Can that head of schools lose his license for demanding this bullshit that only leads into the next dark age?
The goal is, here, to have an accurate view of American history
By teaching bronze age fairy tales set in the Middle East.
If more people actually read the Bible there would probably be fewer xtians.
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I’m still pissed we are spending tax payer money defending this shit. We are doing something similar in La.
As much as it sucks, at least it’s being adjudicated.
I fear what the fedsoc six will do with it. They already want a theocracy.
Get a poverty pony and some ammo.
Poverty pony?
Inexpensive AR. Typically bought in pieces. You can get a basic rifle pretty inexpensively.
Looking at recent decisions, it’s going to go badly for those of us who believe in the anti-establishment clause.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Congress shall make no law, this actually could be interpreted quite literally by the courts that it is perfectly acceptable for a state to not only establish a religion but to criminalize other beliefs.
I think this would be a 5-4 decision with SCOTUS. I think Barrett would be against it, because she is Catholic and would see that her beliefs may not be the ones promoted. Kavanaugh and Roberts could be a toss up.
Congress shall make no law, this actually could be interpreted quite literally by the courts that it is perfectly acceptable for a state to not only establish a religion but to criminalize other beliefs.
Reading one piece of the Constitution or the text of any specific statute is kind of useless in our legal system. Other parts of the Constitution, the laws, and the case law that’s been established over centuries and decades also have parts to play.
This particular legal situation has been argued before, and it’s very settled law (at least for now.) Specifically, the 14th Amendment has been viewed to expand many of the Constitutional provisions that originally only restrained Congress to apply to the state governments as well.
It’s most likely to be slapped down in district court, slapped down in the appellate court, and then declined by SCOTUS.
Kavenaugh has been better than expected (still bad). Actually, all of the Trump appointments have been less-bad than Alito, Thomas, and Scalia. If it weren’t for the fact that Kavenaugh replaced Kennedy and Barret RBG it wouldn’t be so bad.
The good news is that the next 2 up for replacement are probably Thomas and Alito. If we can hold onto the White House we may be able to unfuck this.
So it can get to the Supreme Court and be overturned there?
The Superintenant of OK apparently stated plainly that he believes Trump’s appointment to the SC were specifically done to protect states doing this.
School teachers, complying with letter of the law: “Bible says there was flood. Science shows there wasn’t. Bible says diseases appeared as result of sin. Science shows diseases existed long before humans.”
Teachers can make this backfire by teaching kids about how Jesus said, among other things:
- Rich people don’t go to heaven
- Jesus’s answer to religious people not wanting to see things was for the people complaining to pluck out their eyes.
- How Jesus told his followers to sell their shit and give it to the poor.
All things republicans hate because it goes against their ideals. Also they can talk about how in Acts it says Christians lived communally or just read James 5:1-6 verbatim.
But I guarantee the schools will force their teachers only to read parts of the bible that the state demand, because it’s not about Christianity, it’s about using religion to control people.
Also, who says it’s the christian bible 😁 ?
Teach them the story of Lot and his daughters, let them go home and ask their parents about it.
America was founded on the principle of no official state religion and has fought against it ever since.
You’ve not fought against it very well, have you?
- You have school “voucher” schemes for religious schools, which do shit like teach kids that Evolution is wrong because of the bible.
- You added “In God we Trust” do your money and added “Under God” to the pledge of allegiance in the 1950s (The pledge, with or without it, is in itself a form of state worship).
- You have had presidents (Reagan, Bush II) openly promote the idea that America is a Christian state through historical falsehoods.
- One of the most powerful factions in your government are American Evangelicals who have used their power to promote religious based laws, especially against women and minorities.
- Every President in recent times has had to show themselves to be openly Christian, with “not being christian (enough)” being a common attack strategy.
And that’s just Christianity, if I was going to go into how you worship the state…
- You have Four Faces of Presidents carved on a literal sacred mountain.
- You make your kids pledge allegiance to the state every morning (I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands).
- You have two (2) congress funded art pieces that depict George Washington as a God (Washington Enthroned and The Apotheosis of Washington), the latter of which is in the oculus of the Rotunda at Congress for everyone to see.
- The Lincoln Memorial is straight up designed like a Greco-Roman Temple.
- You have, as a social norm, displaying your flag outside your house.
How is that not going to be interpreted as “religious”?
Now, I know someone is going to be all “lol aren’t you from the uk where you worship the royal family” well guess fucking what:
- Barely anyone in the UK worships the royals, especially where I’m from (Scotland) and the people who do even in England are considered weird. Our relationship with the Royals as a country is usually one of aggressive irreverence. My family’s nicknames for the king includes “The Jug Eared Dwarf”, “Chuckie III” and “Tearlach an Chluas”.
- Despite having two (2) established churches (Church of England and Church of Scotland), non religious people make up the majority and the UK is aggressively secular.
