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What do you think about Texas requiring schools to add the Bible to reading lists? I think it’s horrible and a violation of the constitution

Anonymous 17h

Should absolutely not be a thing, religion is not universal and shouldn’t be required in academia outside of maybe a theological analysis scope

Anonymous 16h

Disgusting, religion should not be taught in schools.

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Anonymous 16h

Absolutely horrific. If schools were forced to have the Torah in the classroom and be taught, people would throw riots. Why is it different because it’s Christian

Anonymous 17h

i have no problem with reading the bible in a class, but having it mandated by the state seems clearly illegal

Anonymous 16h

I have no problem with the Bible but I do have a problem with going against the constitution. It’s one thing if they’re exploring all or several of the main religions that we might come across as Americans, but it’s another to be reaching ONLY the Bible in school. Separation of church and state. The state owns the schools so should only be taught in private schools

Anonymous 16h

it violates not only the constitution but also established texas law under the religious freedom restoration act. hopefully the courts will side with those opposing it but i’m sure they’ll use some bs excuse like “well it has an opt out clause” to prolong the lawsuits

Anonymous 15h

Anyone who got a decent language arts education had to interact with some of the Bible as it’s frequently used in other media

Anonymous 11h

As a teacher I don’t know where they would try and fit that into the curriculum. Also how young? I would rather my kindergartners not learn about disembowelment, incest, rape, cheating, prostitution, and many other things. They need to learn where their state is on a map first

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Anonymous 27m

the bible has had a massive influence on Western civilization and the USA is a massively Christian country bc of it. i see zero problems with having kids studying up on that and religion, its literally history and religion plays an integral part of all societies. for example i read greek mythology in school and discussed it. also, the Supreme Court previously ruled that its fine if its studying the Bible as literature, history, or culture, and not like promoting Christianity as the truth or smth

Anonymous 14h

There’s no way the full Bible is added to the reading list

Anonymous 10h

It’s the same as when schools as lgbtqia+ representative literature to reading lists, or black literature, or Jewish literature, it’s all agendas. This one just happens to be a religion 🤷‍♀️

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Anonymous

strawberry_hair 15h

It is different because 90% of the country is either christian or atheist with christian roots

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Anonymous

#4 15h

Midwit take

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Anonymous

#8 14h

Yeah that’s not true. Either way, my point still stands. You never seen Muslims or Jews doing this in America. But Christians do.

Anonymous

#7 14h

Yeah but we’re talking about elementary and middle school education

Anonymous

#8 14h

Essentially there’s a difference between it being taught and it being forced everywhere no religon should ever be forced

Anonymous

strawberry_hair 14h

It is true though, don’t lie

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Anonymous

strawberry_hair 14h

“When including the broader group of religiously unaffiliated people (many of whom grew up in Christian households), the total combined percentage reaches roughly 90% to 93% of the U.S. population”

Anonymous

OP 14h

Yeah i agree with that, but the person asked why is it different, when there is a clear reason it is different

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Anonymous

#8 14h

I know why it’s different. I was speaking rhetorically.

Anonymous

#9 14h

Ya the Bible isnt being taught. Maybe certain passages/stories are being read but they aren’t preaching any religion in public schools. I would think it’s interesting to hear any ancient story from any religion

Anonymous

#9 14h

the problem is that they mandated the Bible as a Christianity thing though

Anonymous

#11 3h

except one is telling the stories of groups that have often been left out of our history and the other is government mandated teachings of a religion that not everyone subscribes to, which objectively goes against what our country stands for

Anonymous

#2 2h

Reading religious material is different than teaching it as true. Did you guys not learn about pieces from all the religions ? like in world history

Anonymous

#9 1h

I didn’t, we just learned the very basics of what they believed in like reincarnation, one god, multiple gods, that sort of stuff. We dove into Greek gods though because of the fables

Anonymous

#5 1h

Oh interesting we learned about the people like Jesus and Muhammad and even Joseph smith and quakers and what they taught and how the religions spread and stuff. But nah elementary is probably too young

Anonymous

#9 1h

Lots of history is tied to religion though so I think it would be hard to avoid the more you learn

Anonymous

#9 31m

I did, but if you read the Texas law in question, the point of this is explicitly to be pro-Bible, not to introduce some broad religious education. there's a reason that Thatcher's eulogy for Reagan is on the reading list too. it's blatantly ideological

Anonymous

#12 8m

No, there is no difference. Both are objectively not required for curriculum. I can see your bias as you describe the religious aspect as government mandated, but the other examples are seemingly not described as such? These groups are included in history, the history where they were prevalent. The United States for much of its history was predominantly white Christian, hence much of its history will include white and Christian. 🤷‍♀️