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In a message dated 12/10/2004 1:14:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
He teaches the resurrection as historical fact, even though it is a religious belief which I and millions of other Americans deny. Marc raises an interesting point here. Because he has a belief about something that may be (or may not) a fact, he disputes the propriety of Mr. Williams' teaching about the incident as a fact. From that leap, I suppose, is derived the expurgation principle by which every fact of religious significance becomes suspect as an instructional device.
Will we really saddle our public school teachers with the burden of saying: "of course, some people do not agree that this fact is true, some people specifically state that the circumstances described by this fact are false, some people find the assertion of this fact as a true historical incident an affront to them personally because they do not hold to that fact and to their religious faith." ??
Jim Henderson
Senior Counsel
ACLJ
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