Homeschooling: Opinions Wanted

[SOLDIER #819]

I myself have been witness to a case of this, and that outcome has potentially devastating consequences. Have you ever tried to have a scientific, or for that matter, any kind of debate with someone who is intensely close minded, and refuses to acknowledge one's point as remotely valid/viable?

That matter probably transcends the issue of homeschool. Anyone who truly believes in their religion will simply quote their holy texts when faced with a scientific contradiction and leave it with that. I don't mean this badly either, but when a person uses a literal interpretation of the text it becomes important not to undermine what is being said. Science can do this.

But again, depending on the community, it may be fine (for them) to be raised wholly on religious values. How extreme those religious values are and how much the person truly believes in them could, I think, very well impact them once they step outside that area. This isn't limited to homeschool either, though. Various communities/private schools/etc. can be very closed off.

I knew someone who was taking German in college. There was a German transfer student in that class who was taking it because it'd give her easy credits. As the story goes, she objected to the Holocaust having ever taken place, saying that it was propaganda to be used against Hitler, who was a great leader. There are divisions of "extreme" belief systems everywhere, and I don't think a homeschool setting would help further these more than said private schools.