Re: christian schools and doctrinal issues (was: Death penalty)

> Mary queen of heaven - my first answer was I didn't believe that but I modified 
>it to say I suppose that was one way to look at her, being chosen among all 
>women as she was.

>And not just chosen for any old task, but chosen to bear God himself within her 
>womb for nine months!<

True, I think my intitial reaction was tainted by the immaculate conception 
issue, sort of an over reaction to it.  Growing up protestant I think we 
diminished Mary, not giving her the place she deserves.     


> Mary being perfect - told her I didn't believe that and didn't think it could 
>be supported in the bible, but then catholics weren't exactly the sola scriptura 
>types.  Not that I am either, any longer, but the logic of the immaculate 
>conception is flawed, contrary to Christ's uniqueness and a relatively recently 
>arrived at doctrine. 

>FWIW, the Orthodox place a strong emphasis on Mary's purity etc. too, but not to 
>the extreme of having a doctrine of "immaculate conception".<

Do Orthodox believe Mary remained a virgin?  

>The wife and I are looking at schools right now because we have to register our 
>kids for kindergarten in the new year, and we're not sure which school would be 
>the best place for our autistic boy in particular. Public?  Private?  Who 
>knows.  Along the way, I checked the admissions page for the Pentecostal school 
>that I graduated from (I only went there for grades 11 and 12; prior to that, I 
>spent eight years in a mostly Dutch Reformed school), and it seems my alma mater 
>is "constitutionally" required to try to ensure that 75% of the student body 
>comes from homes that practice speaking in tongues; the remaining 25%, for their 
>part, should at least be "evangelical".  I thought that was interesting.  (And I 
>wondered if, by their definition, my family would be disqualified from *both* 
>categories because we're not Protestant; the word "evangelical" is somewhat 
>elastic and can sometimes be applied to non-Protestants, but it really depends 
>on who's doing the defining and what their agenda is.)<

How do you view teh quality of your education at the Pentecostal school?  And 
I'm assuming not just any foreign language satisfies the tongues requirement - 
it would have to be something no one understands?  You could bone up on your 
Elvish and see if that flies.  Alternatively, and not that you would do it given 
the dishonesty of it, how do they know if someone is speaking in tongues and not 
just spouting gibberish in order to fake it?

Mike F. 

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