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Posted By pacodecabra 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News

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A new state law requires that Texas public schools incorporate Bible literacy into the curriculum. But the law provides no specific guidelines, funding for materials or teacher training. So high schools are left scrambling to figure out what to teach and how to teach it.

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memestryker3 months, 3 weeks ago

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I took a Bible as Literature course for 1 quarter as a senior in accelerated English in high school. It was an elective, and turned out to be a good course. I was able to raise issues such as the metaphorical, allegorical, folkloric, etc. aspects and some great conversations ensued. It was somewhat like reading Chaucer or Spenser for a course--an old book with archaic terms.

The Texas requirement sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen.

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  memestryker3 months, 3 weeks ago
  
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  The biggest problem I see with this is that it focuses on a book associated with one religion (sort of--there are many different bibles). I'd prefer to see a course where the focus is "religious writings as literaure."
  
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    traveler20003 months, 3 weeks ago
    
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    I agree.
    I'm baptized (had no choice in it, as a baby...), raised Christian/Catholic, went to Catholic school were we did receive religion education as part of our curriculum (yes, we did.... lol).
    However, I did became (by choice) an atheist.
    
    However, I do think study of "the books" (Bible, Koran) should be given in schools as part of philosophy curriculum.
    After all, the Western society became what it is because of it's Greek - Roman - Judeo-Christian history and philosophy.
    So learning those items (together with history), will tell us why we are who we are.
    The Western way of thinking is different to the Eastern way of thinking for a reason.....
    
    This of course doesn't say witch is better (That's an other "philosophical discussion point.........) And, any way, what is "better"????? Some time "better" depends of point of view ....... But, .... that's another discussion ......... (of which I don't know the answer) ....
    
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