KY Bill allowing Bible literacy classes in public schools

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(03-15-2016, 03:59 PM)fredtoast Wrote: This just is not true at all.

I don't know of a single Old Testament Story that has any historical proof behind it.  Some of the cities mentioned actually existed, but there is no historical proof of any of the stories.

Except for ones like this, when remains of two now-exist whale species were found in the Saraha Desert.

Quote:Of course, you shouldn’t expect the secularists to explain how the presence of the bones in the arid desert point to the accuracy of the biblical flood story. They will, in fact, work long and hard to invent un-provable — and thus, unscientific — theories explaining how they got there

I realize that you won't follow that link because it goes against what you're trying to argue, but that's pretty close to proof of the Great Flood as you'll get.

(03-15-2016, 05:37 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Because not a single person is against teaching that religious beliefs had an influence in world history and the shaping of cultures.

But that is nothing like claiming that the Bible is the "cornerstone of literature" and devoting an entire class to the subject.

Comparative religious studies should be a required class for all high school students.  But that is different than studying the Bible as the basis of a literature course that also teaches its influence on morality.

Then what is the basis for morality?  It has to have some basis, and wouldn't that be forcing your beliefs on someone in a way more than offering an elective course that offers things that are the cornerstones of society and film, literature, music, public policy, etc.?