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16 Jan 2008 12:46:50 PM |
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Schools passing on teaching Bible |
Schools passing on teaching Bible
By Julie Hubbard
http://www.macon.com/198/story/236501.html
[excerpt]
Middle Georgia is smack dab in the Bible Belt, but almost two years
after state lawmakers agreed to let public highschools teach a course
on the Old and New Testaments, the idea hasn't caught on.
At least 10 Middle Georgia school systems said they do not offer a
Bible course in their high schools, nor do they have plans to. It's
better to leave that instruction to the church, they said.
"We found that since many of our students have such a strong spiritual
upbringing that is firmly grounded in Christianity, there was very
little interest on the part of the students to take such a class,"
said L'Angra Webster, a spokeswoman for the Hancock County school system.
The costs for materials, scheduling conflicts and possible legal
implications are reasons why the other systems - including those in
Bibb, Houston, Monroe and Jones county - said they aren't rushing to
offer the courses.
Governments are to remain neutral toward religion, based on the First
Amendment's Establishment Clause. But the Supreme Court has held that
public schools can teach about the Bible as long as it's taught
objectively.
In 2006, Georgia lawmakers passed a bill that allows public school
systems the option of offering students who want to study the Bible's
literary style and influence on art, history, music and culture, a
chance to do so through an elective. The measure did come with
stipulations.
When the state school board designed a curriculum to fit the course in
early 2007, it made provisions that the class, Literature and History
of the Old Testament, and a similar one for the New Testament, be
taught by a teacher who is objective and would not pass on any
religious judgment to students.
For some school systems, managing the course and finding an unbiased
teacher wouldn't be easy.
Diana Rodgers, Bibb County's deputy superintendent of teaching and
learning, said "it would be a challenge" to find a teacher who could
teach the course and be impartial, and the system didn't really want
to open up "a can of worms," she said.
[end excerpt]
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| User: "SheBlewHimDidYouBlowHim" |
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| Title: Re: Schools passing on teaching Bible |
16 Jan 2008 03:50:10 PM |
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"buckeye" <buckeyeelo@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:47kso3l4p65tpf7l1memdeukv42343a3ub@4ax.com...
Schools passing on teaching Bible
By Julie Hubbard
http://www.macon.com/198/story/236501.html
[excerpt]
Middle Georgia is smack dab in the Bible Belt, but almost two years
after state lawmakers agreed to let public highschools teach a course
on the Old and New Testaments, the idea hasn't caught on.
good, they shouldn't be teaching religious HORSESHIT in school anyway
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| User: "Curly Surmudgeon" |
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| Title: Re: Schools passing on teaching Bible |
16 Jan 2008 06:56:48 PM |
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:50:10 -0500, SheBlewHimDidYouBlowHim wrote:
"buckeye" <buckeyeelo@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:47kso3l4p65tpf7l1memdeukv42343a3ub@4ax.com...
Schools passing on teaching Bible
By Julie Hubbard
http://www.macon.com/198/story/236501.html
[excerpt]
Middle Georgia is smack dab in the Bible Belt, but almost two years
after state lawmakers agreed to let public highschools teach a course
on the Old and New Testaments, the idea hasn't caught on.
good, they shouldn't be teaching religious HORSESHIT in school anyway
You are altogether too kind.
-- Regards, Curly
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| User: "Pubkeybreaker" |
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| Title: Re: Schools passing on teaching Bible |
17 Jan 2008 06:45:32 AM |
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On Jan 16, 7:56=A0pm, Curly Surmudgeon <Curly.is....@home.com> wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:50:10 -0500, SheBlewHimDidYouBlowHim wrote:
"buckeye" <buckeye...@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:47kso3l4p65tpf7l1memdeukv42343a3ub@4ax.com...
Schools passing on teaching Bible
By Julie Hubbard
http://www.macon.com/198/story/236501.html
[excerpt]
Middle Georgia is smack dab in the Bible Belt, but almost two years
after state lawmakers agreed to let public highschools teach a course
on the Old and New Testaments, the idea hasn't caught on.
good, they shouldn't be teaching religious HORSESHIT in school anyway
You are altogether too kind.
I agree. comparing religion to horseshit is unfair to the horseshit.
It at least has some value as fertilizer. Religion has no value
except as
an excuse for some groups of people to attack and oppress other groups
of people.
