planted evidence, just pointing to a grave and saying' thier lies washington' does not prove a thing?

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and presenting me with papers supposedly signed and dated two hundred and fifty years ago, and saying that thiers what washington did do really only presents this problem
Umm............are your sources on crack or something?
Why accept the constitution so matter a factly,
yet what Mark, Luke, Paul, and John co oberated each other goes unaccepted simply because the co oberation sits beside each other in some orderly fashion in the same book???? you forget so quickly, so what makes History valid? The Bible is a History, worth being taught in schools..........do not get me wrong, im not saying history class' should preach it like the sciencetist preach evolution, just present the History of the World, presenting the Bible to the students for examination..........

Answer 1

If the God story is made up then all history is made up...is that what you are saying?... No, I don't think that follows. We have cross referenced sources of information to assert that Washington lived unlike the Bible which is self-referencing only.

Answer 2

We can prove, though archeology, that historical figures like Washington lived. We can dig up his body and use carbon testing and DNA to prove that he is Washington. We have multiple sources from many different, credible people, that document his life. We can go back even farther and prove that the Pharaohs of Egypt existed. We have carbon dating and many other ways to tell that their remains are real.

Though some things in the bible have been proven, much of it, specifically the supernatural element, has not. We have no proof that Jesus existed other than the bible. There is no proof that there was a worldwide flood (something which is scientifically impossible anyway) other than the bible. ONE source is not enough to prove that something happened. You need multiple sources and much more hard evidence. Until then, no, it should not be taught in schools.

Answer 3

The Bible is taught in many history classes, and rightly so. It is a surviving document from antiquity that has had a major influence on nearly every part of the world.

It should be taught in history, social studies, philosopy, comparative religion, and many other classes in the proper context. There are even some good arguments to discuss it in science classes, if it is the subject of study and not a source of information.

Answer 4

OK, You need to calm down, type carefully and use the 'Check Spelling' button.

There is a very major difference. The Bible is demonstrably untrue. To teach the Bible as history would be like teaching Monty Python as history.

It might be possible to teach about the effects of Christianity and other religions on the History of civilizations, but I doubt if the Believers would go for that because it is actually a very ugly history.

Answer 5

So.....you're saying we should teach that once there was a giant flood recorded by no other ancient civilzation, and that every animal on earth fit into one boat? Wouldn't that mean that everything would be so inbred that nothing would be able to stand? No one's teaching the bible or any other religious book in school, ever. Many of the stories are just impossible. And teaching any religious holy book in school would breach separation of church and state.

And make a better argument next time.

Answer 6

How's your Uncle Marvin, Jamie? And how's life in Louisville?

The bible is not (nor was it ever intended to be) history! It's guidance, pure & simple.

The Constitution expressly prohibits the State-imposed teaching of a specific religion in schools.

And if you read your bible, you'd soon see that it is too full of contradictions, mistakes and mis-statements of fact to possibly be the work of God!

Answer 7

In my World Civ class they presented information that was considered more historically accurate. If I was to learn that part of the Greek Empire or the wars with Atila the Hun never happened then it would have been a very dry class.

Answer 8

The problem is that historians do not say that the founding fathers were divine, nor is the only evidence of the founding fathers only in the existence of the constitution.

Answer 9

The bible is fiction. It shouldn't be taught as history, because it isn't. It's a badly edited and compiled story book.

Answer 10

i believe they should also teach other religions: such as Judaism, Islam, and Hindu.

My school teaches a little for history.

as for Washington, obviously they're forgeries ;)