Texas school district bans the Bible after parental challenge

[OSR stands with Israel]

Lol, I love that the fake Christians of Atlas are so scared of letting students read that they're literally in favor of banning the Bible. I hope you enjoy getting slow-roasted in hell for all eternity.

I admit I chuckled as harsh (and sinful) as it is, but it just saddens me so much seeing this. I wonder how many souls will be lost if bibles get banned because of this. Parents should not be controlling what their children read that much, a child should have access to all knowledge for the most part. I think of younger Forumlurker searching for answers, curious about the world, limited to only a few inoffensive books that just leave me frustrated and lost. This is the America we are giving our children.

What about if a 7 year old child of say Hindu parents decides to read the religious texts of other religions and then decides they no longer want to be Hindu .

I mean shouldn’t we have an age limit for this , say 13 or older

No lmao, why?

I was wrong

[emailking]

No reason to bring up the Bible outside of a literature or comparative religions class.

[YPestis25]

No reason to bring up the Bible outside of a literature or comparative religions class.

Should probably add history to the list.

In any event (and this isn't addressed to you emailking), children should be challenged. Not sure what the point of reading is if all you read is what you agree with. If parents want to be able to choose the curriculum and the books their kids read, then send them to a private school. It is the duty of the state to educate curious, critical thinking, and worldly students - something that we don't often succeed at anyway, and banning books because they make us uncomfortable will make this worse.

This whole nonsense of being so terrified that your precious child may read something slightly provocative in a school library is all the more mind numbing when you realize what kids hear on buses, in locker rooms and in cafeterias everyday. I'll tell you this, I read a good deal all throughout primary and secondary school, and nothing was as explicit or inappropriate as my 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm stint on the public school bus.

[jojoju1998]

No reason to bring up the Bible outside of a literature or comparative religions class.

Should probably add history to the list.

In any event (and this isn't addressed to you emailking), children should be challenged. Not sure what the point of reading is if all you read is what you agree with. If parents want to be able to choose the curriculum and the books their kids read, then send them to a private school. It is the duty of the state to educate curious, critical thinking, and worldly students - something that we don't often succeed at anyway, and banning books because they make us uncomfortable will make this worse.

This whole nonsense of being so terrified that your precious child may read something slightly provocative in a school library is all the more mind numbing when you realize what kids hear on buses, in locker rooms and in cafeterias everyday. I'll tell you this, I read a good deal all throughout primary and secondary school, and nothing was as explicit or inappropriate as my 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm stint on the public school bus.

Ironically, private schools are more known for academic rigor than public ones. At least where I live anyway.

And hint ( Mostly Catholic ).

[Badger]

The Bible shouldn’t be banned, but schools should have to put it in the fiction section.

Inside every libertarian's closet is and edgelord fedora just waiting to be put on

[wesmoorenerd]

No reason to bring up the Bible outside of a literature or comparative religions class.

Should probably add history to the list.

In any event (and this isn't addressed to you emailking), children should be challenged. Not sure what the point of reading is if all you read is what you agree with. If parents want to be able to choose the curriculum and the books their kids read, then send them to a private school. It is the duty of the state to educate curious, critical thinking, and worldly students - something that we don't often succeed at anyway, and banning books because they make us uncomfortable will make this worse.

This whole nonsense of being so terrified that your precious child may read something slightly provocative in a school library is all the more mind numbing when you realize what kids hear on buses, in locker rooms and in cafeterias everyday. I'll tell you this, I read a good deal all throughout primary and secondary school, and nothing was as explicit or inappropriate as my 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm stint on the public school bus.

It's clear that conservatives dream of a society where every child's brain is turned to pudding at a young age

[MiddleRoad]

No books should be banned from a library

That kinda defeats the purpose

There is nothing wrong with someone reading the Bible, the Quran, the Vedas and coming to their own conclusions and making up their own mind as to truth

As to other books? I don’t see why it has to be “either or” you can have your woke post 2016 books in a library with the classics. There is no need to really have to be black or white on this.

Am not a fan of censorship but sadly our society is moving in that direction

[If my soul was made of stone]

One of the most violent, inappropriate books in existence.  It's for the best.

[John Dule]

The Bible shouldn’t be banned, but schools should have to put it in the fiction section.

