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Adam and Eve walking with dinosaurs: teaching the Bible in public schools - deckeda - 05-09-2019
“In Steenbergen’s Bible class, the students hardly read the Bible at all. There is no classroom set of Bibles for every student, no encouragement to download a Bible app on their smartphones. He never assigns chapters or verses to read. Instead, he said, he summarizes biblical stories for them and focuses class time on highlighting connections between the Bible and modern life.”
That bolded part is exactly what any preacher does on Sunday morning.
A visit to Kentucky: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/a-conservative-christian-group-is-pushing-bible-classes-in-public-schools-nationwide--and-its-working/2019/05/08/f3bb490e-39e8-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html?utm_term=.594a98ac349f
The teacher Steenbergen is often cited in the story. In it, he outlines how he avoids explicitly stating what certain verses say.
Subversion with a smile. But it’s OK. The kids like it, the parents like it, and the lobbying group that’s helped get it all going really likes it.
Re: Adam and Eve walking with dinosaurs: teaching the Bible in public schools - rjmacs - 05-09-2019
Bible Literacy is the new School Prayer (lesson).
Re: Adam and Eve walking with dinosaurs: teaching the Bible in public schools - cbelt3 - 05-09-2019
Well then. I want them to also teach classes in Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Shintoism, Asastru, and at least some good 'ol Satanism. Just to be fair, after all.
"Momma they done tol us about that Shakira law ! I can't shake my booty like that ! It's ungodly !"
Re: Adam and Eve walking with dinosaurs: teaching the Bible in public schools - Ted King - 05-09-2019
Because these religious notions would die if not for being sanctioned by the state through public school indoctrination?
Re: Adam and Eve walking with dinosaurs: teaching the Bible in public schools - DeusxMac - 05-09-2019
Re: Adam and Eve walking with dinosaurs: teaching the Bible in public schools - Bernie - 05-09-2019
Re: Adam and Eve walking with dinosaurs: teaching the Bible in public schools - rjmacs - 05-09-2019
Thanks for the non sequitur, Bernie.
Re: Adam and Eve walking with dinosaurs: teaching the Bible in public schools - cbelt3 - 05-09-2019
Bernie is expressing his joy at the opportunity to teach True Divaness in Kentucky elementary schools. After all, it IS "KY"...
Re: Adam and Eve walking with dinosaurs: teaching the Bible in public schools - deckeda - 05-09-2019
Bernie wrote:
I’ll post an image of a drag queen reading a book to children about inclusiveness at a public library as a way of showing that by presenting gays to children, they may accept homosexuality (which I think is bad.) The fact that s(he) was hosted by a tax-funded institution makes that worse than the lies and distortions provided by evaluating the Bible in public schools.
So please ignore the topic of this thread while I attempt to derail it, because adult discourse is also something I do not like happening.
In other words, what I think is wrong makes what you think is wrong, OK.
I publish meme images because I can’t articulate in words how I feel. Similarly, I can’t defend my opinions as being anything less than harmful.
Also, DuckDuckGo doesn’t fully protect sites you visit online. <<<—- ProTip
Re: Adam and Eve walking with dinosaurs: teaching the Bible in public schools - SteveG - 05-09-2019
Well, it IS Ramadan.