Christian school: ‘atheist controversy’ over creationist quiz may keep academy open
I recently published a fourth grade “science quiz” given to students at a creationist South Carolina religious school, which featured questions in which the “correct” answers were essentially a denial of science. For example: Students were told to say True or False to this: “The earth is billions of years old” and the correct answer was “False.” This reflects the beliefs of Young Earth creationist theory, which holds that the universe and everything in it was created by God some 6,000 years ago.
That post didn’t identify the school, but Angie Dentler, a teacher and publicist from Blue Ridge Christian Academy in Landrum, S.C., wrote to me saying it was her school, and she sent the following press release. It says that the school was having major financial trouble but that the release of the quiz, which first hit the Internet and Facebook weeks ago, may wind up helping the school stay open....
Dr. Terry Mortenson | 1/15/2009
