Democrat Bill To Teach Bible in Public Schools Advances
Democrat Senator Tom Ivester wants the Bible taught in public schools. And today his effort to make that a reality has passed one hurdle. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education approved Ivester’s bill that would allow schools to offer an elective course on the Bible. According to Ivester, the courses would focus on the historical context of the book.
My question is this: why would any Christian (or any religious person) want the Bible (or any holy book) taught in our public schools by teachers who are likely incompetent on the subject? This is a contradiction I’ve never understood from advocates of more religious instruction in our public schools. We recognize our public school system is an unmitigated failure in many respects, including teacher subject competency, yet we want them to provide instruction to our children on an important aspect of our culture we acknowledge few (if any) teachers would be competent to provide. Perhaps religious instruction is best left to the experts–in church.
Not a valid argument. Schools aren’t allowed to have someone unqualified to teach math teaching math, so obviously they would need to hire someone qualified to teach bible.
If you oppose religion, own up, but don’t couch it as a valid argument.