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[–] 94 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Passages, mind you, not the book itself.

If they read the whole thing kids might figure out that "Christian Nationalists" are everything Jesus was against.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    You could also just go with some of the teachings of Jesus. Like love thy neighbour, that was a pretty big one. Pretty sure he said not to be a judgemental belled too, probably paraphrasing a bit with that one.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    When I was a kid I was forced into church and Christian school. I was required to read the Bible every day of the week.

    This was how I realized it was all bullshit. I believed fully in God until about age 12 or so, when I completed my first pass of the Bible.

    It really is the fastest way to make average intelligence or higher Christians shed their faith.

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  • [–] 68 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

    I live over in Arkansas where they've mandated 12 commandments (and I get to see them every day, working in a school) and let me tell you, they don't have the intended effect, unless the intended effect is driving people further away from Christianity in droves by making a show of forcing it down everyone's throat. So, sure, whatever Texas, breed us some angry atheists in a generation.

    edit: We did away with all the woke commandments and added Stand your Ground, Prosperity Gospel, Hungry Kids Are Just Lazy, and Charter Schools as White as Snow

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  • [–] 20 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    Wait, what are the two that they added?

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    [–] 28 points 1 month ago

    I hope the smart kids will pick out the passages that will contradict texas mores.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Religious people should be put in camps and be deprogrammed from their insane cult.

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    [–] 22 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Starting with elementary school children is quite literally the fear-mongering indoctrination that the far right always bitches about Democrats doing.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Reading about the USA really is incredibly depressing. I just look at news articles like this, and wonder how things ever got so bad.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Our democracy got hacked. You just can't have billionaires and democracy long term

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    [–] 14 points 4 weeks ago

    There's an old saying: "If I owned Hell and Texas, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell."

    It'd be cooler anyway.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago

    I’m sure that having it assigned in school will make religion cool again for the next generation ;P

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago

    Surely not long now, until they add the Book of Trump to the Bible.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 weeks ago

    Still think yall are the land of the free?

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago*

    There's Freedom ...and then there's Texas.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I suspect none of those will be Matthew 25:31-46

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Of course, yes, Matthew 25:31-46!

    Gotta love when people cite chapter and verse of the bibke and expect everyone else to know what the fuck they're referring to.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

    31 When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

    34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

    that's nothing compared to Matthew 21:17 tho

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    To be fair, that one COULD be interpreted as pretty bigoted towards goats.. 😁

    Come to think of it, though, that's far from the only time. I guess the drunk and high monks who wrote the bible just really didn't like goats 🤷🏻

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    And to think that some of my family firmly and fully believes that Christians are the most persecuted people in the entire country.

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    [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    Of course it's Texas. It's a shithole state.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    It would seem that Texas wants to tell the world what complete backward small minded fucks they are.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 weeks ago

    No state would ever convict a child. Except maybe Texas.

    • Clancy Wiggum, circa 1996
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  • [–] 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Ahhh yes, Genesis 19:33-36, Genesis 38:2, Ezekiel 23:20… lots of classics for the kids to enjoy!

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  • [–] 5 points 4 weeks ago*

    It's Heads-I-Win / Tails-You-Lose with these laws. If you teach too much of the Bible you'll be in just as much trouble as if you teach not enough.

    These rules largely exist to dismantle public education. It's far less about The Bible and more about finding excuses to cut funding for useful education and fire teachers who won't robotically repeat whatever the state wants.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 weeks ago

    They taught my child about angels, Moses, and Noah in history class. But there was one question on the review about Mohammed, so you couldn't say they were only teaching Christianity. So aways, I moved the fuck out of that state and my kids are receiving a wonderful education in Connecticut where they teach things like critical thinking and dealing with emotions and that everyone is welcome regardless of race, sex, religion, sexual orientation.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago*

    not legal burn the bible

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Ah yes, cause everything I was forced to do against my will in school totally became cool and fun once I grew up. /s

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    Time to read the multiple pro immigrant and pro refugee quotes in the Bible.

    Also we can read the parts where other gifs are mentioned

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