Should public schools be mandated to teach the Bible?

[Captain Caveman]

Wanted to see what the members of the US message or thought about this issue.

I vote yes because the USA is a Christian majority country and Christianity has profoundly affected our country. And this is not the same thing as forcing somebody to become a Christian. None of the students are being forced to become Christian. They are some being taught about a religion, which is a major part of American history.
It’s in many areas of life. It is truly a part of the US culture, even though we are technically not at theocracy.

And here’s a critical point that some folks who are reactionaries will not get to or will not have read this far. I would say the same thing in a Muslim majority country or Jewish majority country..meaning if they mandated teaching about the Islamic religion or Jewish religion at public schools… I would not oppose it. This is the response to those who will say “well why not teach about Satanism or something like that in public schools”

Well, Atheism has dragged America down. Same has happened in the UK.

 

[Woodznutz]

Which Muslim majority country. Be specific. And then tell me why we should be more like them.




If you're forcing students in public schools to read your scriptures, you're forcing Christianity upon them.

Which is entirely the point. Christianity is dwindling in the US, with the percentage of young people embracing the religion steadily declining.

Which is why y'all want to force feed them your faith. It won't work. Its not exposure that your problem. Its how Christians act that turns folks off.

Like, say....forcing your religion on the unwilling.

Teaching the Bible doesn't "establish" the Christian religion. Thousands of kids go to Sunday school each week, but when they leave home, they're never seen in Sunday school, or church, again. So, even the churches have a hard time 'establishing' religion.

I was forced to take courses that I didn't like or agree with and survived the ordeal.

Anyway, the religion of the Christian bible is simply to live an honest productive life, and care for the needy. The problem the educational system has with religion is that it involves revealed knowledge from a supreme spirit being instead of being obtained solely through experimentation.

 

[initforme]

That is interesting. And your points there’s no doubt that there is a movement by various people in the USA to destroy good moral values that includes Christian values. This is obvious with the public display of men getting naked in front of children. We saw in one video posted here at a public event a man receiving oral sex, and then urinating on another man where there were children present.

So when I hear Christianity is now being taught in public schools in Oklahoma, I think that’s a wonderful thing. Compared to all the filth we have in this country, the high crime rates, the racism of the left, the rise of BLM, and so on and so forth. I would absolutely say teaching Christianity in a public school telling people about the values of helping others, giving to charity, making the world a better place …that certainly doesn’t hurt.

Also the rise of blm, the rise of the insane idea that white people of history were somehow the only people to enslave others is being promoted by people with an agenda. The reality of the matter is that all peoples of history, whether they are black, white, Jewish, Muslim, atheist etc Engaged in criminal actions. There is a history of good and bad stretching across the religions of our world.

Will parents be able to opt their child out of bible study if that's their wish? And will that affect grades then if they opt out? I hope to see opposition from some parents just for the entertainment part. It's going to be chaotic.

 

[initforme]

Teaching the Bible doesn't "establish" the Christian religion. Thousands of kids go to Sunday school each week, but when they leave home, they're never seen in Sunday school, or church, again. So, even the churches have a hard time 'establishing' religion.

I was forced to take courses that I didn't like or agree with and survived the ordeal.

Anyway, the religion of the Christian bible is simply to live an honest productive life, and care for the needy. The problem the educational system has with religion is that it involves revealed knowledge from a supreme spirit being instead of being obtained solely through experimentation.

Good point on the first paragraph. Churches generally preach and follow a mundane routine. That turns people away rather than getting people involved. People don't need to be told.

 

[Woodznutz]

Good point on the first paragraph. Churches generally preach and follow a mundane routine. That turns people away rather than getting people involved. People don't need to be told.

True that people generally know what's right. They just have to be persuaded to do it.

 

[Bezukhov]

Gauranteed the first student that flunks this errrr... class, and therefore shall not graduate... um. I'll leave tha6t to your imagination....

 

[frigidweirdo]

Wanted to see what the members of the US message or thought about this issue.

I vote yes because the USA is a Christian majority country and Christianity has profoundly affected our country. And this is not the same thing as forcing somebody to become a Christian. None of the students are being forced to become Christian. They are some being taught about a religion, which is a major part of American history.
It’s in many areas of life. It is truly a part of the US culture, even though we are technically not at theocracy.

