Idaho GOP Pushing Bill To Make The Bible A Reference Book In Public Schools

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http://www.liberalamerica.org/2015/06/10/idaho-gop-pushing-bill-to-make-the-bible-a-reference-book-in-public-schools/

The Idaho Republican Party has decided it would be a great idea to mandate that the Bible become a reference book in public school classes which teach science or law.

Here we go again.

The Idaho GOP has issued a set of proposed resolutions which are bundled under the title, “A Resolution Supporting Bible Use in Idaho Public Schools.”

Catchy, don’t ya think?

Marge Arnzen, the Republican Party chairperson for Idaho County, sent language which can be used by the state legislature if they are so inclined. That language reads, in part:


*I’m sure the Idaho GOP thinks this is a great way to force Christianity down the throats of young people in their state, but perhaps they should take a moment and consider a similar scenario they probably wouldn’t find quite so copacetic: A local Islamic group decides it would be a great idea to mandate that the Koran be used as a reference book in public school classes which teach science and law. Can you hear the screams of Republicans decrying the teaching of Sharia law to students? Those howls would reverberate across the state and the nation.

I have no problem with young people reading or studying the Bible if they so choose. But not in schools! Religious instruction does not belong in schools. It should instead be kept in places of worship and the home.

Recent studies have shown that the number of Americans who describe themselves as Christian is on the wane. So now Republicans think they can force feed their beliefs to the young and impressionable, and they can thereby guarantee future generations of obedient believers. But the quickest way to dissuade a child from learning something is to make it mandatory.

Wow. The thought of this is horrid.

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I thought that this would happen in Texas though

OT: Mess

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Better book a soul savin session in case this happens 

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this will never be

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Just no. I can't even at this. It wont work, but the fact that people think its a good idea  

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I love how the American government are keen on getting children to start reading fairytails

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As an atheist, I don't see a problem with this, at least on its face. The Bible is a touchstone of our common culture, something that everyone needs to be familiar with to some extent, just to understand the references they'll come across, if for no other reason. We should study it the same way we study Greek and Roman mythology. The only problem comes if and when you have teachers citing the Bible as truth.

Now, I know that the people behind this legislation probably want just that -- to promote teaching the Bible as fact. But it doesn't seem like the bill does that. It's actually kind of meaningless, as far as I can tell -- it's not legalizing anything that wasn't legal already. (How it might be willfully misinterpreted is another issue...)

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