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Texas students could soon be forced to read from the Bible in public schools (www.independent.co.uk)

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Required readings would include passages from Old and New Testament for students in middle school

The conservative-majority Texas State Board of Education is considering adding at least 15 passages from the Bible to a required reading list as part of English lessons in public schools – the latest push from conservatives to implement Christianity into school curriculums.

Beginning in middle school, Texas students could be forced to read stories from the Bible including Jonah and the Whale, David and Goliath, and Lamentations 3 in addition to passages such as The Definition of Love from the New Testament, according to the list reported by the New York Times.

The new proposed changes have raised concerns from advocacy groups and academics who believe the changes will teach children a one-sided history lesson and “indoctrinate” students.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's the fundamental flaw of Protestant theology. Hand out ten bibles, absent any further religious instructions, and you get ten different religions. Leave people to stew too long and they just start making up their own Apocrypha - a la Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses.

Texas is already a melting pot of faiths, quite a few of which aren't even Christian. You're going to be demanding teachers read from the Bible to such a wide range of denominations, all with their own priors as to what any of this stuff means.

Like, as a kid, I remember my dad explaining to me that the Sermon on the Mount and the Loaves and Fishes miracle was a lesson on the power of sharing. Jesus took a bit of bread and fish, passed it among the crowd, and then everyone in the crowd helped to pitch in with what they'd brought for themselves. And in the end they had more than what they began with. I've sat in class with people who seriously believe "No, Jesus just magicked up more fish and bread, because DUH it was a miracle". And that's firmly within the Christian spectrum. We're not dragging in Muslims or Hindus or outright born-and-raised Atheists to weigh in.