today's gem

[alexist]

Apparently, superfundamentalist Christians refuse to teach set theory:
http://community.livejournal.com/dark_christian/271101.html

(the quote from the books is verifiable, here: http://www.abeka.com/Distinctives.html but the essay above explains why it's supposedly godless.)

(found this out when I was looking for information on one of the Christian homeschooling curricula).

Rejecting evolution isn't enough for 'em....

I told Neil this (for those of you who don't know my husband, he has a degree in math) and he said "But... but... then they're rejecting all of mathematics!"

Comments

[absinthecity.livejournal.com]

what is it about the theory that goes against their version of reality, exactly?

[arosoff.livejournal.com]

Multiple infinities, as far as I can work out.
And more cynically, it's the foundation of logic, which is the antithesis of fundamentalism!

[hannahsarah.livejournal.com]

I've been telling people for YEARS that math is evil! It's about time someone agreed with me.

(Of course I don't think it's evil because it's G-dless, I think it's evil because it makes my brain hurt.)

[albatros.livejournal.com]

Perhaps they do not belong to the set of relatively normal people?
There: set theory teaches exclusion (*Gasp!* Evil set theory!)

:o)