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No, it is NOT a "history class." It is a class that teaches a particular religion. The study of individual religious texts should take place either at a place of worship, in the home, or in college. But selecting one major religious text, and REQUIRING that that text--to the exclusion of all other major religious texts-- be taught (if there are enough interested students--and since this is Texas, is there any question that there would be?) is simply an attempt to get religion in the school.
I guess you don't know Texas students nowadays. I can probably count on two hands the people I know that would take a Bible class. Even the most hardcore Christians at my high school wouldn't take it. No need.
The Supreme Court has already determined that religious teachings in school is Unconstitutional. It will only be a matter of time before this is withdrawn from the curriculum.
These quotes are very educational and very appropriate for youth. It applies to modern life. OH wait. Noooo.:
DEUTERONOMY 22:13-21
If it is discovered that a bride is not a virgin, the Bible demands that she be executed by stoning immediately.
DEUTERONOMY 22:22
If a married person has sex with someone else's husband or wife, the Bible commands that both adulterers be stoned to death.
MARK 10:1-12
Divorce is strictly forbidden in both Testaments, as is remarriage of anyone who has been divorced.
LEVITICUS 18:19
The Bible forbids a married couple from having sexual intercourse during a woman's period. If they disobey, both shall be executed.
MARK 12:18-27
If a man dies childless, his widow is ordered by biblical law to have intercourse with each of his brothers in turn until she bears her deceased husband a male heir.
DEUTERONOMY 25:11-12
If a man gets into a fight with another man and his wife seeks to rescue her husband by grabbing the enemy's genitals, her hand shall be cut off and no pity shall be shown her.
Psalms 137.9: “Happy shall they be who seize your infants and dashes them against the rocks!”
Genesis 38:8-10 NASB
Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.” Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother’s wife, he wasted his seed on the ground in order not to give offspring to his brother. But what he did was displeasing in the sight of the LORD; so He took his life also.
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Like it or not, the Bible is the most important piece of literature ever written, even if your not religious.
It is also unconstitutional in that the bible is filled with fighting words which have no place in schools or society.
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The Supreme Court has already determined that religious teachings in school is Unconstitutional. It will only be a matter of time before this is withdrawn from the curriculum.
Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery. —Luke 16:18
and don't forget the one most Christians are excellent at doing (hating thy neighbor):
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke [reason with] thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.
-- Leviticus 19: 17-18 (KJV)
I say equal time for all views. We've tried secular humanism for the last 40 years and what has it produced? A course that teaches the basics of all major belief systems in an impartial way will certainly lead to healthier happier adults who are more tolerant of other's differences because they understand where they're coming from. Of course the left will hate the idea because they know, just like the public schools it is taught in, their ideology is hopelessly inferior and unable to stand up to criticism.
I say equal time for all views. We've tried secular humanism for the last 40 years and what has it produced? A course that teaches the basics of all major belief systems in an impartial way will certainly lead to healthier happier adults who are more tolerant of other's differences because they understand where they're coming from. Of course the left will hate the idea because they know, just like the public schools it is taught in, their ideology is hopelessly inferior and unable to stand up to criticism.
Obviously, you don't know what secular humanism is. If you did, you wouldn't make such a ridiculous statement.
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