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Oklahoma state superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12 (t.co)

submitted 4 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/atheism@lemmy.world

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Oklahoma’s top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to incorporate religion into classrooms.

The directive drew immediate condemnation from civil rights groups and supporters of the separation of church and state, with some calling it an abuse of power and a violation of the U.S. Constitution.

The order sent to districts across the state by Republican State Superintendent Ryan Walters says adherence to the mandate is compulsory and “immediate and strict compliance is expected.”

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 36 points 4 months ago

"OK kids, here's everything the Bible gets wrong..."

"Wait... not like that..."

[–] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Mom and Dad we are studying fiction this week.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm sick and tired of this fucking nutjob as an Oklahoman please tell me how we can rid us of this fucker?

[–] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There's lots of ways, although voting is probably the only legal one I can think of.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Already tried that me and wife voted against that asshole. What other ways? Can't we get him impeached for violating the law?

[–] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

No chance, the republikkklowns have zero integrity and even less morals. I don't believe in god but if that orange bastard chokes to death on a big mac in the upcoming days....I may start believing.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

David has cut off foreskins from 3,672 enemies. He is required to have 9,000. How many more foreskins does he need to collect?

I don't remember if it was actually David or another character from the Bible nor how many foreskins were actually required and I'm not going to give a Bible site the click to figure that out.

[–] Spazz@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 4 months ago

Third story today that only response for is:

Fucking conservatives

[–] Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Is there going to be a section of learning on the Quran? What about Buddhist texts? Any essay requirements for the Satanic Temple?

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago

I'd me the kid pointing out the scholarly consensus is the bible is not inerrant, not divinely inspired, not univocal. This worked well in poli-sci / government, but not in American History or Alternative Health.

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like propaganda with extra steps

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah, sounds like a good way to ensure no more Christians coming from Oklahoma. Honestly, as long as the students have to read the Bible and not just nitpicked sections of it or interpretations of it then I'd be down with this. There's a whole lot of useless stuff you have to read in school anyways, like Shakespeare.

[+] JustRobForNow@mastodon.social -11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

@Stopthatgirl7
I actually wouldn't mind kids being taught critical thinking, ethics & the Bible as a subject.
Start with an ethical dilemma, apply critical thinking to it and then overlay an appropriate Bible passage.
Could cover original sin, lots daughters, midionite genocide, slavery, creation of hell, eternal torture for a finite crime, 10 commandments etc.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What does critical thinking & ethics has to do with an old religious book though?

Is the final exam to show how crap it is?

[–] JustRobForNow@mastodon.social 5 points 4 months ago

@Valmond Yes

[–] ouRKaoS 2 points 4 months ago

That would be a nice class to take, just not in a public school and not for children.

[+] HogsTooth@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I always giggle when I see comments in a religious thread "Deleted by creator".

[–] JustRobForNow@mastodon.social 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

@HogsTooth
Well that was a total misunderstanding of my post.
The idea is to come up with an ethical dilemma, apply critical thinking, and then show how crap the biblical approach is. With the examples I cited, I'm amazed you think this is teaching the Bible as fact. More like proving it wrong ethically & logically using itself as evidence.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

You don't need to mention the usernames of people whom you reply to; their instance will put a notification in their inbox automatically unless they have blocked you (in which case they cannot see it anyway)

[–] HogsTooth@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

And it was deleted when I reread your comment and couldn't decide if you were a troll, genuine, or just stupid. Judging by the votes I wasn't the only one.