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[–] 91 points 6 months ago* (14 children)

I was forced to actually read the bible in school. It successfully converted me to atheism.

To be fair, the story of the three daughters that get their geriatric father drunk and repeatedly gang rape him until they are all pregnant was particularly enlightening.

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  • [–] 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I prefer when a man calls bears to kill all the first sons in a village because he was called bald.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    Same but the priest was actively telling us which chapter to read and which to jump. I never remembered which to jump or read so i just read everything, and i became an atheist... My mother kept telling me that to ask the priest when noting anomalies or having questions. The priest finally told me that the bible was written by humains so it doesn't have to be read exactly and is full of mistakes. My great mother told my mother that if you don't teach the bible properly you become an atheist like me... I think she mean that the priest not hitting me when asking question was a mistake XD

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    I also had to read the bible in school, although importantly this was highschool english class, we read basically the whole thing, and it was treated similarly to other literature, it was overall very educational and important context for understanding western society. From the article it sounds like a lot of what they're planning in Texas is to show kindergartners religious propaganda about the bible and small passages rather than giving students an unfiltered look at the full text, which seems less useful.

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    [–] 50 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    That's so blatant a constitutional violation we might not get a 6-3 ruling on it.

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  • [–] 25 points 6 months ago

    reading the bible made me aware that 100% of all american christians aren't following jesus's teachings and way of life, and more follow the biblical satanic ideology

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  • [–] 23 points 6 months ago

    The only people that think it’s a good idea are people who’ve never read the Bible.

    Song of Solomon is no substitute for proper sex education.

    Even if it is “enlightening”

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  • [–] 21 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    You just gotta love how these Christians, always ready to show the world their virtue signalling, always ready to paint themselves as the best people that people can be, also always cheat and fraud to get ahead and get their religion shoved down the throats of little children, and you always have to be thankful that that's all they try to shove down your own child's throat.

    Fuck everything about religions in general, but Christianity specifically

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  • [–] 21 points 6 months ago

    I've experienced reciting the pledge of allegiance and the lords prayer.
    It's all indoctrination

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Ask very innocently: which version.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    If they read it and comprehend how crazy it is, how Christians pick and choose what they follow, and the discrepancies and inconsistencies in it. Sure. Let it backfire on them.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    That is what I was thinking. They consistently pick out extremely short peices of passages to quote. In context, most would push people away from religion. Maybe other states should force kids to read the entire bible. That would cure todays youth of any religous intentions.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago*

    We had a super Christian lady in my first job, always smiling and happy and telling us how gods got a plan for us all. I tried reading the bible to see if I could get some of that blessed happiness. In the first 10 minutes of reading god makes everything, sees its shit, spakes "whoopeth" and fireballs everyone to ash and starts again.

    Thats the being they truly believe is in charge of everything and they're happy. Scares the shit out of me.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago* (1 child)

    My favorite is the story of Sampson. Who has magic hair.
    And a mean woman cuts it off after he was post nut sleeping and then he was turned into a slave.

    But over time his magic hair grew back and then he killed all the haters.

    Also reading the Bible will

    1. Teach you to have no critical thought and accept absurd stories.
    2. Alternatively, turn you into an atheist.
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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    What would that continent be like without that book...

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Can't wait for the Satanic Church to chime in on this one.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    Christians don't read the bible. These kids will see how stupid it is. I see a backfire coming.

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Separation🤣of🤣church🤣and🤣state🤣

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    [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    I’d have no problem with that were it done critically, comparative to “christians”, and analytically. Dissecting the Bible would create a lot more atheists.

    But we know that’s not what they want. The talibangelicals want unquestioned dogma.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    Let read Bible, then Quran, then all other religion!

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    I feel like texas is doing this because the people just aren't going to church anymore

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    Fuck off with that nonsense! Gosh they are despicable.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    Honestly, at this point I'd be happy if American children were capable of reading anything.

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    [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    Considering 40% of 4th grade kids in US cant read, this is going to be interesting

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe someone should hint them on the ... interesting ... bits. Things their boring preacher usually leaves out. Song of Salomon, Lot's daughters, etc.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    My great great aunt forced me to read the Bible. I am now a half feral Neo-Pagan, hail Odin fuck that trash, Jesus is kinda chill and Sampson gets overlooked too frequently.

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