I have heard from some people that the bible should be taught at school?

Question

Why should it be taught in public schools, there are schools who teach it, those schools are religious schools such as christian schools, catholic schools and so on. With having these private schools, why do people still insist on trying to get the bible to be taught in school?

Answer 1

Because some people believe that the Bible is the basis for all life and seem to forget that it isn't. I do not think the Bible should be taught at school. An extracurricular activity, fine, but not in everyday schools.
Even as an optional course, where do we draw the line? And what would make Christianity more important to teach than other religions?

Answer 2

Because they don't bother to teach it to their kids themselves. Besides, everyone who doesn't believe exactly the way they do is "inferior," so it doesn't matter if it might offend them or infringe on their religion. I like the approach one school here in Indianapolis took. The Creationists pushed to get alternatives to Evolution in the school. The school agreed to teach Creationism in their school. But what they did is create an elective about how the world was created, and taught not only what the Bible says, but also how Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Eastern, and multiple other cultures believed the world was created. When they found out what was being taught, the religious right went nuts, and demanded that they stop teaching it. It seems their problem wasn't with evolution, it was with any theory that didn't match theirs.

Answer 3

Chuck religion and "truth" out the window for a moment here. Let's talk only about history. Culture. Sociall science.

You've got a book that has had a massive impact on civilization. It led to the discovery of Ninevah and the Hittites by archaeologists when "science" thought they were myth. It revolutionized Rome, led to the massacre of millions in South America, started wars and stopped them, launched the Crusades, formed the basis of the difference between courts of law and courts of equity both in England and the US. It contains a value system (interpreted in radically different ways) held by over a billion people. It drives the conflict in the Middle East between Christian, Jew and Moslem. It was central to the Revolution that established this country "All men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights..." It's the document that lays the foundation for the Bill of Rights you enjoy today.

True or not, this book has changed the world. Its words, and those that believe them, still have a massive influence in society, politics, economics... To pretend it doesn't exist, to assert it has no relevance, to believe it gives no insight to our past, our present or our future is ludicrous.

If we intend to actually teach our children about this world, educate them about how it works and why, and prepare them to live successfully within it, how can we ignore the book that is unquestionably the most influential of all time?

True or not, Christian or not, understanding the Bible and it's influence is critical to understanding our world and those around us. Without at least some fundamental understanding of the Bible, our children's education will be lacking something essential.

Answer 4

its a Political matter. christians dont want kids to learn about other religions so they whould rather that public schools have only christianity taught. as I am now a Pagan i dont agree with the closed minded mentality of christians.

I do see a huge problem with teaching kids religion in a PUBLIC school setting. there are religious schools for that. if they teach the bible they have to teach every religion without a bias and i know most christians, whould not go for that idea.

Answer 5

The fabulous thing about the Bible is that it's more than a book of faith... it is a book of History and Science. It is not unreasonable to use the Bible as an additional reference in public schools. While I don't believe that "faith" should be taught in public school, I think that prohibiting use of the Bible is crippling students by denying them alternative (and oddly enough, sometimes complimentary) viewpoints from what is considered by a great number of people to be a very reliable source.

Answer 6

Why not. It was taught in public schools before. And most of your colleges started out teaching the Bible. I say bring it back in.

Answer 7

Because those people think they shouldn't have to be concerned about others opinions because thiers are the only ones that matter. They don't care about the minority because they don't know what its like to be in that group. If they did they might not be so righteous. They should teach the bible in school... if they also teach all the other religions in the world as well! I don't know about you but I don't remember their being enough time in a day for that.

Answer 8

Like most literature, the Bible should be taught in school. Put it up there with the Iliad and Oedipus Rex. I don't support banning such books like Huckleberry Finn, so I don't support banning the Bible.

Now, it should only be considered for literary purposes. The Bible should not be used for ethics courses unless you want to refer to the Bible for what not to do.

Answer 9

If you choose to insit that the Christian Biblke be taight, then they must all be taught form an objective stand point.

The Bible the quaran, the buddhist texts, the torah, the indian tales of creation, the Hindu texts.

Many people like to think that only one religion is the right one, when god instructed that each be written, why not study them all. I have read the bible and am only half way through my quaran, and I'm learning amny things as I continue to read religious texts

Answer 10

Yes, for sure! When prayer and Bible teaching were taken from the schools that is when the trouble got really bad in America. If more families would go back to GOD, prayer, and the Bible I think there would be a lot less evil and crime in the United States and the worl.