KY Bill allowing Bible literacy classes in public schools

[GMDino]

(03-14-2016, 11:52 PM)McC Wrote: In this context, it's looked at more as a piece of literature than a historical document.

Why is everyone ignoring this--


According to the bill, students would learn biblical content, characters, poetry, and narratives “that are prerequisites to understanding contemporary society and culture, including literature, art, music, mores, oratory and public policy.”


This bill is not talking about teaching religion.

The Bible is the foundation for much of Western culture.  We are a Western nation, with a Western culture.

And, the course would be an elective.

Man, everybody is so poised to leap these days.

But you can get all of that from reading Greek philosophers and plays and Roman works of literature too.  All without using one religion's book.

A class that teaches "we base our culture on this book" is teaching religion.  I went to Catholic school for 12 years.  We had religion class and history.  Rarely did the two cross over because the bible is not the basis for all culture and it is not a history book.