03 Jun 23
“The 72,000-student Davis School District north of Salt Lake City removed the Bible from its elementary and middle schools while keeping it in high schools after a committee reviewed the scripture in response to a parental complaint.”
https://apnews.com/article/book-ban-school-library-bible-fc025c8ccf30e955aaf0b0ee1899608a
Sorry for the long link.
According to the complaint filed with the school district, the Bible contains too much violence, sex, and vulgarity for primary schoolers.
04 Jun 23
@moonbus saidAre kids really posting up with the unabridged bible for their independent reading time in elementary school?
“The 72,000-student Davis School District north of Salt Lake City removed the Bible from its elementary and middle schools while keeping it in high schools after a committee reviewed the scripture in response to a parental complaint.”
https://apnews.com/article/book-ban-school-library-bible-fc025c8ccf30e955aaf0b0ee1899608a
Sorry for the long link.
According to the co ...[text shortened]... the school district, the Bible contains too much violence, sex, and vulgarity for primary schoolers.
I mean, I understand the idea that the bible has worse stuff in it than many books conservatives want to ban, but I dont think banning the bible from elementary school is the best way to make that point. No one reads it.
04 Jun 23
@moonbus
Well for better or worse, I attended a private religious school K-8, El Monte Lutheran church and school and you can imagine what we had to read in religious texts.
It helped me to see just how stupid religions are, the modern organized versions.
Power grabs is what they are.
@metal-brain saidGod told the Hebrews to massacre the Caananites and steal their land, so I guess incest is the lesser of those evils.
@wildgrass
God must approve of incest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incest_in_the_Bible
04 Jun 23
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@wildgrass saidI agree, I doubt elementary school kids are at all likely to read all of it. One would have thought a sanitized version of the Bible, with the offensive bits edited out, could have been produced for elementary school children.
Are kids really posting up with the unabridged bible for their independent reading time in elementary school?
I mean, I understand the idea that the bible has worse stuff in it than many books conservatives want to ban, but I dont think banning the bible from elementary school is the best way to make that point. No one reads it.
Oh, wait, it’s the inerrant Word of God. Not allowed to alter so much as one letter of it. I think I see the problem …
04 Jun 23
@wildgrass saidWhy does Wildgrass say no one reads the Bible.? Trying to begin a fight based upon a lie?
Are kids really posting up with the unabridged bible for their independent reading time in elementary school?
I mean, I understand the idea that the bible has worse stuff in it than many books conservatives want to ban, but I dont think banning the bible from elementary school is the best way to make that point. No one reads it.
Wildgrass, do you WANT to lose cred in the Forum?
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04 Jun 23
@averagejoe1 saidFew read the Bible in its entirety. Most just cherry pick.
Why does Wildgrass say no one reads the Bible.? Trying to begin a fight based upon a lie?
Wildgrass, do you WANT to lose cred in the Forum?
For example, tell the average Christian that God sent bears to kill a group of unruly teenagers and they will flatly deny such a thing is recorded in the Bible.
@averagejoe1 saidYou deceive by taking it out of context.
Why does Wildgrass say no one reads the Bible.? Trying to begin a fight based upon a lie?
Wildgrass, do you WANT to lose cred in the Forum?
It is your lie to suggest that 6 year olds are reading the Bible during their library time in elementary school.
05 Jun 23
@ghost-of-a-duke saidSay, are those bears for hire? There are some unruly teenagers in my neighbourhood.
Few read the Bible in its entirety. Most just cherry pick.
For example, tell the average Christian that God sent bears to kill a group of unruly teenagers and they will flatly deny such a thing is recorded in the Bible.
06 Jun 23
@wildgrass saidThey may be trying the observe equal protection. But I agree, no one reads it, which should make it all moot. Maybe?
Are kids really posting up with the unabridged bible for their independent reading time in elementary school?
I mean, I understand the idea that the bible has worse stuff in it than many books conservatives want to ban, but I dont think banning the bible from elementary school is the best way to make that point. No one reads it.