Oh Here We Go Again---Kentucky Style

[Seeker630]

The Kentucky Senate has approved the teaching of the Bible as "literature", as an optional "Social Studies" elective in their public school systems.

http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/84752642.html

Yeah right.

[Gurdur]

Smiting the Amalekites is just so modern Social Studies.

Next step: parting the Red Sea Gulf of Mexico

[lucky mud]

"to be taught those life skills and value judgments that keep them out of our penitentiaries..."

There are way more people in jail who believe in god and what the bible says than people who don't.

[Seeker630]

Originally Posted by lucky mud

"to be taught those life skills and value judgments that keep them out of our penitentiaries..."

There are way more people in jail who believe in god and what the bible says than people who don't.

-------and as others here can tell you, I am in a position to know for a fact the truth of your statement.

[homo hirsutus]

I don't see this as a completely horrible thing. The high school I went to had a class that studied the Bible (I think it was classified as a philosophy class) and the teacher who taught it was known for being very fair in dealing with it as an ancient text. At our atheists' meetups more than half the time someone is asked how they became an atheist their response begins with "well, I started reading the Bible...." So, there's actually a good chance they will create a lot of skeptics out of this. Besides, if they try to teach it as the inerrant word of God then they will get sued by the FFRF or AHA.

[MontyMoor]

Originally Posted by homo hirsutus

I don't see this as a completely horrible thing.

The teacher can cherry pick which passages to focus on.

[Seeker630]

Originally Posted by MontyMoor

The teacher can cherry pick which passages to focus on.

And that is the problem---what is touted as "social studies" or "literature" can quickly degenerate into preaching. The people who push these courses have an agenda, and it's not social studies.

[homo hirsutus]

That is a possibility in any class that deals with literature or social studies. I had a teacher in high school for American history who was also an associate pastor at a baptist church. He basically turned it in to a religious history of the US and taught preacher-style. A teacher in any literature class can do the same thing.

It always depends on the teacher:

[Never]

That was a good video hh. Thanks for sharing it.