"Science isn't taught in church, so why are you trying to teach church in science class?"
Absolutely spot on. Let them practice their bronze age mythology in private. This is the 21st century, it has no place in schools, politics, or the every day lives of free thinking, educated, rational humans.

On a plus side, having an elective bible class could open up a forum for dissenters in front of their peers. Church is a one way street when the priest is talking in front of his herd. Just as long as asking too many questions and challenging the teacher in school is cool.

I wouldn't want religious indoctrination in public schools, but isn't understanding the best selling book in human history part of understanding the history of western civilization?

>> ^renatojj:

I wouldn't want religious indoctrination in public schools, but isn't understanding the best selling book in human history part of understanding the history of western civilization?


The Bible is also the most stolen book in human history.

I'm a Kasparianist. You are my Goddess, Ana.

>> ^renatojj:

I wouldn't want religious indoctrination in public schools, but isn't understanding the best selling book in human history part of understanding the history of western civilization?


I think there is a difference between studying the bible as historical document in a historical context and using it as religious indoctrination. I have little faith* the proponents of this bill do not intend the latter.

*see what I did there?

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^renatojj:
I wouldn't want religious indoctrination in public schools, but isn't understanding the best selling book in human history part of understanding the history of western civilization?

The Bible is also the most stolen book in human history.


They need to install some monitoring and DRM in it to keep this travesty from happening. Why aren't we up in arms about people stealing this content? Food from mouths, how will we ever produce future content and updates....killing the religious industry by this thievery, etc...etc

*outrage*

Piracy, thieves, stealing......*shakes fist*

I'm definitely with you on that.

But this new contributor, Neuroscientist Ms. Cara Santa Maria, has me smitten.

Mmmm, gorgeous latina nerd girl. :: Homer face ::

>> ^Fletch:

I'm a Kasparianist. You are my Goddess, Ana.

Hmm. I'm an atheist, but I kinda disagree with them on this one.

It is an elective course. Don't like it, don't take it -- just like they said. And yes, I would say the same thing if it was an elective course about the Quran or Sharia law.

I took an elective "World Religions" class in my public High School. It was very cool -- we talked about comparative numbers of adherents of various religions and non-religious people, regional and national religious trends, religious shifts over time and what caused them, etc. etc. This was in Kansas, so it could easily have been some conservative Christian right-wing nut just trying to push an agenda, but it wasn't. In my opinion, it was interesting and objective.

However, even if it wasn't, it still would have been an elective class. Hell, even in required classes, I had people pushing subjective opinions down my throat as though they were facts. "Shakespeare was the greatest Western writer in history." The best thing that I learned from classes like that was that sometimes opinions differ, and that is OK -- don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise.

Yea i don't mind that it's elective, but I'm paying for the class with my taxes. That's the problem.