Comments on: Forced bible teaching as literature http://atheists.org/blog/2008/04/27/forced_bible_teaching_as_literature A Blog of Atheist Thought Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:20:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: writerdd http://atheists.org/blog/2008/04/27/forced_bible_teaching_as_literature/comment-page-1#comment-81706 writerdd Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81706 An elective is not forced. You don't have to exaggerate to get attention. When you do it lowers your credibility. An elective is not forced. You don’t have to exaggerate to get attention. When you do it lowers your credibility.

]]> By: alatham http://atheists.org/blog/2008/04/27/forced_bible_teaching_as_literature/comment-page-1#comment-81708 alatham Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81708 I agree with writerdd.<br /> <br /> However, it is stupid for schools to focus on a single religion. Either teach a number of them, or let the kids learn it on their own. If the kids really care about it, they will. I agree with writerdd.

However, it is stupid for schools to focus on a single religion. Either teach a number of them, or let the kids learn it on their own. If the kids really care about it, they will.

]]> By: Itchy http://atheists.org/blog/2008/04/27/forced_bible_teaching_as_literature/comment-page-1#comment-81709 Itchy Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81709 Damn, I was hoping for "The Koran as Literature". The Bible has a talking donkey and the Koran has a flying horse. Teach the controversy! Comparing and contrasting is a higher-ordered thinking skill. Damn, I was hoping for “The Koran as Literature”. The Bible has a talking donkey and the Koran has a flying horse. Teach the controversy! Comparing and contrasting is a higher-ordered thinking skill.

]]> By: Itchy http://atheists.org/blog/2008/04/27/forced_bible_teaching_as_literature/comment-page-1#comment-81710 Itchy Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81710 ....Too much por5ography, peeping toms, rape and sexual torture in the Bible. Sick stuff. This would raise the bar to allow other female-demeaning por5ographic materials in the schools...OH MY! ….Too much por5ography, peeping toms, rape and sexual torture in the Bible. Sick stuff. This would raise the bar to allow other female-demeaning por5ographic materials in the schools…OH MY!

]]> By: thx1138 http://atheists.org/blog/2008/04/27/forced_bible_teaching_as_literature/comment-page-1#comment-81711 thx1138 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81711 <blockquote>Comment from: writerdd <br /> An elective is not forced. You don't have to exaggerate to get attention. When you do it lowers your credibility.</blockquote> <br /> <br /> Yes! This is the kind of thing I have been saying for months! When we [i.e., non-theists of various stripes] sound hysterical or dogmatic then we look *just like* the opposition!<br /> <br /> But then, calmed and reasoned doesn't sell newspapers, or blogs, I suppose.

Comment from: writerdd
An elective is not forced. You don’t have to exaggerate to get attention. When you do it lowers your credibility.

Yes! This is the kind of thing I have been saying for months! When we [i.e., non-theists of various stripes] sound hysterical or dogmatic then we look *just like* the opposition!

But then, calmed and reasoned doesn’t sell newspapers, or blogs, I suppose.

]]> By: Seeker ☺ http://atheists.org/blog/2008/04/27/forced_bible_teaching_as_literature/comment-page-1#comment-81713 Seeker ☺ Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81713 As an elective? No problem. <br /> <br /> Mandated? Problem. As an elective? No problem.

Mandated? Problem.

]]> By: Rusty Shackleford http://atheists.org/blog/2008/04/27/forced_bible_teaching_as_literature/comment-page-1#comment-81714 Rusty Shackleford Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81714 If this law does not have a valid secular purpose, it is unconstitutional. Period.<br /> <br /> I do not see the secular purpose. If this law does not have a valid secular purpose, it is unconstitutional. Period.

I do not see the secular purpose.

]]> By: alexatheist http://atheists.org/blog/2008/04/27/forced_bible_teaching_as_literature/comment-page-1#comment-81728 alexatheist Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81728 Teach mandatory comparative religion and let kids see how silly the whole lot is. Teach mandatory comparative religion and let kids see how silly the whole lot is.

]]> By: sam moore jr http://atheists.org/blog/2008/04/27/forced_bible_teaching_as_literature/comment-page-1#comment-81732 sam moore jr Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81732 I think any well-read person should know the Bible if it is taught as mythology,legend,and folklore. Most of us Atheists know the Bible in order to know what we're against. The Bible,if taught in schools should be taught in high school-- the Bible is unfit for elementary and middle school children. Will the Bible be taught as myth,legend,and folklore in Tennessee? Or are they trying to sneak fundamentalist Christianity into the schools? I know I don't trust my own North Carolina to teach the Bible correctly in schools. I agree with alexatheist: teach comparative religion and let young people see how silly the whole lot is. I think any well-read person should know the Bible if it is taught as mythology,legend,and folklore. Most of us Atheists know the Bible in order to know what we’re against. The Bible,if taught in schools should be taught in high school– the Bible is unfit for elementary and middle school children. Will the Bible be taught as myth,legend,and folklore in Tennessee? Or are they trying to sneak fundamentalist Christianity into the schools? I know I don’t trust my own North Carolina to teach the Bible correctly in schools. I agree with alexatheist: teach comparative religion and let young people see how silly the whole lot is.

]]> By: BobC http://atheists.org/blog/2008/04/27/forced_bible_teaching_as_literature/comment-page-1#comment-81735 BobC Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-81735 Tennessee = hick infested state Tennessee = hick infested state

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