And here’s a critical point that some folks who are reactionaries will not get to or will not have read this far. I would say the same thing in a Muslim majority country or Jewish majority country..meaning if they mandated teaching about the Islamic religion or Jewish religion at public schools… I would not oppose it. This is the response to those who will say “well why not teach about Satanism or something like that in public schools”

Depends what you mean by "teach the Bible".

I don't have a problem with people learning about different religions in order to gain an understanding of different people.

Just teaching the Bible and teaching it as some kind of fucked up truth is a big no-no

 

[braalian]

Sure. In history class.

 

[Woodznutz]

Depends what you mean by "teach the Bible".

I don't have a problem with people learning about different religions in order to gain an understanding of different people.

Just teaching the Bible and teaching it as some kind of fucked up truth is a big no-no

Read and discuss would be a good way to 'study' the Bible. No need for tests.

 

[Woodznutz]

Sure. In history class.

As the most important history book ever written concerning western civilization.

 

[surada]

Good point on the first paragraph. Churches generally preach and follow a mundane routine. That turns people away rather than getting people involved. People don't need to be told.

Most Christians are not Bible literalists like evangelicals.

 

[surada]

As the most important history book ever written concerning western civilization.

Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana and Georgia have the highest rate of maternal and infant deaths. ..So much for fighting about the ten commandments.

 

[Billo_Really]

Wanted to see what the members of the US message or thought about this issue.

I vote yes because the USA is a Christian majority country and Christianity has profoundly affected our country. And this is not the same thing as forcing somebody to become a Christian. None of the students are being forced to become Christian. They are some being taught about a religion, which is a major part of American history.
It’s in many areas of life. It is truly a part of the US culture, even though we are technically not at theocracy.

And here’s a critical point that some folks who are reactionaries will not get to or will not have read this far. I would say the same thing in a Muslim majority country or Jewish majority country..meaning if they mandated teaching about the Islamic religion or Jewish religion at public schools… I would not oppose it. This is the response to those who will say “well why not teach about Satanism or something like that in public schools”

That is total fucking horseshit! We are a country that respects no religion. Get that through your fucking head!

 

[Woodznutz]

Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana and Georgia have the highest rate of maternal and infant deaths. ..So much for fighting about the ten commandments.

Most people regardless of religious belief understand that the commandments are the basic outline of right and wrong according to law. They also know what the modern application of those laws are in the moral sense. The problem is that our nature has been infected with evil and can only be changed by an act of God.

 

[irosie91]

Most people regardless of religious belief understand that the commandments are the basic outline of right and wrong according to law. They also know what the modern application of those laws are in the moral sense. The problem is that our nature has been infected with evil and can only be changed by an act of God.

kids do not need a ten commandment chart on the schoolroom
wall to know that murder is a crime. The fact is that there are
slightly different interpretations of the TEN between various
religious groups----kids do not need to have that stuff to bash
around with each other on the Playground

 

[Road Runner]

I didn't read through this thread but even though I'm a Christian I say no because God doesn't force His children to love Him so why should anybody else?

 

[irosie91]

I didn't read through this thread but even though I'm a Christian I say no because God doesn't force His children to love Him so why should anybody else?

no what? anyone mention "forced love" ----sounds like the
INQUISITION ............or shariah

 

[initforme]

As a Christian parent I'd be against public school bible study unless all other religions get the same exact treatment.

 

[Woodznutz]

I didn't read through this thread but even though I'm a Christian I say no because God doesn't force His children to love Him so why should anybody else?

God makes it clear that to love your neighbor is the way to love God. Refusal to love God is refusal to love your neighbor. By loving your neighbor, you are expressing love toward God whether you realize it or not. God is very pleased when you love your neighbor.

 

[Road Runner]

God makes it clear that to love your neighbor is the way to love God. Refusal to love God is refusal to love your neighbor. By loving your neighbor, you are expressing love toward God whether you realize it or not. God is very pleased when you love your neighbor.

Well obviously but that's not what the subject is.