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I enjoyed reading the bible when I was a kid. It seemed very real and somehow approachable. Christianty, I think, is a very human-scale religion. However, note

I enjoyed reading the bible when I was a kid. It seemed very real and somehow approachable. Christianty, I think, is a very human-scale religion. However, note the "teach" in the headline--as if education should be little more than an education beaten into you. Sure, this will help anyone succeed (just follow the asshole in front of you.) Perhaps they should consider teaching all religions? Or, rather, give students access to all religious texts and teach them about hermeneutics and comparative studies.

jrflowers 2y ago
I agree, the Bible is very approachable. I made some Ezekiel 23:20 buttons for my friends to wear and they love them as a way to spread the word and ignite conversation
- fragmede 2y ago
  > There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.
  - jrflowers 2y ago
    It’s easier to fit the chapter and verse reference on a pin than the full text
listless 2y ago
It’s odd how we glorify religion in this country, and then are immediately horrified when it rears its head in certain places. We seem conflicted. Is it a good thing, or a bad thing? Or maybe just the “right one” is a good thing? Full disclosure: I consider it a good thing.
- dotcoma 2y ago
  ‘Our’ religion, good. Others’ religion, bad. It’s so simple, really ;)
wkat4242 2y ago
I understand you see value in it. But that may differ. I know I would have hated being forced to read the bible as a child. Even though I was baptized I very quickly became a student of science and I rejected religion as soon as I could talk. I was very opinionated in my school days. Luckily nobody tried to teach it to me or it would have been war >:] In fact my school tried to put me in the optional Latin class because I was a really good student and "important people know Latin" and I made myself completely impossible there because I didn't see the point in learning a dead language. I look to the future not the past. That didn't last long and after that I was a teacher's pet again, they just had to learn their lesson that no means no. Heheh Ps they were right in the end and Latin would have been handy because now I struggle with Latin based languages. But oh well. Standing up for what you think is right is important and I would do it again :)
- aurizon 2y ago
  LOL, reminds me of Latin in school (UK 1940's) Latin, a dead language, Lying in the dust, First it killed the Romans, Now it's killing us!
- quantified 2y ago
  I had a relative who excelled in Latin in high school and then found it a huge benefit in the natural sciences later, so much of the terminology originated in Latin. The same is likely true in the field of law as well.
  - wkat4242 2y ago
    True though I'm in tech fields and I've always known I wanted to end up there. In work I wouldn't have had any benefit from it, but I have had more exposure to Latin languages than expected :)
- squircle 2y ago
  > I understand you see value in it. But that may differ. I know I would have hated being forced to read the bible as a child. Even though I was baptized I very quickly became a student of science and I rejected religion as soon as I could talk. Likewise. I wasnt forced to read anything but had an appetite for any/all reading materials (particularly speculative fiction and dense academic texts for whatever reason.) Books were always better than the garbage on basic cable. Also, note, having read so many texts in the western and eastern canons, there are uncanny parallels perhaps pointing to fundamental aspects of our shared humanity. It's important to understand many perspectives I think, lest your individual identity becomes one of this or that.
codezero 2y ago
At my Catholic private school religion courses which were required were essentially surveys of all religions. As an atheist I appreciated it.

jrflowers 2y ago

I agree, the Bible is very approachable. I made some Ezekiel 23:20 buttons for my friends to wear and they love them as a way to spread the word and ignite conversation

fragmede 2y ago
> There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.
- jrflowers 2y ago
  It’s easier to fit the chapter and verse reference on a pin than the full text

listless 2y ago

It’s odd how we glorify religion in this country, and then are immediately horrified when it rears its head in certain places. We seem conflicted. Is it a good thing, or a bad thing? Or maybe just the “right one” is a good thing? Full disclosure: I consider it a good thing.

dotcoma 2y ago
‘Our’ religion, good. Others’ religion, bad. It’s so simple, really ;)

wkat4242 2y ago

I understand you see value in it. But that may differ. I know I would have hated being forced to read the bible as a child. Even though I was baptized I very quickly became a student of science and I rejected religion as soon as I could talk. I was very opinionated in my school days. Luckily nobody tried to teach it to me or it would have been war >:] In fact my school tried to put me in the optional Latin class because I was a really good student and "important people know Latin" and I made myself completely impossible there because I didn't see the point in learning a dead language. I look to the future not the past. That didn't last long and after that I was a teacher's pet again, they just had to learn their lesson that no means no. Heheh Ps they were right in the end and Latin would have been handy because now I struggle with Latin based languages. But oh well. Standing up for what you think is right is important and I would do it again :)

aurizon 2y ago
LOL, reminds me of Latin in school (UK 1940's) Latin, a dead language, Lying in the dust, First it killed the Romans, Now it's killing us!
quantified 2y ago
I had a relative who excelled in Latin in high school and then found it a huge benefit in the natural sciences later, so much of the terminology originated in Latin. The same is likely true in the field of law as well.
- wkat4242 2y ago
  True though I'm in tech fields and I've always known I wanted to end up there. In work I wouldn't have had any benefit from it, but I have had more exposure to Latin languages than expected :)
squircle 2y ago
> I understand you see value in it. But that may differ. I know I would have hated being forced to read the bible as a child. Even though I was baptized I very quickly became a student of science and I rejected religion as soon as I could talk. Likewise. I wasnt forced to read anything but had an appetite for any/all reading materials (particularly speculative fiction and dense academic texts for whatever reason.) Books were always better than the garbage on basic cable. Also, note, having read so many texts in the western and eastern canons, there are uncanny parallels perhaps pointing to fundamental aspects of our shared humanity. It's important to understand many perspectives I think, lest your individual identity becomes one of this or that.

codezero 2y ago

At my Catholic private school religion courses which were required were essentially surveys of all religions. As an atheist I appreciated it.