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For the first time in 90 years, Ukrainian students have the option of studying Christian ethics in the public schools. Christian ethics for the school curriculum was an initiative proposed by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko shortly after the Orange Revolution in 2005.
The program calls for voluntary participation and is supported by the leaders of Ukraine's largest Christian denominations. One Baptist church association, "Hope to People" of Rivne, Ukraine, sponsors teacher training at several fellowship camps throughout the year.
In the summer of 2007, I attended one of these fellowship camps for teachers of Christian ethics as a public high school teacher from the USA. The camp was held at the Vodogray resort in the beautiful Carpathian Mountain region of western Ukraine.
I asked the principal of a school in Kharkov: "Why is the culture and attitude toward religion in western Ukraine so different from that of your city in eastern Ukraine?"
"It's not the same, eastern Ukraine and western Ukraine, because the western part of Ukraine was added to the Soviet Union later on, about 20 years. And this is why they could keep their national culture and national language as well. They resisted the communists who pressured them so that people here might speak Russian only. The Ukrainian language was forbidden as a language at school and even as a language of common fellowship."
Since everyone knows that prayer and Bible reading has been restricted or banned in American public schools since the early 1960s. I found it ironic that as an American public high school teacher, I was asked to speak to a group of about 100 Ukrainian teachers many of whom teach “Christian Ethics” classes in the public schools of Ukraine, a former communist country.
The program calls for voluntary participation and is supported by the leaders of Ukraine's largest Christian denominations. One Baptist church association, "Hope to People" of Rivne, Ukraine, sponsors teacher training at several fellowship camps throughout the year.
In the summer of 2007, I attended one of these fellowship camps for teachers of Christian ethics as a public high school teacher from the USA. The camp was held at the Vodogray resort in the beautiful Carpathian Mountain region of western Ukraine.
I asked the principal of a school in Kharkov: "Why is the culture and attitude toward religion in western Ukraine so different from that of your city in eastern Ukraine?"
"It's not the same, eastern Ukraine and western Ukraine, because the western part of Ukraine was added to the Soviet Union later on, about 20 years. And this is why they could keep their national culture and national language as well. They resisted the communists who pressured them so that people here might speak Russian only. The Ukrainian language was forbidden as a language at school and even as a language of common fellowship."
Since everyone knows that prayer and Bible reading has been restricted or banned in American public schools since the early 1960s. I found it ironic that as an American public high school teacher, I was asked to speak to a group of about 100 Ukrainian teachers many of whom teach “Christian Ethics” classes in the public schools of Ukraine, a former communist country.
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- jcr4runner
- 1 month ago
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This is what the internet was meant to do - report cutting-edge stories that fall outside the pablum threshold of the drive-by media. Keep it coming CurrentTV!!!
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90 years and Christian ethics is back in public schools. Last time I saw it in public schools was 1955. I guess we have a 40 years to go. Amazing what freedom can do. I guess liberals do not realize how they actually repress free speech and communication.
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Great story!
Keep up the good work!
www.arizonaballoon.com
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This is great!!!!!
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WOW! Fantastic! Thank you for posting this story!!!
Too bad in the states here it seems like more common sport to diss on Christians as somehow stupid or inept; and a lot of this coming directly from "educated" circles like scientists, rationalists and others believing in secularist theories like evolution as if it was written in stone like their own 10 commandments or something. How dumb are they???? and don't know it!!! I just hate it and usually rant profusely about the injustice and stupidity of their smug attitudes usually directed singularly at Christians, but it's SO nice to see some countries are more progressive than the dumbed down society we have here in the states.
thanks again!
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incidentally for the rest of you wondering like me about arxaxiom's use of this word "pablum"--a diet that does not require chewing; worthless or oversimplified ideas. thank you arxaxiom... -
i love it. chose is a great thing. i'd love to see more of this stuff on current.
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- Haroscarfel
- 1 month ago
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choice... dork.
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- Haroscarfel
- 1 month ago
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It is a twist of irony that Christian ethics will be allowed to be taught in public schools in part of was once a totalitarian empire, but in the "land of the free", the courts would prevent this sort of investigation of ethics. In the name of "freedom", the US government bans but one religion from being understood, but one ethic from being discussed, but one way of life from being extolled.
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generally agreed mjcarroll especially since in this day and age you don't really hear them dissin' on "Islamics" when they farm radicals who'd love nothing but to kill even these infidel idiots who think they have such a grave threat in Christian perspectives everywhere from society to science. the irony is indicative of how pathetic the smarmy sentiments of some actually are.
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Light seems so much brighter after you've been in the dark for too long...
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- reformedfaith
- 1 month ago
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