Reply #16: Schools should teach about the many human sources of the Bible.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

Then people wouldn't take it literally and get crazy.

The Bible comes from human sources in historical contexts over hundreds of years.

If this was taught to children in public schools, the spirituality of the poetry and allegory and symbolism might be learned and the world would be a more loving place.

Jesus Christ's teachings of peaceful coexistence are actually EVOLUTIONARY.

That is, they represent the evolution of the species progressively away from the 'law of the jungle' cruelty of 'might makes right' to the next step in our biological/social development to cooperation and nurturance and the strength in numbers of the larger Human Family.

That's why he was threatening to the power structure and was killed.

Now the power structure of the Dominionist neocons wants to prevent our evolution by reinforcing the old fear/hate/war dynamic of our distant past.