Re: WingNutDaily columnist: Top evolutionist prefers Bible readingfor his own children

Dave <supradave@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:5M-dndF6sJ0TFLPZRVn-
ug@xxxxxxxxxxxx:

[snip]
Now that it's over 100 years later, I have yet to hear a cogent
argument
as to why the Bible should to be taught in public school. The only
argument I hear is "The Bible is our heritage." What specific lessons
in
the Bible are unique that cannot be taught through a non-religious
means? One example would be good.

I would have no problem with parts of it appearing in appropriate
parts of literature courses along with Shakespeare, etc.
That should not include religious instruction.
And of course the Bible can be read in a comparative
religion course along with the Qur'an and other scriptures
though the vast majority of students don't take such a
course.

One thing we need to point out to those wanting Bible courses
in public schools is that the teachers can't be required
to be Christian via the Constitutional prohibition against
a religious test for any "public office or trust". I wonder
how many fundamentalists really want a Jew or an atheist
teaching their kids about the Bible?


----------

As an aside, I might point out that if we really could get more
people to actually _read_ the Bible as opposed to a handful
of verses without context in some sermon, some progress
against fundamentalism would be made. Though I would not
push that agenda via the public schools for the same I don't
think the fundamentalists should be allowed to push
theirs...

--
Anti-spam: replace "usenet@sdc." with "harlequin2@"

"Solipsism has always been a part of creationist ideas. The
whole 'were you there' and related retorts boils down to
solipsism."
- Ken Shaw

.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: OT: God and the speed of Light
    ... but I *do* have a problem when people try to push their religion ... onto children in public schools, especially in the name of science. ... to push their religious beliefs and faiths or non-beliefs onto children ...
    (comp.sys.mac.advocacy)
  • Re: OT: God and the speed of Light
    ... Snit wrote: ... but I *do* have a problem when people try to push their religion ... onto children in public schools, especially in the name of science. ... to push their religious beliefs and faiths or non-beliefs onto children ...
    (comp.sys.mac.advocacy)
  • The liberal-conservative dynamic within the Bahai Faith
    ... liberal-progressive cognitive styles. ... the seemingly inevitable breaking up of the Baha'i Faith into sects whose ... witness to the Baha'i Faith's transmutation from a potential world religion ... not acceptance of a set of theological proposals - which the fundamentalists ...
    (talk.religion.bahai)
  • The liberal-fundamentalist dynamic within the Bahai Faith
    ... liberal-progressive cognitive styles. ... the seemingly inevitable breaking up of the Baha'i Faith into sects whose ... witness to the Baha'i Faith's transmutation from a potential world religion ... not acceptance of a set of theological proposals - which the fundamentalists ...
    (talk.religion.bahai)
  • Re: ID and the Constitution
    ... the kids don't have to go to public schools. ... religion in public schools. ... > Wexler has an article coming out soon in the Washington University Law ... > that public school teachers have some limited First Amendment academic ...
    (talk.origins)
Loading