[Bring] the Bible in its essential historical and literary context to Oklahoma classrooms
I don’t know what America’s founding documents have to do with the context of ~300 AD (or whenever Christian texts were first organized into the New Testament). But I can’t think of many places whose founding would be more offensive to Jesus’s teachings than Oklahoma.
The whole south would be about the biggest possible fuck you to Jesus.
And if he ever came back i doubt he’d live to see trial much less his legal execution.
Bet the televangelists who demanded his death would be so upset they’d need to buy new private jets to get over it
The South is like 30% black — majority black where I live — and the black churches organize around civil rights and charity. Jamelle Bouie recently noted that his religion professor once said, “In the black church tradition, Christians worship a Jesus who has been lynched. In the white church tradition, Christians worship a Jesus who could be forgiven for lynching"
I’m personally secular but actually living in the South, it’s more complex than election maps make it seem. People doing work in Georgia against the odds flipped it blue.
Speedrun to antichrist status
Re-affirming its status as a shit-hole state.
Giving Idaho, Florida, and Texas a run for the money.
It’s nice to see Oklahoma has resolved all their school supply shortages and have excess funds available. Perhaps they should issue state rebates back to the taxpayers. Edit: spelling
Total bullshit in multiple dimensions and it should never even be considered. That said, as a former bible student turned atheist, if they’re going to have bibles in school a good option would be NRSV, or the funny option would be The Cotton Patch bible.
A grift in broad daylight.
The “requirements”:
- a Bible that is bound by leather or material like leather
- has the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
- is the New King James version of the Old and New Testament
- has no commentary
has the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
Why does a bible need these things?
If it doesn’t contradict itself it’s not Republican enough.
Because Trump’s version has these things
That still doesn’t explain it
The school boards are run by republicans
The rules are written explicitly to cater to Trump’s edition so they will be forced to buy only Trump’s edition. Meaning they can now fund Trump’s nazi grift using Oklahoma taxpayer funds legally.
What don’t you get? 🙃
It’s a way to funnel public money directly to Trump and his campaign.
Conservatives want a collection of things they won’t read or ban. This sums it up.
I’d respect it more if it was just said right up front, “funding to the god-emperor by stealing from our children’s education.”
Aren’t there a zillion constitutional lawsuits pending on this? Even if they get the bullshit “state’s rights” treatments, why isn’t there a ballot vote on this yet?
I think it’s some 3 million dollars they’re going to spend on these? At least it’s nice to know they will certainly be spending a similar amount on Qurans and whatnot /s
Don’t worry, kids will make sure these bibles are not colored in and trashed in a variety of ways.
I would hope but OK is still pretty religious.
Oooh, I hadn’t considered that. There will be so many dick drawings in there by the end of the first year.
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