Why are Bibles allowed in Prisons but Not in Schools?

Answer 1

Because someone in prison is suppose to be punished. Children in public schools are there to learn and become educated not indoctrinated.

Answer 2

Bibles are allowed in school and so is praying and talking about religion but it must take place voluntarily between students.

The difference between school and prison is that students are free to leave the school, go to church or whatever.

Even though criminals are locked up, they are still given some basic rights. One of which is the right to freedom of religion. Therefore, the state gives religious access to prisoners and allows religious groups to come into the prisons. It is still voluntary if a prisoner wants a Bible or to talk to a minister.

Answer 3

Bibles are allowed in prisons and not school
because there are more Christians in prisons
than in schools.

Answer 4

Maybe the prisoners need it more. Well the real reason is that for the most part prisoners are adults, the school children are not adults and parents have thier own beliefs or lack thereof and don't want to send thier kids to school to be influenced one way or another. They think the kids are being influenced what to think or believe and that it should be left to the parents. What I think is crazy though is that people go crazy about thier kids being exposed o Christ and God or science in school meanwhile the real danger is in them being exposed to sex and drugs and really harmful things at to young and age to be faced with those things. Jesus never hurt anyone!

I guess it can interefere with what you want to teach your children if you're Atheist or a religion other than Christian and even if you're a certain type of Christian and that's the real problem that people have with it.

Answer 5

Bibles are not allowed in Schools?

Every school I've been in for the last 12 years has had at least one Bible in the library. Since when are they not allowed in schools?

Answer 6

For me, it has to be written EVERYWHERE, but unfortunately there are a lot of religions in the middle of the field, and someone could start to teach about his religion and not of the bible as it is. I understand that people need a savior and while someone is in prison God will full fill his needs, but we need to be worried about this generation of sons and child's, to be the best one we have and the bible is the best book or instrument to do it.

Answer 7

You know, that's a good question. There are Bibles in the school libraries, but you make a valid point. It's amazing how people get religion in jail. I know several people who were "saved" while in the system. My guess would be that the thought is if they got religion they would straighten out. The schools are not supposed to teach religion. That is what church is for.

Answer 8

They say that any books tha we bring into the school is for the sole purpose of teaching. They(the non believers) say that if we bring bibles into the schools that we are forcing our beliefs on the children, and that isn't fair. But why can they teach evalution and not creation.
they allow them into the prisons because those guys are old enough to make up their own minds if they believe or not, we aren't forcing them to lean our way, it's a choice to pick up a bible and read. how sick is that

Answer 9

I was always allowed to bring my Bible to school with me as a student. Just as I was always allowed to bring any other book with me to read. As a student I wasn't denied the right to bring the Bible or the Bhagavad Gita or any other sacred text with me to read in school and so long as got my school work done the teachers did not see the books as distracting me from my work when I read them.

Answer 10

For the same reason guns are allowed in schools but not in prison.