Mother sues to stop Bible classes in West Virginia schools

Guille said:
I read other stories about this. The district is saying it's not their program because they're not paying for it. The plaintiff is saying the program, even though privately funded, is granted legitimacy it doesn't in her opinion deserve due to the involvement and administration of the district.
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I have to correct this. I just found a story in their local paper and the district is saying it's their program and the local story didn't mention private funding at all.
 
Guille said:
That's an interesting point. Why do it in the schools then?
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gotta do it somewhere.
since the kids go to school -it seems like that would be a good place for them to also go to elective bible class. *duh*
But the left is so hostile to religion -even an elective in the same building is heresy to their secular hatred of religion.
 
anatta said:
gotta do it somewhere.
since the kids go to school -it seems like that would be a good place for them to also go to elective bible class. *duh*
But the left is so hostile to religion -even an elective in the same building is heresy to their secular hatred of religion.
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And it's a detriment.

Kids should learn the Bible [not be indoctrinated by it] because it was a major influence in western culture. And I'd go a step farther and suggest it be studied in Elizabethan English. A lot of metaphor used in classical literature is rooted in the Bible---and it's hardly a coincidence.

But so many kids today are clueless about where it originated. All because a vocal minority fears religion.
 
Darth Omar said:
And it's a detriment.

Kids should learn the Bible [not be indoctrinated by it] because it was a major influence in western culture. And I'd go a step farther and suggest it be studied in Elizabethan English. A lot of metaphor used in classical literature is rooted in the Bible---and it's hardly a coincidence.

But so many kids today are clueless about where it originated. All because a vocal minority fears religion.
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the bible .
the Kalama Sutta: To the Kalamas http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.065.than.html ( Buddhist sutta)

Or really anything that sparks the mind to look past the materialistic banal day to day things we do/exist as human animals.

Yes it's almost like art, or philosophy which has an intrinsic value by itself.
 
anatta said:
the bible .
the Kalama Sutta: To the Kalamas http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an03/an03.065.than.html ( Buddhist sutta)

Or really anything that sparks the mind to look past the materialistic banal day to day things we do/exist as human animals.

Yes it's almost like art, or philosophy which has an intrinsic value by itself.
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Indeed.

You do have to be careful how it [religion] is presented in public schools on account of the First Amendment. My point is that kids who are never exposed to the Bible miss out on an important influence in western culture: I'm tempted to say virtually every important thinker from the past *wasn't* biblically illiterate.

Even the important German philosophers had to know it before they could reject it. All the founders knew it---Jefferson had his own version of it lol.
 
Darth Omar said:
Indeed.

You do have to be careful how it [religion] is presented in public schools on account of the First Amendment. My point is that kids who are never exposed to the Bible miss out on an important influence in western culture: I'm tempted to say virtually every important thinker from the past *wasn't* biblically illiterate.

Even the important German philosophers had to know it before they could reject it. All the founders knew it---Jefferson had his own version of it lol.
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That applies to anything. Absolutely brilliant statement.
 
Darth Omar said:
Indeed.

You do have to be careful how it [religion] is presented in public schools on account of the First Amendment. My point is that kids who are never exposed to the Bible miss out on an important influence in western culture: I'm tempted to say virtually every important thinker from the past *wasn't* biblically illiterate.

Even the important German philosophers had to know it before they could reject it. All the founders knew it---Jefferson had his own version of it lol.
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that was back when western culture had value -didn't you get the memo? western culture is evil and exploitative now.
 
Guille said:
I can't believe there are still places that do this. This is something for the parents to handle, not the schools.
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Wouldn't the same parental responsibility apply to sex education and all those kids getting free lunch programs?
 
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