--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "hugheshugo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > Intellectual Treason > > > > by Meera Nanda Jan 07, 05 > > > > Meera Nanda uncovers an extraordinary coalition that is > undermining > > science > > > > > Your're posting good stuff here Vaj. > > This article is particularly relevant to the TMO as I found out the > other day that pupils at the Maharishi schools study Jyotish and SCI > as part of the curriculum. Needless to say I was shocked as I don't > believe we have the right to teach children things that are > untestable, unprovable and which are demonstrably flawed. These are > effectively religious concepts dressed up in a thin veneer of > scientific respectability. Church and state should be kept seperate, > this "religion by the back door" is worrying.
Since when does the state run Maharishi schools? As far as I know, Maharishi schools are private (i.e., not run and financed by the government), and as such, can teach any ooga-booga woo-woo they want. Same goes for private Christian schools that teach Creationism instead of Evolution. At least, that's the situation in the USA. I see that you're in the UK, and maybe things are different there.
