preceding;it.;Public;schooling;is;a;poor
imitation of true education—an inert im-posture;that;is;rigid,;posed,;and;dead.” 4
So why do Christians embrace and vigorously defend their involvement in the
public schools? Why are pastors mostly
silent about its dangers? Why are parents
apparently content with seeing their children go the way of the Gentiles, with very
little resistance? Why?
Trojan Schools
I believe the answer can be found in the sto-
ry of the Trojan horse. “The crafty Odys-
seus won the Trojan War for Greece by
deception with the Trojan horse. An en-
tire city was desolated by sleight of hand,
worship of a false goddess, and false se-
curity.;(.;.;.);They;unknowingly;led;the
enemy;right;into;their;city’s;heart,;blind-
ly;trusted;the;enemy’s;word,;failed;to;do
their own research and inspection, and
became complacent, focused on their
own;pleasures.;Because;of;these;foolish
actions, they lost their children, families,
city, and lives. America is Troy; our pub-
lic;education;system;is;the;Trojan;horse.”
This interpretation is the assessment of
an insider, the elementary school princi-
pal;of;a;Blue;Ribbon;government;school,
from their parents, as well as the hearts
of the parents away from their children,
and the Lord has indeed visited the land
with;a;curse;of;Biblical;proportions,;quite
literally. 6
In;our;documentary;film,;IndoctriNa-
tion:;Public;Schools;and;the;Decline;of
Christianity;in;America,;and;in;the;book
by the same name, my co-director Co-
lin Gunn and I tried to collect as much
evidence of this educational curse as we
could;fit;into;a;102-minute;narrative.;In
addressing the “who, what, when, where,
and;why”;of;our;topic,;we;set;out;to;make
an;historical,;an;empirical,;and;a;Bibli-
cal case against Christians sending their
children to the public schools. We en-
listed;the;help;of;historians;like;Samuel
Blumenfeld and Roger Schultz; public
school;teachers;like;John;Taylor;Gatto,
Karl Priest, R.C. Murray, and Sarah
LaVerdiere;;education;experts;like;Bruce
Shortt and Neal McCluskey; and pas-
tors;like;Voddie;Baucham,;R.C.;Sproul,
Jr.,;and;Erwin;Lutzer.;We;chronicled;the
development;of;America’s;public;school
system using an eye-opening historical
timeline and by allowing animated ver-
sions of the school system’s architects
to tell the story in their own words. We
interviewed a student who wrote an ar-
ticle telling the truth of what happens in
even;the;“best”;schools;in;the;nation.;We
presented the emotional testimony of a
father whose son was murdered at Col-
umbine;high;school;14;years;ago,;and;his
very timely message to Christian parents
today.;We;did;all;this;and;more.;But;our
efforts would be in vain, unless the Lord
opens the eyes of His people.
Why are parents
apparently content with
seeing their children go
the way of the Gentiles,
with very little resistance?
