My heart sinks.
It's so wrong on so many levels it's hard to know where to start.
Let's give it a shot:
- It's a bigoted, ignorant shot at all of the legal and philosophical arguments and decisions made about religious plurality in the United States.
- It's an attempt to go back to a less tolerant time.
- It's an attempt to promote the religious beliefs of a few on public money, in public settings, in required settings for many.
- It's a slap in the face to all who aren't bible believers.
- It squanders public money, and wastes public resources assigned to the state legislature.
- It's nothing but a divisive, partisan jab at worst, and a promotion of personal beliefs at public expense at best.
There's nothing better you could be doing in there with your limited time and resources??
You can't exercise intelligence and innovation to help resolve the public education crisis in your beloved state of Kentucky that has a staggering 40% adult illiteracy rate and ranks 47th in the nation in residents with bachelor's degrees?
Please quit the ignorant nonsense and start acting like an intelligent adult.
Do something useful as you were elected to do.
-Forsyth
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Brainwashing ..so sad
ReplyDeleteWe should get Pagen studies into schools too
I think it's funny that it's such a HUGE deal when one particular book is allowed to be taught in schools... isn't it more ignorant to keep young minds from being allowed to make their own decisions as to what they believe? If you're going to expose them to theories such as evolution, should they not be allowed to see the other side of the spectrum? Truth not being the case in this argument, the argument is it's just as ignorant to flip out and get mad that a book that has survived thousands of years of persecution from either the anti-religious or the over-religious yet still retained its originality is being taught alongside a textbook that every year has some new theory in it about how we're all an accident.
ReplyDeleteMejaxi, Thanks for the comment. Somehow you're framing the situation as Bible vs. Science. That's not what schools are about. They're supposed to teach science, rational thought, and religious-free academics. That's what they do. Churches teach religious doctrine and sometimes scripture. That's what *they* do. It worked with you didn't it? Also, "evolution" is not the opposite of "The Bible". The Koran would fit better under that label. How would you feel if a Kentucky law were passed that required that the Koran be given equal weight with The Bible in Kentucky public schools? That's the problem. Regardless, the purpose of the schools is to teach kids to be as literate and rational as possible, and the Bible simply doesn't reach as high a priority as other things by that standard. It's clearly an attempt to promote personal religious views with public money, in a mandatory public setting. That's just wrong.
ReplyDeleteThe Bible, as well as the Koran, are very historical. I would not have a problem at all if the Koran was taught in school. I would encourage that, along with all "religious" texts to be taught. That's my point. I believe that everyone should be exposed to all sides. I shouldn't have phrased it as religion vs. science, I now see that my reply was slightly rushed and that was an unintentional point. I think what I am trying to say is that I don't see the problem with such a historical text, whether you believe it's truth or not, being taught in any school. I disagree with you on the point of the Bible not teaching that. The Bible, though it has faced much persecution from non-religious people (Caeser, Nero) and religious people (the early Catholic church, Henry VIII) has always retained the same "stories". The very fact that portions of it were written by several different people describing what all happened in Jesus Christ's life (historically, he was a real person, I hope you don't argue that, haha!) that had no association with each other, only to have what the wrote come true 800 years later (According to the Bible, but this isn't about truth) is more than enough to at least have a debate topic or something in schools, in my opinion. As I said earlier, and I don't mean to repeat myself, I think it's wonderful that the Bible is being taught from a historical, not religious standpoint, and I think that all religious doctrine should be taught as well.
ReplyDeleteAs for what worked for me, the church had nothing to do with what I view as true or not. My own analysis of Scriptures against scientific, historic, and other religious beliefs/ facts lead me to what I view.
"Somehow you're framing the situation as Bible vs. Science. That's not what schools are about. They're supposed to teach science, rational thought, and religious-free academics. That's what they do. Churches teach religious doctrine and sometimes scripture. That's what *they* do. It worked with you didn't it? Also, 'evolution' is not the opposite of 'The Bible'."
ReplyDeleteIf that is so, why are all the alleged "rational" scientists always so irrationally opposed to having opposing views presented?
Which opposing views are scientists "irrationally opposed to" letting be presented?
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