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That's ironic in a way, because the Christian fundamentalist insisting that G-d is angry with me ALSO said that the G-d of the OT is an angry G-d, and that the G-d of the NT is loving. How then, I wonder, could G-d be angry with me?
(Of course, to Jews, there is no such thing as an OT G-d and a NT G-d.)
As a Christian, I do believe bible study should not be forced in public school.
However, it is absurd to think teaching religion = backward
Giving students the tools to better understand the complex and powerful roles that religions play in human experience has the potential to help mitigate bigotry based on misrepresentation, while simultaneously enhancing empathy and understanding across differences of all kinds. In our current climate of extreme partisanship (a climate that today's students experience as "normal"), we need all the empathy and understanding we can muster.
Religion is a major source of inspiration, meaning, and controversy in human culture, informing history, politics, economics, art, and literature. It rivals trade as a major trans-national force across the globe. One cannot hope to understand world history and literature — or current events like Middle East politics, the recent insurgencies in Thailand, the genocide in Sudan, or US presidential elections — without knowledge of religion. Debates over science and religion, as well as religion and law, are often front-page news. Throughout history, inquiry into religions has inspired and troubled artists, musicians, filmmakers, and writers — including T.S. Eliot, Dante, Toni Morrison, Tagore, Tupac Shakur, Euripides, Rumi, William Blake, Margaret Mead, John Updike, Tolstoy, Leonard Bernstein, John Coltraine, George Lucas, Einstein, Gandhi — among countless others. Religious ritual and belief are also among the most powerful forces uniting past and present, shaping memory and identity from generation to generation, and across millenia.
Just to be clear, the article referenced is not about a History of Religion course. It is a Christian bible study class taught by a cleric in public school. It is the latter that has no place in a public school.
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I wonder how many other books students would be able to "study" in school if they included all the sexual content that the bible includes?
My guess would be about zero.
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I had to teach the David and Bathsheba story to middle schoolers.
Between David trying to get her husband to have sex with Bathsheba so he'd think the baby was his, to David first falling in love with her while watching her bathe after her period (so it's clear she was not pregnant when King David met her) sheesh the blushing.
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Look at the results in society by catering to these atheists haters. 60% divorce rate. Single parents and high crime. It’s time they shut the hell up and let the adults take back over.
Of course you supply nothing factual indicating those divorces are among and/or caused by anything to do with atheists. Your point would be WHAT? What evidence do you have teaching the Bible in public schools would change anything?
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What evidence do you have teaching the Bible in public schools would change anything?