Now With More Rape And Dung-Eating: Bible Verses The Idaho Public School Way!

[Zorro]

These are just very good Bible verses.

In 2021, a Pew Research poll found that only 63 percent of Americans identify as Christians, down from 75 percent a decade ago. This coincides with the well-documented increase in “nones” — a group comprising atheists, agnostics, and those who describe their religion as “nothing in particular” — who now make up about a third of the US population.

Awkwardly, this has coincided with an increase in the number of Republicans who identify as Christian Nationalists or as sympathetic to those views, now over half of the party. It does make sense though. I would imagine that the fewer people believe in a religion or supernatural idea, the harder it is for those who do to maintain that belief or at least not question it.

Thus, we’ve had a whole bunch of proposed bills lately from Republicans trying to force Christianity on other people’s children and reinforce it in those who already believe, while those children are attending public schools. Like this new one from Idaho that will require passages from the Bible to be read, “without comment,” every morning in every “occupied” classroom in the state.

Teachers will be able to refuse to do it if they want, but will have to appoint someone else to do it for them. Children will be allowed to leave the classroom if they have a note from their parents excusing them from it, because godforbid kids are allowed to choose their own beliefs separate from their parents.

https://www.wonkette.com/p/now-with-more-rape-and-dung-eating

[John1956PA]

1. I think this is the law which would result in the entire Bible being covered in about three years.

So much of the Old Testament describes instances of bloodshed and copulation. It is almost impossible to glean any coherent points out of many of the verses if they (or a sequence of them) are read out of context. I do not think that many of the legislators who voted for the bill have read the Bible, especially the Old Testament. We have one or more DUers who have read it multiple times from an objective perspective.

[Norrrm]

2. Which version Bible? Protestant? Catholic? Other? Which is the 'official' state approved Bible?

[Norrrm]

3. To true republicans, the Bible is irrelevant anyway. Trump refused to use it for this inauguration.