Funny that, the bible teach a lot of awful things but we will ignore that and focus on the bad. But what about people who don't read the bible and who are not religious, surely that must mean they have no morals
Kentucky allows public schools to teach Bible classes
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Where did I say that people who don't read the Bible have no morals?
people are inherently good. they are taught to hate and to dislike others.
the bible, the Koran, any religion etc, just further goes to separate and divide, cause dissention, and causes hate towards others that aren't "like them"
If it's taught from an anthropological, historical, and litererary perspective and not as an essentially true document I don't see the problem. The Bible has been pretty important in our society,
for many religious folks, of all backgrounds, it's the ONLY hill worth dying on.
They too overestimate how much information their kids are retaining in school.
shyt, if Bible class is like any other class, it will turn kids off to religion more than anything. We've had math classes all along, do we have a nation of mathmaticians?
You pretty much implied, why would anyone need the bible to learn morals? Do remote tribes in Africa and South America need to read the bible to know it's wrong to kill their parents? No, It's human instinct. Someone writing it in a book doesn't mean that's where morals comes from.
do we stop at the bible then? why not teach other religions?
88m3
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Where are you prepared to draw the line?
Preaching religion in public schools.
The basics of all religions are taught...in theory, at least.
I just think it's easier to refrain from any, than it is teach any of em. opens a can of worms that we don't need to .
ExodusNirvana
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Probably much better suited for a college environment
In fact that's where I learned a greater understanding of other faiths. I knew of them before, but taking a Religion in America class as well as a Philosophy East and West class opened them up to me in ways that I probably would not have reached on my own because it forced me to interact with people of different backgrounds and hear their perspectives.
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Uh, I'll raise you on that call, Hitlerjugend and child soldiers ring any bells?