Yeah, but will they be tested on it?
Georgia has said that it's OK to have Bible Classes in School
Now, I must say that when I was a high schooler at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs Iowa (no, I won't link to them. I don't think Hooterville has "the internets" yet) We had a "Bible as Literature" class - which is why you will note that I specialize in Furnishings, China and The Bible as Literature.
The class was just that: The Bible from the standpoint of literature, and it was a damn good class. It was taught by the Latin Teacher, who had been a brother in a Catholic Monestary (or something like that - by the time he washed up on the shores of dear old Abraham Lincoln, he was just another screaming queen. But a good teacher)
I believe that the Bible or "intelligent design" can fit into a normal person's curriculum. It's just a matter of placement: Intelligent design has no place in a science class, but can find a cozy home in a Philosophy Class (only poets and stoners take philosophy, so there's no harm done. Any good poet is at best an agnostic.)
Biblical readings belong in a literature or world history class unless, of course, it's a religious institution - and none of the cool kids in those schools pays any attention to their religion courses anyway, so no harm's done there either.
Somehow I think that the Bible in the Georgia classrooms will not be considered a literary device however. Silly crackers.....
Now, I must say that when I was a high schooler at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs Iowa (no, I won't link to them. I don't think Hooterville has "the internets" yet) We had a "Bible as Literature" class - which is why you will note that I specialize in Furnishings, China and The Bible as Literature.
The class was just that: The Bible from the standpoint of literature, and it was a damn good class. It was taught by the Latin Teacher, who had been a brother in a Catholic Monestary (or something like that - by the time he washed up on the shores of dear old Abraham Lincoln, he was just another screaming queen. But a good teacher)
I believe that the Bible or "intelligent design" can fit into a normal person's curriculum. It's just a matter of placement: Intelligent design has no place in a science class, but can find a cozy home in a Philosophy Class (only poets and stoners take philosophy, so there's no harm done. Any good poet is at best an agnostic.)
Biblical readings belong in a literature or world history class unless, of course, it's a religious institution - and none of the cool kids in those schools pays any attention to their religion courses anyway, so no harm's done there either.
Somehow I think that the Bible in the Georgia classrooms will not be considered a literary device however. Silly crackers.....
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