In Oklahoma they are passing a law to mandate a Bible be in every classroom.
I don't have as much of an issue with this as I do with hanging the (Protestant Evangelical) ten commandments on the wall. The Bible, like many other religious texts is an important book...
Just one little question:
Which Bible?
Ya'll say "The Bible" like you have a Pope and there is only one. That's not true. So... which one?
If you don't know then maybe you are not qualified to make such mandates.
@futurebird Even those of us with a Pope have multiple! Granted we at least know which books we’re getting every time, but the translations are all over the place.
@futurebird my brain is silly, but it got me thinking if we could use LLMs to rewrite the King James version but make it for ants??? Then spread copies all over the internets so other LLMs ingest it. And maybe even self publish it on Amazon and give it all 5 star reviews. Then put copies in all those schools...
@futurebird The Ethiopian Bible comes in two flavors: the narrow canon and the wide canon. The latter contains well over 80 books. Some have never been translated into English, though there is an online project working toward such a goal.
When I was doing seminary work, we consulted this page when considering scripture (in particular the “Canons of various Christian traditions” section): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_canon
It depends on how you read the bible. I recall at USAFA our English professor had us read a biblical story...but it so happens it was the one about Rachel menstruating on the statues of idols, under her skirt. Turns out the bible also has some stand-up humor in it, too.
Soooo, let's see how this pans out, teachers teaching from a book that won't even be (technically) allowed to be in the library.
Rachel bleeding on the statues...gotta love it. Fundamentalists have had their heads screwed with, most since birth.