Required readings would include passages from Old and New Testament for students in middle school

The conservative-majority Texas State Board of Education is considering adding at least 15 passages from the Bible to a required reading list as part of English lessons in public schools – the latest push from conservatives to implement Christianity into school curriculums.

Beginning in middle school, Texas students could be forced to read stories from the Bible including Jonah and the Whale, David and Goliath, and Lamentations 3 in addition to passages such as The Definition of Love from the New Testament, according to the list reported by the New York Times.

The new proposed changes have raised concerns from advocacy groups and academics who believe the changes will teach children a one-sided history lesson and “indoctrinate” students.

  • FreddiesLantern@leminal.space
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    6 days ago

    Shouldn’t the bible be subject to that age verification thing that’s going around? You know, to actually protect the children.

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        Also child slaughter. Some kids made fun of a dude for being bald, and god sent a bear to tear them apart. Wholesome story.

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          When I was a kid, my best friend’s dad liked to cite those verses when we made comments about his receding hairline.

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          They made fun of Elisha for being a prophet, as well as for being bald. His predecessor Elijah was said to have ascended to heaven. The kids were saying “Go on, Baldy, why don’tcha go up to heaven!”

          And that’s why the naughty little fuckers got torn apart by a she-bear.

          As a bald man, I approve of that message.

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        I’m less concerned about the anatomy lesson and more about the celebration of child rape and genocide.

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      Didn’t The Satanic Temple do something similar to that when a bunch of book banning in schools was going around not so long ago?