- Despite the established religion and having the (in practice) head of state also be the (in practice) head of the Church, none of our politicians try and use religion to justify their bullshit and those who do are considered wankers.
America, in the eyes of most of the world, is aggressively religious, not just in terms of christianity but also in worship of the state.
Death by a thousand cuts kills us all.
Surely this could backfire in so many hilarious ways?
- Teach the parts that conservatives don’t do, and teach your class to call out injustice everywhere.
- Teach the bible in Aramaic or Ancient Hebrew, and give the kids 30 mins of study time to learn whatever they want from it.
- Use it as an exercise to teach that many parts were written thousands of years ago, and doesn’t have current medical or societal advancements, so that many parts might be up to interpretation.
- Compare it to Islam, Judaism, and other sects of Christianity - and teach that they’re basically the same thing and that everyone should get along.
- Reference that the pope said years ago that even nonbelievers that led a good life would be offered a seat in heaven, so be nice and it’ll all be fine.
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Also you should explain to your child students what is a prostitute
Tell them about all the fun stuff going on in sodom and gomorrah
You forgot “this is what hard-core Christians believe, this is where it contradicts itself, here are the 10 commandments including love thy neighbor and don’t worship false idols”.
You’ll get de-licensed for teaching that, too
I’m so fucking tired of the US. Shit just always seems to get worse, and for every little victory, we take another huge leap towards a fascist theocracy.
I like to tell myself that these are the death throes of a dying ideology.
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I really hope you’re right…
Then teach the parts of Isaiah which show clearly he held in contempt the people, of his day, who were doing what the “Jews” who convicted benJoseph, did, & what the “Christians” who identify as Republicans are doing now.
Teach how benJoseph called biblical-legalists “Hypocrites!” right in the bible.
Teach them all the things in their own bible which identify the “Christian” fascism as being the enemy of their own root-guru/Christ.
Here is Isaiah 1 from their bible, so you can see that what Moses fought against a couple millenia earlier ( if one happens to remember that stuff from other readings ), happens this time not within the people of Egypt, but within the Israelites…
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=isaiah+1&version=AMP
Obviously, now it’s happening within the “Christians”.
Notice, here, that nearly-all teachings on Hypocrites! are in the New Testament…
https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=hypocrite&version=AMP
& here is a phrase, right in their bible, of the whole “they call themselves Jews, but are gaslighting” sentiment,
which, as anybody with integrity would understand, is an accusation which can be placed on many of ANY human religion, including the Dharmic religions ( including my own beloved Vajrayana ), including the Abrahamic religions, including the people who claim Science but embody/enforce Scientism’s gaslighting, etc…
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+2%3A9&version=AMP
It is a particular kind of dishonesty, and it isn’t limited-to any tradition or culture, no matter how convenient to some ideologies that would be.
Find all the parts of the bible that contradict the gaslighters who call themselves “Christian”, & teach only those bits.
WHEN teaching the now-legally-required-in-some-jurisdictions “10 Commandments”, add this & discuss how this applies to the people who legislate in our countries:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+2%3A10&version=AMP
“Those who live by the sword, die by the sword”.
Turn their own book’s honest-truths against their falseness.
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Time for malicious compliance: "Kids, today we’re talking about two girls got their dad drunk and raped him to get pregnant.
You should hit the erotic poetry section of the Bible, just to be sure you get all the good parts in.
Then you have to explain how her bum was like a mountain goat, and ain’t nobody want to do that.
They’ll have to be more creative, because the demand is for teachers to tell kids about the Bible’s place in U.S. history.
So I think teaching them about this might be more appropriate: https://www.npr.org/2018/12/09/674995075/slave-bible-from-the-1800s-omitted-key-passages-that-could-incite-rebellion
They might also teach about this man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coughlin
Or how about how the bible was used as an excuse to try to keep Americans dumb and ignorant. An excellent example of exactly where the Bible fits into American history.
That’s just how religions works. Our flavour just happens to be “Christian”
Unfortunately, these people don’t believe in evolution either.
You say “was” like it’s not ongoing.
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They might also teach about this man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Coughlin
Wow, that was an interesting read there! It seems like he may have been an influence on the character “Brother Justin” in the Carnivàle show on HBO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characters_of_Carnivàle#Brother_Justin_Crowe
He absolutely was.
Reason number * I’m glad I don’t live I’m america
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And this is the same cunt that was blaming “the radical left” for “politicizing” the death of a child under his care. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/us/oklahoma-nonbinary-student-superintendent.html
Some neighboring states that aren’t christo-fascist are about to get some really good teachers. Welcome to Colorado!
Except teachers here are paid shit and there’s little affordable housing.
That’s everywhere, unfortunately…
I am sorry no. I don’t want this garbage taught in schools.
