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Are you sure the inclusion of "The Bible" of which there are actually several has nothing to do with your own personal faith? How do you even go about that with
by michaelmrose 6y ago
Are you sure the inclusion of "The Bible" of which there are actually several has nothing to do with your own personal faith? How do you even go about that without dealing with issues of church and state? Whichever holy book you choose at least 50% of constituents will believe you chose the wrong one. If you teach it as history you will be doing a poor job of history without substantially more sources and discussing the inherent unreliability of historical sources.
If you imply that every word isn't the literal truth you will again have at people howling for your blood.
- Minor49er 6y ago"Are you sure the inclusion of The Bible ... has nothing to do with your own personal faith?" Yes. Much of Western culture has been deeply rooted in The Bible, from its stories to its values.
- ceceron 6y agoYou can always analyze Bible as any other book. In Poland (which is mainly catholic) I've read Bible in school only: 1) to compare the description of biblical creation with the greek mythology (just comparative analysis, without implying the creationism, rather otherwise) 2) next to some famous poem based on the biblical story to understand what is the poem about. I'm always surprised that any school would teach creationism. Even catholic priests don't preach creationism as an alternative to current scientific theories. USA has to be a strange place :D
- mamon 6y agoI would also add 3) analysing the Bible as the source of many literaly genres.