Oklahoma's top education official is ordering public schools to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12.

Oklahoma’s top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to incorporate religion into classrooms.

The directive drew immediate condemnation from civil rights groups and supporters of the separation of church and state, with some calling it an abuse of power and a violation of the U.S. Constitution.

The order sent to districts across the state by Republican State Superintendent Ryan Walters says adherence to the mandate is compulsory and “immediate and strict compliance is expected.”

  • uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    8 days ago

    I’d me the kid pointing out the scholarly consensus is the bible is not inerrant, not divinely inspired, not univocal. This worked well in poli-sci / government, but not in American History or Alternative Health.

  • Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Is there going to be a section of learning on the Quran? What about Buddhist texts? Any essay requirements for the Satanic Temple?

    • Scubus@sh.itjust.works
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      8 days ago

      Yeah, sounds like a good way to ensure no more Christians coming from Oklahoma. Honestly, as long as the students have to read the Bible and not just nitpicked sections of it or interpretations of it then I’d be down with this. There’s a whole lot of useless stuff you have to read in school anyways, like Shakespeare.

  • GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    David has cut off foreskins from 3,672 enemies. He is required to have 9,000. How many more foreskins does he need to collect?

    I don’t remember if it was actually David or another character from the Bible nor how many foreskins were actually required and I’m not going to give a Bible site the click to figure that out.