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The bible is not taught in public school which is a shame since people don't know what it says.
I would point out that a whole lot of Christians don’t know what it says either and so cannot exercise appropriate discernment when hearing absolute nonsense spewed from the pulpit and elsewhere. I don’t, however, think the solution is to start teaching scripture in public schools. That would be a disaster regardless of how you think about the Bible.
I would point out that a whole lot of Christians don’t know what it says either and so cannot exercise appropriate discernment when hearing absolute nonsense spewed from the pulpit and elsewhere. I don’t, however, think the solution is to start teaching scripture in public schools. That would be a disaster regardless of how you think about the Bible.
Well it is also a history book and I believe some schools are now given permission to teach it.
Well it is also a history book and I believe some schools are now given permission to teach it.
In a comparative religions course, that would be appropriate, and of course I would expect religious texts to be available in a school library (ours has several Bible translations, commentaries, plus texts of other world religions), but you seem to be implying that the Bible is taught as actual history. Where is this the case?
The bible is not taught in public school which is a shame since people don't know what it says.
I wouldn't mind the bible being taught in public schools as a part of history. But then you'd need to teach the Koran and the Torah too. And likely the Book of Mormon and the Upanishads and the Heart Sutra. Lots of interesting religions out there that had huge effects on history. (Lots of interesting religions out there that had little effect on history, too.)
But I wasn't referring to that in that post. I was referring to actual events recorded by historians. After all, anyone who learned about European history in school would have learned a good deal about how the catholic church and its teachings zigged and zagged over the centuries.
In a comparative religions course, that would be appropriate, but you seem to be implying that the Bible is taught as actual history. Where is this the case?
In bible courses.
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