It's really too bad that we have a sue happy society these days. If public ed taught a little Koran, I'm sure that would be enlightening for everyone. When I went to High School half the curriculum in World History was out of the Bible. We spent a lot of time with Moses, Cecil B. Demile version, and of course Ben Hur (because there is just so much history to learn out of Hollywood, lol!).
When a child is being bullied because she opts out of the Bible Class then the school district should cease and desist from teaching The Bible. They have crossed the of separation of church and state.
saviorself Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When a child is being bullied because she opts out > of the Bible Class then the school district should > cease and desist from teaching The Bible. They > have crossed the of separation of church and > state.
They should "cease and desist" even if nobody's being bullied. But in this case...
“They taunted her about it. They told her that she was going to hell, that I was going to hell, that her father was going to hell...”
When I went to school in the South, we actually had prayers in some places, the sports teams had their own pastor, and they had prayer breakfasts.
Yes, I know, you better not call me old though.
What is interesting, is in High School, for around a quarter, we actually were taught Islam and the Koran. We learned about the seven Pillars, Islamic prayer, and history.
I wonder if that would be allowed today as well?
I know the prayer part is right out, and no longer allowed.
Yes, it's allowed. Public schools can teach factual information about religions such as their philosophies, beliefs, founders, holidays, etc. For instance, I took a world religions class in high school. Public schools are *not* allowed to proselytize, i.e. "Jesus Christ came to save YOU," etc. I believe that the Bible can also be taught as literature (most likely in a high school class,) but again, no proselytizing.
You will notice that public school holiday programs will cover a number of religious holidays so as not to appear to be promoting any one religion.
For certain reasons. this civilization would actually be better off without the Bible- however, if a special chapter were added, then it would be good to have, as an artifact. Such as chapter could explain about The Orion Confederation, one of which ranks appeared on the Mount to Moses; that God did not ever command the Israelites to go through villages and slaughter mercilessly the "wicked" inhabitants, but a negative Orion being; that there was nothing so special about those ancient jews, except they were stronger and more intelligent- targeted by a supernatural agency, relatedly, to become sort of like a religious fascist corps; that their genes had a peculiar twist; That the term "Only Begotten Son Of God" is not a correct title for Jesus; that the writers were writing for a people of a different Age, etc....