Religion in schools

[Sam the Centipede]

Written by a United Methodist clergy in Arkansas:

So, Mr Oklahoma State Superintendent of Schools, which Bible must now be taught to all students?
The Roman Catholic one? Protestant one? Those other ones?
Which translation? Jerome’s Vulgate? The king James? NIV? NRSV? CEB? Or the other hundreds of translations out there? Which one will be the “authorized” version for Oklahoma school kids?

Translations?!??!
no! no! no!

The Bible should be taught using original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek texts!

The Dead Sea Scrolls should be framed and and in each room for students to study during breaks. Advanced classes could also learn Coptic, Nabatean and Arabic to study other texts from there and from Nag Hammadi library, for a greater insight into gnostic and other Christian and Judaic thought.

Religion shouldn't be easy!

[Volkonski]

The bibles that Oklahoma wants in schools.

Oklahoma defends Bibles-in-schools proposal after report that only Trump’s might qualify

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/ ... n-walters/

Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters’s (R) office is defending the process for how the state will select newly mandated Bibles in classrooms after a report was released that the criteria is so narrow that essentially no Bibles qualify — besides ones endorsed by former President Trump.

The Oklahoman reported on Friday that few editions match the specific parameters the superintendent calls for in his request for proposal (RFP): a Bible that is bound by leather or material like leather, has the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and is the New King James version of the Old and New Testament.

“The RFP on its face seems fair, but with additional scrutiny, we can see there are very few Bibles on the market that would meet these criteria, and all of them have been endorsed by former President Donald Trump,” Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Executive Director Colleen McCarty told the news outlet.



The two Bibles that Trump has endorsed, We The People Bible and God Bless the U.S.A. Bible, both meet the criteria and are sold for $90 and $60, respectively.

[Frater I*I]

The bibles that Oklahoma wants in schools.

Oklahoma defends Bibles-in-schools proposal after report that only Trump’s might qualify

Am I the only one that thinks this stinks of kickbacks.....

[Resume18]

The bibles that Oklahoma wants in schools.

Oklahoma defends Bibles-in-schools proposal after report that only Trump’s might qualify

Am I the only one that thinks this stinks of kickbacks.....

It stinks of more than that.

[DrConspiracy]

There is a new edition of the God Bless the USA Bible, "The Day God Intervened" edition. It has those words embossed on the cover, along with Trump's name, former title and the date of the failed assassination attempt.

[DrConspiracy]

The bibles that Oklahoma wants in schools.

Oklahoma defends Bibles-in-schools proposal after report that only Trump’s might qualify

Am I the only one that thinks this stinks of kickbacks.....

It stinks of more than that.

Financial disclosures indicate Trump has gotten $300,000 royalties on the Bible sale so far. In depth article at the Oklahoman.

'Trump Bible' one of few that meet Walters' criteria for Oklahoma classrooms.

[zekeb]

I cannot believe they would be allowed to teach religion in public schools. A particular religion, no less. Has no one challenged this?

[Rolodex]

As I saw on the xitter - so, putting bibles in schools will teach kids to be good citizens (or something). Interesting that churches are full of bibles and seems like there's a lot of sexual predators and child rapists there.