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Run Methuselah Run - Tx to use Bible for reading lessons

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by ursidman, Nov 22, 2024 at 6:43 PM.

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  1. Nov 22, 2024 at 6:43 PM #1
    ursidman

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    Tx court says Bible can be used in teaching Reading. First comes CAN, later it will be must. They plan to use taxpayer money to reward school districts that do this.

    When i had kids in the house I didn’t much care what they read as long as they did read. I wouldn’t have huge problems with this for my kids but i can see it introducing a can of worms. Will children of other faiths be able to opt out? What material would they use? What are teachers supposed to do? Not needed imo

    Texas schools can now teach Bible-based reading lessons — BBC News


    The Texas State Board of Education on Friday approved a controversial, Bible-infused curriculum for public school students in kindergarten through fifth grade.

    Texas schools will not be required to use "BlueBonnet" curriculum, which includes lessons from the books of Genesis and Psalms, as well as the New Testament, but will receive extra funding if they do.
     
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  2. Nov 22, 2024 at 6:47 PM #2
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  3. Nov 22, 2024 at 6:48 PM #3
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    I hope they use the Ezekiel verse that talks about having a penis as big as a donkey and semen like that of a horse.
     
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  4. Nov 22, 2024 at 6:49 PM #4
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  5. Nov 22, 2024 at 6:50 PM #5
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    Is it ever too early to tell a child he’s going to hell?
     
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  6. Nov 22, 2024 at 7:03 PM #6
    ursidman

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    I dunno much about anything anymore. I learned to read from Dick and Jane books and they were at least written in commonly used English of the day. Will TX kids now be recognizable because they are using thee and thou?
     
  7. Nov 22, 2024 at 7:06 PM #7
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    Even as a small child I never believed hell was real. It just didn't seem like something that a god who "is love" would do to his creations.
     
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  8. Nov 22, 2024 at 7:09 PM #8
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  9. Nov 22, 2024 at 7:17 PM #9
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    Would be funny if a teacher labeled it as historical fiction in the syllabus. :devil:
     
  10. Nov 22, 2024 at 7:20 PM #10
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    It would definitely get an MA rating. There's some wild stuff in there.
     
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  11. Nov 22, 2024 at 7:39 PM #11
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    My thoughts are it would have to be the Modern English Version which is at least our current English.

    But if they do this, they have to allow opt outs.
     
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  12. Nov 22, 2024 at 7:47 PM #12
    rivergator

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    Should elementary kids be in the position of opting out what the rest of the class is doing? "You three, sit over there and I'll give you something else."
    Just what every seven-year-old needs.
     
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  13. Nov 22, 2024 at 8:13 PM #13
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    Quran 101: Reading with Allah
     
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  14. Nov 22, 2024 at 8:26 PM #14
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  15. Nov 22, 2024 at 8:37 PM #15
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  16. Nov 22, 2024 at 8:43 PM #16
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    @-$%&n wut?
     
  17. Nov 22, 2024 at 8:51 PM #17
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    Trump won...and the snowglobe has morphed into the toilet bowl...

    All this pearl clutching idiocy over the Bible from the same clown crowd who didn't just defend, but attacked any and everyone opposed to letting tranny's actuslly groom kids in school...

    Lol! I'd say get help, but there just ain't enough help short of Devine intervention, which yall wouldn't accept if it was offered to you on a silver platter.
     
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  18. Nov 22, 2024 at 9:01 PM #18
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    Poster, as usual, can't back up statements. "letting tranny's actuslly groom kids in school..." any credible link will suffice. LOL A nd when (cough, couch) poster actually links any semblance of proof, please provide some post that shows whom this might be "the same clown crowd who didn't just defend, but attacked any and everyone opposed.." We'll wait. LOL
     
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  19. Nov 22, 2024 at 9:30 PM #19
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  20. Nov 22, 2024 at 9:34 PM #20
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