Inside every libertarian's closet is and edgelord fedora just waiting to be put on

I was going to make a joke about the kinds of things Christians hide in their closets, but anything I could come up with seemed like a disproportionate response.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Seems like a massive self-own for conservatives to support this, just casually granting Reddit-tier claims about the Bible without opposition.

[Storr]

Getting the Bible banned in schools to own the Libs.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

If they are banning everything that someone might be offended by, ...good luck with that.

[HisGrace]

Bible is actually History the Pharoahs we're Blk light skinned Sudanese and mated with Hebrew Queens and Moses and Jesus did miracles, the resurrection is prophecy, so believing in the Bible isn't gonna hurt, we go to Church and believe in prophecy, because unless you are DEAD, no one knows what the Astral plane really is, it's a mystery to all of us until we die.

My IQ at least tripled after I read this. Another galaxy brain post from olawakandi, the greatest philosopher of our time.

[HisGrace]

If the standard is you should ban anything that offends anyone then the Bible certainly offends people. I didn't make the rules. If places in California want to ban To Kill a Mockingbird and Huck Finn and conservatives want to ban trans picture books or whatever there's no reason anyone should have to tolerate the Bible in their school library if they don't want it there. When you play this game everyone is going to lose until we all decide to stop playing.

[It’s so Joever]

If they are banning everything that someone might be offended by, ...good luck with that.

And that’s the point we’ve been trying to make.

[longtimelurker]

How about these Moms for Liberty types just come up with a list of books that they will allow in school.  Would be a short list.

[100% pro-life no matter what]

I agree with Fuzzy Bear that I would never want a non-believer teaching the Bible to my children.  But, at the same time, it is a little perplexing why any Christian would choose to send their children to receive a secular education at a public school (or non-religious private school).  What good does it do to instill Biblical values at home if our kids will be taught a different set of values at school.

Every church should be focusing on making Christian education available to all children, instead of relying on public schools.

[jojoju1998]

I agree with Fuzzy Bear that I would never want a non-believer teaching the Bible to my children.  But, at the same time, it is a little perplexing why any Christian would choose to send their children to receive a secular education at a public school (or non-religious private school).  What good does it do to instill Biblical values at home if our kids will be taught a different set of values at school.

Every church should be focusing on making Christian education available to all children, instead of relying on public schools.

Private schools are drastically expensive. At least where I live.

And if the child can’t defend his or her faith in the public setting, then it is the fault of the parents for not forming the child well enough, not the school.

Christian Intellectuals used to dominate the public area because they were unafraid of engaging the secular world. CS Lewis, GK Chesterton,

For Catholics, we have people like Henri De Lubac, Bishop Robert Barron, Cardinals Francis George, Joseph Bernadin, Avery Dulles ( son of a famous US cabinet member ),

[T'Chenka]

I agree with Fuzzy Bear that I would never want a non-believer teaching the Bible to my children.  But, at the same time, it is a little perplexing why any Christian would choose to send their children to receive a secular education at a public school (or non-religious private school).  What good does it do to instill Biblical values at home if our kids will be taught a different set of values at school.

Every church should be focusing on making Christian education available to all children, instead of relying on public schools.

Why do kids need to learn english, math, science, history, phys ed and tech classes in a religious way? I literally don't understand why they can't just be christians that learn the bible at home and at church and learn Shakespeare and trigonometry at school. Trying to create a safe space where every aspect of your kid's life is christian-oriented seems cult-ish to me.

[jojoju1998]

I agree with Fuzzy Bear that I would never want a non-believer teaching the Bible to my children.  But, at the same time, it is a little perplexing why any Christian would choose to send their children to receive a secular education at a public school (or non-religious private school).  What good does it do to instill Biblical values at home if our kids will be taught a different set of values at school.

Every church should be focusing on making Christian education available to all children, instead of relying on public schools.

Why do kids need to learn english, math, science, history, phys ed and tech classes in a religious way? I literally don't understand why they can't just be christians that learn the bible at home and at church and learn Shakespeare and trigonometry at school. Trying to create a safe space where every aspect of your kid's life is christian-oriented seems cult-ish to me.

I should point out again, that if the child can’t defend his or her faith jn a public forum, than its her the parents fault, not the schools.

If you only have the literal words of the Bible, that’s all you have. Sola Scriptura therefore is a self defeating belief.