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Ah, yes, well. I have been so busy with other things. I do wish to keep this blog alive. I will try to "come back."
Ok seriously, your argument is ridiculous! How are you going to try and make a comparison between standardized commonly shared textbooks which follow an approved and accepted curriculum to that of the Bible? There is no universally accepted curriculum in the U.S. set up to teach the Bible in public schools. Of course there can be biases in every subject pertaining to any topic which is not good, yet, there is at least guidelines set up within the followed curriculum. Reading your comments made me assuming that you are a teacher and if this is true we both know you are suppose to teach the information which is applied to the course taken, in turn, following the pre-written text. As a teacher you should educate students as bias-free as possible giving them the tools to make there “OWN” educated decision. Your argument acknowledges biases in schools and tries to justify the bible being taught in schools because other subjects can be taught in a bias manner, therefore, so why isn’t it ok to expose the bible to the same circumstances. You obviously don’t care about truly educating students in a none-bias manner equipping them to make their “OWN” educated decisions if you are willing to throw the bible into that pit of biases. Maybe you should stop think of your own agenda here and think about what’s best for students everywhere! Here's Christopher Ruddy's article if you would like to read it again.
I agree with you here. It is true that regular subjects in school are taught in biased manners. For example, science teachers are told that they must teach evolution theories as a part of their curriculum. Well, many teachers teach evolution in biased ways, depending on whether or not they believe the theories themselves. If we are allowed to teach evolution and other possible biased topics, then why is the Bible restricted from public schools? And by offering classes taught about the Bible, you would not be forcing students to take the classes. They could choose whether or not to take the classes. It would be an elective class. So why not offer Bible classes in public schools? Hmm..good question. Thanks for your article, it is helping me out with some research I'm doing with this topic.
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