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If kids these days are anything like we were as kids being forced to do something will just result in that thing being mocked, derided, and never taken seriously... Outside of the already brainwashed kids, that is.
easiest way to turn people away is to make em actually read that dumbshit themselves, there's a reason priests pick and choose a couple snippets every week...
Indeed, I had the benfit of agnostic parents and no forced church time, but I remember reading the bible a bit around 11-12 years old and thinking it was insane people believe that shit is real.
Yeah, i went to a private Catholic school. Everyone of us laughed at the bible.
Like DARE. Everyone I know who owns a DARE shirt wears it ironically.
Where's my Satanic Temple forcing kids to instead read from science books?
They've been quiet lately. Wondering what happened.
They're not an activist organization. Americans United or the Freedom From Religion Foundation are the ones who will most likely be fighting this.
it's clear they (we all) lost
To be honest, my junior year English teacher forced us to read the bible "to have a stronger basis for understanding western literature" and it had zero impact on my lack of religious beliefs. Literally, we spent like 2 or 3 months on that crap. Looking back it was a pretty obvious scam by her, but it had zero impact in the direction that she wanted it to have impact.
I can get the cultural relevance, but between world history, the enlightenment, and American revolution, Christianity is basically covered in history class already. Not to mention the exposure from society at large.
Like maybe have a religious studies elective if you're really feeling it. Requirement is crazy though, and it's not like reading the bible is about to convert any kids as you experienced.
The more I think about it, I feel like meaningful study of anything biblical is past high school level to begin with.
I doubt it. States have tried over and over again (both recently and in the past) to require the Bible, to require the 10 commandments, and on and on to no ultimate success. The Establishment Clause is clear, and this is more political theater from a Republican dominated government trying to gin up support for the midterms by creating a spectacle.
New SCOTUS, new repression
And yet none of the attempts in the last decade have stuck. Same SCOTUS.
This is just political theater.
There's nothing in the constitution that prevents Bible Studies from being mandatory, it's existed in the past.
Yes and no: the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment prevents the government from overtly favoring one religion over another, so if they want Bible studies in public schools, they'll have to equitably provide Catholics, Satanists, Muslims, Witches, Polytheists, etc. the same deference and inclusion in teaching materials as Protestant Christianity.
I was told there's no better way to churn out atheists than to make them read from religious books. I hope it holds.
"Poor character development, and the author is a little bit preachy."
Texas.
Idaho.
I was already required to read Bible passages in Texas public high school. Got my only C in a English class because apparently my interpretation of David wasn't up to snuff.
This is discriminatory since Republicans can't read.
Ezekiel 23:20