Evolution, the New Age, and Your Child's Education 
by Dr. Richard Bliss

I wonder how many Christian parents and teachers are aware of the 
subtle way in which young minds, and in many cases older minds, are 
being programmed away from truth and Christian values. For example, 
what would you say if I pointed out that one of the finest video 
productions on whales, "Voyage of the Mimi," now being used in fourth-
grade classrooms throughout the nation, is, in reality, an 
evolutionary propaganda?

The first three segments tell the beautiful story of whales and their 
habitat, and the children have a wonderful time observing and talking 
about these great mammoths of the sea. We could praise this fine 
production for children if it weren't for the last segment that tries 
to answer the question: Where did the whales come from? At this point, 
an expert (from the Smithsonian Museum) in the study of whales shows a 
fourth grader how the whale's "blow hole" evolved from the nostrils of 
a small dog to this monstrous beauty of the sea, where it wound up on 
top of his head.

It seems that no cost was spared in the producers' lavish efforts to 
program fourth-grade minds in this outlandish and unscientific idea of 
the whales' supposed evolution. Few children could come away from this 
fabrication without being thoroughly convinced that a dog-like 
creature was the whale's ancestor. The reader should keep in mind that 
it is not science that the parent and teacher must fear, it is the 
manipulation of the child's mind through semi-truths and outright 
fabrications labeled as science that give us reason to fear.

While the "Voyage of the Mimi" draws obvious conclusions about 
evolution, there are other programs that also claim to teach 
scientific truth, of which parents and teachers must take note. One of 
these programs is called Project Wild, endorsed by such New Agers as 
singer John Denver, which claims to develop environmental literacy. 
Instead, however, in it we find the most subtle training imaginable in 
humanism and New-Age philosophy. Project Wild teaches the child "what 
to think," rather than "how to think" about the environment. Once 
again, this is done in a most subtle and convincing manner and is not 
always easily detected.

For example, who would say that mammals and other organisms are not 
vital to our ecological well-being? Or who would say that we should 
not be considerate of our pet's comfort, as well as that of wild 
animals on Planet Earth? This truth is extended out in Project Wild to 
blind the reader, and makes him more vulnerable to thinking about 
himself as an animal, rather than a very special creation of God. This 
is precisely the essence of New Age philosophy.

In Project Wild, man and animal are equal entities in the environment. 
Anthropomorphism goes on throughout the curriculum, and, by any 
standard, there is no pedagogical reason for this approach to 
environmental awareness. What we see in the Project is the antithesis 
of science as it relates to critical thinking in regards to 
environmental awareness. Parents and Christian teachers would do well 
to inform themselves of the new and ever more subtle attempts at 
capturing the minds of children, as well as ways to combat them. 
Commitment to the creationist world view is the place to start.

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