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Kentucky Moves to Teach Bible as Literature
Under the guise of teaching the Bible as “literature”, Kentucky is on the way to joining a few other states in allowing the Bible to be taught in school. Although the chief sponsor of a bill that passed out of committee by a 12-0 vote claims that he believes the legislation is constitutional because the Bible won’t be taught from a religious perspective, that did not prevent another state Senator, Elizabeth Tori from praising bill’s sponsors from a possibly unconstitutional angle – “An angel was sent down on your shoulders”. She added, “I‘ve said for many years that until we put God back into our households, things in society will not change for the better.”
See the local paper, TV station, and Raw Story for the gory details.
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Gaaaaaah! I'm from Kentucky, now living in Ohio, and this just infuriates me. Thanks for the heads-up. I have now (easily) motivated 10+ people to start calling/mailing/etc. their respective representatives.
I wouldn't have a problem with schools teaching the bible as literature if it was actually decent literature. The odds of the bible only being taught as a work of literature is so slim that you might as well say it is 0% chance. Will they be teaching the whole of the bible or do they plan on skipping the same parts most christians seem to be skipping when reading it? Will they study it for what it is or what the teacher wants the students to believe it is?
Should any of the local school boards in my vicinity try such a stunt, rest assured I'll be the first to propose that book be banned due to the graphic content, sexual references and violence.
Be careful what you wish for, Kentucky. Actually reading the bible is a good first step to realizing how absurd it is.