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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-19-06 09:18 AM
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24. And the Dixie-crats ride again! oy...n/t
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  -Bible studies class pushed for schools (by Georgia Democrats!) jefferson_dem  Jan-19-06 06:42 AM   #0 
  - Saw this in the local paper this morning.  Laelth   Jan-19-06 06:49 AM   #1 
  - I have no such trust!  Debau2005   Jan-19-06 06:54 AM   #3 
  - Exactly.  Zenlitened   Jan-19-06 08:23 AM   #19 
  - Big mistake. Give them an inch and they'll take over completely.  The Backlash Cometh   Jan-19-06 06:54 AM   #4 
  - If they teach it as truth, it's illegal.  bowens43   Jan-19-06 06:57 AM   #5 
  - Hmm ...  Laelth   Jan-19-06 07:10 AM   #9 
     - That's exactly how it was taught when I took this class.  Moosepoop   Jan-19-06 07:54 AM   #15 
     - The Bible as Literature. Nothing more, nothing less  newblewtoo   Jan-19-06 01:17 PM   #28 
     - Did the course cover the extensive rewrites?  Zhade   Jan-19-06 04:52 PM   #40 
     - This would probably ONLY work if you had  LostinVA   Jan-19-06 08:10 AM   #18 
  - Bulls***. Next, you will need to give the torah, and the koran,  Strong Atheist   Jan-19-06 10:13 AM   #25 
  - I hear you.  Laelth   Jan-19-06 09:41 PM   #49 
     - "If it takes an elective Bible course to keep religion out  Strong Atheist   Jan-20-06 06:11 AM   #51 
  - wow....what a justification!  DrunkenMaster   Jan-19-06 02:30 PM   #34 
     - .  Zenlitened   Jan-19-06 03:44 PM   #37 
     - Indeed!  Zhade   Jan-19-06 05:04 PM   #41 
     - Welcome to DU.  Laelth   Jan-19-06 09:52 PM   #50 
  - *sigh*  Debau2005   Jan-19-06 06:51 AM   #2 
  - Religiious roots of American Democracy? Where????  FloridaPat   Jan-19-06 07:00 AM   #6 
  - I thought it was only legal  Glidescube   Jan-19-06 07:04 AM   #7 
  - Teaching the Bible  mzteris   Jan-19-06 07:08 AM   #8 
  - Or, with versions of the Bible -- the Vulgate, the King James,  sfexpat2000   Jan-19-06 07:20 AM   #12 
  - Which translation?  Okiesoldier   Jan-19-06 08:29 AM   #20 
  - Bible as literature  ROakes1019   Jan-19-06 01:46 PM   #29 
     - Same for music majors.  mzteris   Jan-20-06 08:25 AM   #53 
  - Yeah, it's stupid and pandering, but I'm not worried  LizW   Jan-19-06 07:15 AM   #10 
  - Towery's wrong.  baby_mouse   Jan-19-06 07:16 AM   #11 
  - wow - Repukes who pander to the religious right  zbdent   Jan-19-06 07:22 AM   #13 
  - Yep, showing his true colors, isn't he?  Boredtodeath   Jan-19-06 07:31 AM   #14 
  - My daughter had a semester of the bible in an advanced lit class  Evergreen Emerald   Jan-19-06 08:01 AM   #16 
  - In high school 30 years ago I took a "bible as literature' class  donheld   Jan-19-06 11:04 AM   #27 
  - I think perhaps it might go down better  TallahasseeGrannie   Jan-19-06 08:08 AM   #17 
  - Keep it an elective  JNelson6563   Jan-19-06 08:33 AM   #21 
  - It already IS an elective...  Lance_Boyle   Jan-19-06 09:12 AM   #23 
     - LOL!  Zenlitened   Jan-19-06 01:52 PM   #30 
     - Yes, I know but  JNelson6563   Jan-19-06 02:23 PM   #33 
        - And you think they'll rest then?  Lance_Boyle   Jan-19-06 03:00 PM   #35 
           - I suppose you're right.  JNelson6563   Jan-19-06 05:24 PM   #45 
              - When dealing with fundamentalists,  Lance_Boyle   Jan-19-06 08:00 PM   #48 
  - The Bible's "influence on literature, art, music, culture and politics"  rocknation   Jan-19-06 09:07 AM   #22 
  - And the Dixie-crats ride again! oy...n/t  Javaman   Jan-19-06 09:18 AM   #24 
  - the Republicans are right  Charlie Brown   Jan-19-06 10:17 AM   #26 
  - What's the big deal?  toopers   Jan-19-06 02:09 PM   #31 
  - tax-payer funded  Charlie Brown   Jan-19-06 02:20 PM   #32 
     - Tax payers vote for the BOE.  toopers   Jan-19-06 03:54 PM   #38 
        - Well, the courts had a say in Dover as well. - n/t  Zenlitened   Jan-19-06 04:30 PM   #39 
        - The Separation of Church and State is NOT up for grabs.  Zhade   Jan-19-06 05:22 PM   #43 
  - I hope they teach what the "biblical allusions"  jpak   Jan-19-06 03:27 PM   #36 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jan-19-06 05:13 PM   #42 
  - Not with MY tax dollars, thank you.  Zhade   Jan-19-06 05:23 PM   #44 
  - schools teach other fiction, why not? nt  msongs   Jan-19-06 05:52 PM   #47 
  - Well, it is Georgia  depakid   Jan-19-06 05:45 PM   #46 
  - The bill actually describes a SANE Bible Curriculum  Bridget Burke   Jan-20-06 08:23 AM   #52 
  - I already teach the Bible in a public high school  Nevernose   Jan-20-06 08:41 AM   #54 
 

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