Thursday, March 23, 2006

Bible Study Elective in GA High Schools

So, Georgia proposes to allow bible study as an elective in public high schools.

Supposedly, no proselytizing/indoctrination will occur, it'll simply be a study of a body of literature that has affected western thought.

In theory, sounds good.

Risks:
  • Untrained teachers slip into indoctrination.
  • Students get pressured to take this "elective".
  • Conservative parents get upset that it isn't indoctrination (in which case, why aren't their kids going to Sunday school?).
I wonder if courses in Torah and Talmud will also be offered.

Or the writings of Asian ancients like Lao Tzu or Confucius.

Well, I guess I'm for it, basically.

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