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Texas students could soon be forced to read from the Bible in public schools
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Well maybe this will do something to increase their reading levels. And as they say, one of the best ways to lose your Christian faith is to read the Bible.
Yes, a lot of Christians never read it and just assume it is full of profound wisdom. If fact, it is mostly boring bullshit that hasn’t aged well. People are used to better writing nowadays, and even children today are less ignorant about the nature of the world than the average adult from the period when the Bible was being written.
It. Is. Soooop boring. And vague. There's a reason an entire priesthood exists to elaborate on and interpret it.
Ezekiel 23:20
It's not all boring!
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Too much kink-shaming though.
Omg yes. I had an AP English teacher, who is an atheist, but felt like snippets of it had relevance to the other literature we were reading and the few bits I read completely turned me away from it.
Granted, one of the chapters was literally and (name) begat (name) who begat (name), and I was genuinely baffled by how one could read such a dryyyyy medium.
Also, it didn’t help that God seemed like such a jealous Zeus type. It’s hard to be on God’s side when humans do human things like, long for a home that’s forever lost, etc.
Less than 10% of surveyed Christians have read 🙄 The Greatest Story Ever Told
They'll start with sanitized versions of select excerpts and build up tolerance and indoctrination.
Its clear their choice of old testament nonsense they don't intend to teach them anything interesting.
Yeah, this isn't going to be a free-for-all. Little Suzy isn't going to be able to write an essay on any part she chooses. This will just be bringing Sunday school into public schools. Lessons that are happy and further indoctrinate, avoiding any sort of critical thinking.