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since the public schools in america are overtly secular and overtly anti christian, you honestly believe that it is God honoring for Christians to allow their children to be under such a system?
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I do not believe the typical verses and reasoning used by homeschool proponents are enough to prove it a
sin for parents to do so.
God's commandment is for parents to bring up their children in the fear and nurture of the Lord, not to homeschool them per se. Homeschool may well be the best way to go about that, but if the government, which is a God-ordained authority, were to mandate public schooling, at present I think christians should comply and do their best to counteract the negative influences.
And if it truely is a situation where christians are forced into doing so, I believe God would extend special grace to bless their efforts and prevent the children from being corrupted, in much the same way as a christian in a marriage with unbeliever (as per 1 Cor 7 where Paul tells them to stay together) can trust in God to protect him from being negatively influenced, even though being in such an intimate relationship with an unbeliever would typically be unwise.