El Paso homeschoolers: "Why educate our kids when they'll be raptured anyway?"

[Joe Republic]

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This is child abuse.  Plain and simple.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Homeschooling doesn't work without oversight. That is patently obvious, because oftentimes it is an excuse to do nothing at all.

[Why]

Totally ridiculous attitude.

[Zioneer]

I was homeschooled for a little less than a year between schools (I had gone to a couple of charter schools and my mom was looking for a new one), and it was fine, but stories like this make me very, very glad that my mom was a reasonable person and actually taught me math, science, history, etc when she homeschooled me.

People like this who neglect their kids education because "the rapture is almost upon us" (and how did that work out for you, huh?) just disgust me.

[RI]

This is what happens when terrible parenting meets terrible theology.

[afleitch]

But what about their religious FREEDOM!!!!

[RFayette 🇻🇦]

This is what happens when terrible parenting meets terrible theology.

[DemPGH]

Oh! Yeah, religious exemption. You know, your right to deny your children an education because it's all nonsense, especially science and math and history, because they'll be raptured soon and the only test that matters is the one God will give them when they get to the Pearly Gates.

See, this is why "shaming" is not always a bad thing. There are dark, bleak corners where awful things are "normal." Wife abuse might be the best example.

[DC Al Fine]

Oh! Yeah, religious exemption. You know, your right to deny your children an education because it's all nonsense, especially science and math and history, because they'll be raptured soon and the only test that matters is the one God will give them when they get to the Pearly Gates.

See, this is why "shaming" is not always a bad thing. There are dark, bleak corners where awful things are "normal." Wife abuse might be the best example.

But what about their religious FREEDOM!!!!

Look, an extreme example! Clearly it's representative of the whole and governments should make decisions based on it.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Oh! Yeah, religious exemption. You know, your right to deny your children an education because it's all nonsense, especially science and math and history, because they'll be raptured soon and the only test that matters is the one God will give them when they get to the Pearly Gates.

See, this is why "shaming" is not always a bad thing. There are dark, bleak corners where awful things are "normal." Wife abuse might be the best example.

But what about their religious FREEDOM!!!!

Look, an extreme example! Clearly it's representative of the whole and governments should make decisions based on it.

Of which the most obvious is that home schools need some supervision and the kids need to be tested regularly to see if they are doing acceptably in the core subjects.  Home schooling can be a plus, but as this example shows, there can be considerable minuses, and not all parents are equipped to be academic teachers.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Obviously, they aren't educating their kids about the Bible, otherwise they'd realize that the secret pretribulation rapture is a fundamentalist fable.

[Young Conservative]

You can't predict the rapture, thats heretical to protestant, orthodox, and catholics. These are  Terrible insane people pretending to use religion to control their family.

[Mike Thick]

The logic behind this is baffling. I feel terrible for those poor children, who will deal with the consequences of their parents' actions for the rest of their lives, and for any attorney that ends up on either side of their case. The same stupidity that motivated their parents to do this is probably also making them think they have a chance in court.

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yeah selling marijuana is definitely more worthy of a prison sentence than this

good job US justice system

you're the best

[DavidB.]

Look, an extreme example! Clearly it's representative of the whole and governments should make decisions based on it.

[Hillary pays minimum wage]

Obviously, they aren't educating their kids about the Bible, otherwise they'd realize that the secret pretribulation rapture is a fundamentalist fable.

I could not have said it better.  Anyone who understands the NT knows what we're talking about.  Luther thought Revelation didn't belong in the Bible.