School boards don t want to arouse the ire of parents. The children lose out because they don t learn about the wonders of God s planet. We need to do some serious thinking about how to encourage change. The ACG needs to gain access to Christian and home school curriculum writers and publishers, examine their curriculum materials, and help them develop new materials that are based on sound geological observation and theory. And maybe some of us ought to get involved in writing earth science material that can be used in Christian schools.
Many Christian students enter college with peculiar attitudes about geology.
Consider those who attend one of the multitude of Christian colleges and universities in the United States. Many of these students will never be exposed to geology for the simple reason that the vast majority of Christian colleges offer no instruction in geology. In a few institutions there is only an introductory-level course and that is generally taught by someone who is not a geologist. There is no opportunity for majoring in geology. In only three of the more than 80 colleges in the Christian College Coalition is there a geology major program.