Georgia Set To Study The Bible In Public School

By Daniel Miessler on March 11th, 2007: Tagged as Atheism | Education | Religion

Evidently Georgia is set to allow courses that study the Bible in public schools. My question is, “so what?”

I’m all for secular education and all that good stuff, but the Bible is one of the most important books of all time. The act of studying the Bible in and of itself isn’t wrong; it’s when the teachings of the Bible are pushed onto students as fact that it becomes a problem.

Stupidity in any form needs to be abolished, and that includes secularists who can’t tell the difference between studying an important piece of literature and pushing religion.

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An important point well made. There are reactionaries and bigots on both sides of the fence.
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An important point well made. There are reactionaries and bigots on both sides of the fence.
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Carl M

Absolutely right. As long as the courses are watched carefully to be sure that they are not pushing a religion (even in some subtle way), I’ve no problem with comparitive religions classes. (NOTE: One subtle way of pushing a religion is to talk ONLY about the Bible and not about other religious texts.)
Carl M

Absolutely right. As long as the courses are watched carefully to be sure that they are not pushing a religion (even in some subtle way), I’ve no problem with comparitive religions classes. (NOTE: One subtle way of pushing a religion is to talk ONLY about the Bible and not about other religious texts.)
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Thanks Daniel, it’s much appreciated. I’ve been getting your feed for a while now. Keep up the good (and may I say, eclectic) work. Cheers!

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