The Bible: Coming to a Classroom Near You
Sen. Roy Herron will be introducing his bill to create a "nonsectarian, nonreligious academic study of the Bible" to the Senate Education Committee on Wednesday. According to the Senator:
"I want students to study the greatest and most-popular book in history. I want young people to understand how the Bible has changed our world," Herron said. "The Bible has enormously impacted literature, art, music, culture, history, and politics. A Bible course will help students understand our culture and our highest and best values."
A bill of this nature is certainly a thin sheet of ice to walk upon, but if done properly, I don't have a problem with it. Though, to be honest, the nature of the course wouldn't interest me, as it makes it nearly impossible to debate the actual Bible, instead only looking at ways its influenced our culture (I wonder if that includes the Qu'ran?).
I think studying the historic nature of the Bible, how it was written/compiled, the various competing theories, would actually be a good topic of discussion, and so long as various viewpoints were discussed, I don't think it'd be unconstitutional.
Read the AG's opinion on the issue here.
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Or, we could have a freer market in education so that issues like this would be sorted out without government intervention. Same goes for sex ed, prayer, how you teach science etc.
It is absurd to teach Western Civ without teaching about the Church. It is likewise silly to study history and great literature without using the Bible as a reference.
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