tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post1318893300615051203..comments2023-10-12T14:09:33.965-07:00Comments on The Biblia Hebraica Blog: Teaching the Bible in Public SchoolsDouglas Mangumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15267532075493569019noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-90675793011713771912009-08-20T15:06:14.200-07:002009-08-20T15:06:14.200-07:00Our granddaughter was raised without any religion....Our granddaughter was raised without any religion. When she got to college she took a course in Comparative Religion and didn't know what they were talking about. So I'd favor some introduction to religion, if it's non-religious.John Wendtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3613525030683671127.post-38093804578761297342009-08-19T05:14:07.143-07:002009-08-19T05:14:07.143-07:00While the classes aspires to be objective and non-...While the classes aspires to be objective and non-confessional, I don't doubt for a minute that there will be teachers out there just waiting to use the opportunity to use the class as a witnessing tool. Back in High School here in the Philippines, our Values Education teacher (Values Ed is supposed to be a non-religious class on ethics) used it to preach baptist theology to a class with 80-90% catholics! I still remember her forcing, on pain of failure, the lone muslim girl to lead the class in christian prayer.<br /><br />Biblical literacy is good, but this has the potential for abuse. If a kid needs to take an elective in public school to learn about David and Goliath, it shows that it's the churches that are failing its youth and passing the buck into secular space.Qohelethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06888693459447442106noreply@blogger.com