▲ 134 ▼ TIL that Texas Public School Students Will Be Required to Read the Bible (www.nytimes.com) submitted 1 month ago* by Valuy@lemmy.zip to c/til@lemmy.world 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 child) One should point them to the interesting passages then. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children) the incest, rape, or rape incest? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) Lot, Noahs daughters, Solomons song, one of the kings (was it David or Solomon) got virgins in his bed every night (and back then, those virgins were likely not older than 18, on the contrary). And, to balance this out a bit, the places where Jesus teaches to love your neighbor like yourself, where rich people won't enter heaven, where he drives those who commercialize faith out of the temple with a whip. If you've actually read the bible and not just remember the few sanitized bits from some preachers with an agenda, you'll notice there are a number of messages they don't want you to really know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Archelon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) I bet the Sermon on the Mount won’t be required reading. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago Or "give away all your wealth to follow me". permalink fedilink source parent [–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Don't forget the genocide. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children) the incest, rape, or rape incest? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) Lot, Noahs daughters, Solomons song, one of the kings (was it David or Solomon) got virgins in his bed every night (and back then, those virgins were likely not older than 18, on the contrary). And, to balance this out a bit, the places where Jesus teaches to love your neighbor like yourself, where rich people won't enter heaven, where he drives those who commercialize faith out of the temple with a whip. If you've actually read the bible and not just remember the few sanitized bits from some preachers with an agenda, you'll notice there are a number of messages they don't want you to really know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Archelon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) I bet the Sermon on the Mount won’t be required reading. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago Or "give away all your wealth to follow me". permalink fedilink source parent [–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Don't forget the genocide. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) Lot, Noahs daughters, Solomons song, one of the kings (was it David or Solomon) got virgins in his bed every night (and back then, those virgins were likely not older than 18, on the contrary). And, to balance this out a bit, the places where Jesus teaches to love your neighbor like yourself, where rich people won't enter heaven, where he drives those who commercialize faith out of the temple with a whip. If you've actually read the bible and not just remember the few sanitized bits from some preachers with an agenda, you'll notice there are a number of messages they don't want you to really know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Archelon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) I bet the Sermon on the Mount won’t be required reading. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago Or "give away all your wealth to follow me". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Archelon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) I bet the Sermon on the Mount won’t be required reading. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago Or "give away all your wealth to follow me". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago Or "give away all your wealth to follow me". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago Don't forget the genocide. permalink fedilink source parent