confusing getting lost in the facts. Have other moms or dads faced this dilemma and what were your approaches so as to make this experience less like "all the schools are liars" to more of an acceptable understanding of how the world just works with theory. Also if you know of any great christian books ( besides the bible) that discuss caveman or life and times of people during the early years that would be great. I look forward to hearing from you.
     
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  3. Lindina

    Lindina Active Member

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    I think Abeka science and Apologia science both have good "the scientists say" vs "the Bible says". And I believe Answers in Genesis have both books to order and articles online that are good. Biblical Archaeology Review is a good resource for things historical/cultural - not all those folks are Christian, and not all of them believe the same things, but for "what the Bible says that has been verified by archaeology" - pretty good. There's Institute for Creation Research, too, for more science.

    Not everybody here ascribes to "the Christian worldview", either. But I bet a lot have good resources for you.
     
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    I second that Apologia does a nice job of presenting both sides. I don't know the age of your daughter, but I've used Apologia for 7th grade and up. I thought it was very thoughtful in the way it present the evidence; we came away not thinking that the "all the schools are liars" but rather that people interpret the same data differently.
     
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    Okay I do ke APologia for younger but not older. We used a science that was fantastic for the younger ages that made me say that I loved science for the first time in my life.

    I think it was Exploring Creation Science, I will look it up and link to it for you. So far I cant find it< I may have posted on this forum someplace not sure its been a few years back but it comes with a work book that we photocopied and you are a Scientist, a Science detective, and it tells you the teacher what to say etc! I found it online back then but of course finding it is hard, it wasnt ECS, mentioned by me, it was Gods Creation Science I think... so I am looking to find it, I will post here if I find it. IT was SOOO GoOD!
     
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    soldiermom New Member

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    Thank you.
     
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    I have used almost all of the exploring creation Apologia for the younger kids. I would say that it does a great job of showing how Creation confirms that it was made by an intelligent designer, and what the other view points are as well. I hope it makes it easier for my kids if they ever need to know what other people think. My biggest problem is keeping them quiet when we visit places like the museum and my kids are laughing and making jokes about the millions of years stuff.
    We also went to Creation camp with Alpha and Omega Institute at Camp Redcloud. Best family vacation hands down. Creation teaching was amazing, camp was amazing. It was a great experience, that I would like to do again. http://www.discovercreation.org/vacations.htm
     
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    I also like Considering God's Creation.

    The younger Apologia stuff came out AFTER my kids were too old for them, so I really know nothing much about them. But I've heard good stuff!!!

    We did use the older Apologia stuff. It's really the best out there if you want a middle/high school curriculum that is Biblically based.
     
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    Thank you all so much. I really like your feedback. aggie01 that vacation sounds awesome. Perhaps when I get back down to the lower 48 we will look into it.
     

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