Christian ethics at Fayetteville Christian School

It's not supposed to be this way. You know, "everyone says" that you have to believe in God or be a Christian to have ethics and morals and follow the rules. Unbelievers, "everyone says," live only for themselves, and because there's no hell, they do anything they want because they aren't afraid of burning eternally.

Actually, "everyone" doesn't say those things. But you will find them said by many, if not most, Christian apologists. The fact that they are not true doesn't seem to matter. The fact that studies indicate quite clearly that they are not true is not taken seriously.

The "fact" of the matter is that when it comes to living ethically and morally, Christians or religious people behave no better than anyone else. In some cases, their behavior is worse.

One glaring example is the "fact" that evangelical Christians get divorced more frequently than any other group; and much more frequently than atheists.


Here's another example from North Carolina. Fayetteville Christian school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, will be taking away student's cell phones when they arrive at school, putting them in plastic bags, and returning them to students at the end of the school day.

What? Why would they do that?

Well, it seems that some of these "Christian" students have used their cell phones to cheat on exams - they've been texting the answers to test questions to their friends!

Omigod! You might expect something like this is a public school, but certainly not in a school where everyone loves Jesus!


The school, being a christianist school, plans to put the fear of God back into these little rascals! If you get caught with a cell phone, you'll have to spend a Saturday working at the school. You'll also have to pay a $25 fine. Do it again, and they may throw you out!

"That's a hell of a way to treat us," whined one student. (Nah, I just made that up.)


You can read all about Fayetteville Christian School here.

Palin's troubles continue

One of the things about Pit Bulls is that they are occasionally so vicious that they have to be put away or put to sleep.

No one's suggesting that Palin should be put to sleep, but sending her away, maybe to another country that she and her friends at the Alaska Independence Party might appreciate more than the United States, is not all that bad an idea.

Meanwhile, her troubles in our snowy northern state continue.

The Anchorage Daily News reported yesterday that "The state Personnel Board investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of Walt Monegan has broadened to include other ethics complaints against the governor and examination of actions by other state employees..."

One of the complaints against Palin derives from Andree McLeod, a Republican activist, who claims that "state hiring practices were circumvented for a Palin supporter. ... The other, by the Public Safety Employees Association, alleges that trooper Mike Wooten's personnel file was illegally breached by state officials."

The PSEA plans to carry that a bit further by amending its complaint to also include charges of "harassment" of trooper Wooten by the Palin administration.


The state Personnel Board, comprised of three members appointed by the governor, hired Tim Petumenos as independent counsel who will serve as investigator. Normally, these charges would be investigated by the state's attorney general, but, in this case that would involve a conflict of interest.

Unfortunately, as the ADN points out, the state has a very convoluted system for investigating ethics complaints so there is no way to determine how long this investigation will take or if it will be made public when it is concluded.

One thing we know for sure, though. Even if Palin is accused of ethics violations, she will claim to be exonerated. It's also possible that the McCain camp will issue its own report in a day or two pronouncing her not guilty.