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| User: "Christopher A.Lee" |
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| Title: Re: Schools passing on teaching Bible |
16 Jan 2008 12:49:28 PM |
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On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:46:50 -0500, buckeye <buckeyeelo@nospam.net>
wrote:
Schools passing on teaching Bible
By Julie Hubbard
http://www.macon.com/198/story/236501.html
[excerpt]
Middle Georgia is smack dab in the Bible Belt, but almost two years
after state lawmakers agreed to let public highschools teach a course
on the Old and New Testaments, the idea hasn't caught on.
At least 10 Middle Georgia school systems said they do not offer a
Bible course in their high schools, nor do they have plans to. It's
better to leave that instruction to the church, they said.
"We found that since many of our students have such a strong spiritual
upbringing that is firmly grounded in Christianity, there was very
little interest on the part of the students to take such a class,"
said L'Angra Webster, a spokeswoman for the Hancock County school system.
It's a power thing. Make people kids their religion and even
denomination practice it.
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| User: "Robibnikoff" |
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| Title: Re: Schools passing on teaching Bible |
17 Jan 2008 09:12:59 AM |
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"Christopher A.Lee" <calee@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:ibkso31vu28hrn90tkgg06uph185ijq7va@4ax.com...
On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:46:50 -0500, buckeye <buckeyeelo@nospam.net>
wrote:
Schools passing on teaching Bible
By Julie Hubbard
http://www.macon.com/198/story/236501.html
[excerpt]
Middle Georgia is smack dab in the Bible Belt, but almost two years
after state lawmakers agreed to let public highschools teach a course
on the Old and New Testaments, the idea hasn't caught on.
At least 10 Middle Georgia school systems said they do not offer a
Bible course in their high schools, nor do they have plans to. It's
better to leave that instruction to the church, they said.
"We found that since many of our students have such a strong spiritual
upbringing that is firmly grounded in Christianity, there was very
little interest on the part of the students to take such a class,"
said L'Angra Webster, a spokeswoman for the Hancock County school system.
It's a power thing. Make people kids their religion and even
denomination practice it.
Um, what?
--
Robyn
Resident Witchypoo
BAAWA Knight!
#1557
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| User: "Curly Surmudgeon" |
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| Title: Re: Schools passing on teaching Bible |
17 Jan 2008 10:54:02 AM |
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On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:12:59 -0500, Robibnikoff wrote:
"Christopher A.Lee" <calee@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:ibkso31vu28hrn90tkgg06uph185ijq7va@4ax.com...
On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:46:50 -0500, buckeye <buckeyeelo@nospam.net>
wrote:
Schools passing on teaching Bible
By Julie Hubbard
http://www.macon.com/198/story/236501.html
[excerpt]
Middle Georgia is smack dab in the Bible Belt, but almost two years
after state lawmakers agreed to let public highschools teach a course
on the Old and New Testaments, the idea hasn't caught on.
At least 10 Middle Georgia school systems said they do not offer a
Bible course in their high schools, nor do they have plans to. It's
better to leave that instruction to the church, they said.
"We found that since many of our students have such a strong spiritual
upbringing that is firmly grounded in Christianity, there was very
little interest on the part of the students to take such a class,"
said L'Angra Webster, a spokeswoman for the Hancock County school system.
It's a power thing. Make people kids their religion and even
denomination practice it.
Um, what?
He's speaking in tongues.
-- Regards, Curly
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| User: "Conspiracy of Doves" |
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| Title: Re: Schools passing on teaching Bible |
16 Jan 2008 02:19:05 PM |
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On Jan 16, 1:49 pm, Christopher A.Lee <ca...@optonline.net> wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:46:50 -0500, buckeye <buckeye...@nospam.net>
wrote:
Schools passing on teaching Bible
By Julie Hubbard
http://www.macon.com/198/story/236501.html
[excerpt]
Middle Georgia is smack dab in the Bible Belt, but almost two years
after state lawmakers agreed to let public highschools teach a course
on the Old and New Testaments, the idea hasn't caught on.
At least 10 Middle Georgia school systems said they do not offer a
Bible course in their high schools, nor do they have plans to. It's
better to leave that instruction to the church, they said.
"We found that since many of our students have such a strong spiritual
upbringing that is firmly grounded in Christianity, there was very
little interest on the part of the students to take such a class,"
said L'Angra Webster, a spokeswoman for the Hancock County school system.
It's a power thing. Make people kids their religion and even
denomination practice it.
Wait... what?
*attempts to parse Chris's sentence*
..
..
..
*falls down*
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