Should Bible be taught in public schools in the US?

Question

It has be approved at the US Supreme court that its legal to teach Bible at public schools. What do you think? Should Bible be included in the public school curriculums?

Answer 1

i think it forms the basis of much of our culture and mythology. everyday phrases like "the writing on the wall" and "pearls before swine" both come from it, and if you don't understand their context it will be hard to seem like you are educated.

it shouldn't be taught from a religious perspective, but i think it is definitely necessary as a foundation for american literature, film and history. it can easily be taught as literature. and i agree that other religious texts should be incorporated as we have more multicultural communities. i don't see why public school couldn't have an inclusive, show and tell type religious exercise. including atheist and secular humanist kids if they want to articulate what they believe.

the more we know and share with each other, respectfully, the less isolated we'll feel and perhaps we'll grow less afraid of each other.

Answer 2

I don't think you know what you are talking about. You can't teach about god in public schools, this also includes detailed descriptions from the bible. What you can do is tell student that there is a religion called christianity and they follow a bible which is a religious text to help them in their spirituality. You can also study and have bible study sessions after regular school hours as an extra curricular activity as long as it is supported by a faculty member. NO the bible or any specific religion should be taught in public school. That is showing no respect to other people of different religions. You have to present educational material, A) with is factual, and B) which will not offend and will included people of different race gender and religion. You cannot choose sides on religion when you are dealing with a wide variety of different people. That is almost about the same as going into a mixed race school and having a class about the beliefs of the KKK. That would not go over well at all now would it? Ofcourse not. Think this through and don't give me this BS about how "well the bible is only full of good and it won't hurt anybody to know more about it" or "the bible is the true teachings though and is part of our heritage so we should teach it" blah blah blah. Christianity was part of some of our heritage, but it wasn't entirely. Did you people forget about the original americans, the american indians. They sure as heck didn't believe in christianity and they were here way way longer before the pilgrims moved in. How come we don't teach more about their religion. Because we don't want to offend anyone and want to teach on a equal plain with no curve toward one or the other. The founding fathers put that in the consitution for a reason, you should obey it.

Answer 3

It is a tricky question to answer by yes and no, as both could be right as the Bible contains very much of Early Greek thinking, the Base for the western way of thinking. No it is not a good idea to just have this book, it should be much better with an over all book with some sort of introduction about the different religion, their background and their philosophy. Beside that and far better would be an introduction into pure philosophy, it gives more to know what people have been thinking and believed in, in the past and take a warning by all mistakes, which have been coming out misinterpret religion. It is also used to put people behind the light, scared them, mislead them and making fools of them. Better education – less wars I think:

Answer 4

I think it should, but as a choice. Look, the only thing they teach in schools are evolution. Nothing else. They don't even teach it as a theory, which it is. The only thing out there is evolution and in their minds, everything else is poppycock.

Now, like it or not, most religions in the US are based on the Bible. We're even a Christian country. So, the basics should be taught. Optional classes could be taken to go more in-depth.

Some say that learning that would be insulting, to both atheists and those of other religions. Well, shouldn't it piss them off just as much to know their kids are learning evolution? Even to so-called atheists, because all evolution is is the religion of scientists...

As a high school student with no rights (because I'm not a human being yet [having as such information pounded into me by my History teacher; aka 'you're nothing until you get a college degree, shut up asswipe']) I say, yes, please teach me something other than the fact that I evolved from a worm/amoeba/monkey whatever theory.....

Answer 5

Absolutely not!
That role is reserved for the church. The basics of religion is the role of the parents.

The determination of a specific faith is a conscience endeavor by the parents not to be influenced by governments or any judiciary.

Those people who favor religion in public schools are looking for a way to spread the cost amongst the taxpayers which would normally be their responsibility if their children were to attend a private school that allows the teaching of religion.

The bottom line is all about money. All other reasons stated why religion should be allowed to be taught in public schools are secondary by nature.

Answer 6

yes. if you teach Bible, and not "he said, she said" type stuff, then it would be very effective. when my husband's grandmother taught school (she retired after 34 years) they taught Bible scriptures to do memory work, as well as to work on general behavior in the classroom. it aparently worked. in the 34 years she was in the public school system here, they never once had an incident of someone bringing a gun to school. (well, without permission, and that was just because the boy had rebuilt a civil war replica with his dad and asked to bring it in for show and tell. his father brought it, with the ammunition in a locked box, until time to pass it around and show the class, then they were passed at separate times.) and that is suprising with all the hunting that we have around here. there is ample opportunity for guns, knives, etc. to make their ways into classrooms.

but, since the Bible has been taken out of the schools, we have witnessed on the news what has happened. just here locally, a kindergartener was suspended for having a pistol in his backpack and showing it off on the bus. a junior high school student was expelled for having a gun at school. when asked by the local news reporter if they could name ten types of cigarettes or beer brands, most junior high and high schoolers could within 30 seconds... when asked to name the 10 commandments, the same groups couldn't do it after almost 20 minutes.
that should say something.

Answer 7

I think the Bible should be allowed to be taught as an Elective Course in Public Schools

Answer 8

Mythologies certainly can be taught in history or art classes. This may include Bible, Veda, Koran and other religious texts. Even Marxism dogma can be considered as example of new aggressive belief.

It would be important to teach even more a clear distinction between real world and fantasy. Otherwise we risk having a huge gap between highly educated science/engineering elite and dudes/chicks brought up on religion and pop culture. Election of aggressive religious lunatic for a president is a wake up call.

Answer 9

It seems inevitable that some reference to Biblical texts might be made in the discussion of Western or European culture during certain historical eras, in the same way the Greek pantheon would require some introduction when studying their ancient culture. What is meant by "teaching Bible"? Teaching students that the Bible is truth? Religious proselytizing(sp?) of any kind has no place in public classrooms.

Answer 10

It should be an elective course. Available to those who would like to attend but not required curriculum. Separation of Church and State is a crucial element of our government structure. Without this separation we would have become the same thing we wanted to get away from; a Church run government and, therefore, a monarchy. It's not so much that we want religion banned from schools. It's that it should be a matter of choice. Nobody is stopping you from saying The Lords Prayer. Just do it on your own time. We don't want to plant the seed and repeat our old mistakes.

Answer 11

If the community wants it then it is constitutional, It just can not be supported as a religion by the federal government...as any true constitutionalists will tell you...

besides if the Koran can be taught then the bible should be able to also...

at one time the bible was taught in schools. most all our laws and the historical documents were based on lessons from the bible