Oklahoma requires schools to teach the Bible | The Hill 

There are over 45,000 Christian denominations worldwide. Google it

Exactly. Another misleading headline by the mainstream manipulators.

Or any other religion, for that matter.

The Muslims view the Bible as an old revelation of god don’t they? This isn’t a Muslim nation, this is a western country built by Christianity.

YES it's a choice!

@@sandrapotts153 EXACTLY!!! Or the 1st Amendment wouldn't have said so!

The choice that we made... In this country... It's a part of our Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments, explains.

LMAO. The double standard is hilarious.

EXACTLY!!!

This is the reason public school was established: so ALL children could learn to read their Bible.

Their opinion shouldn't be taught but the facts, the history of Islam, Middle East etc. When, where and why religions were created and why. To teach children to be grateful for their freedom of religion and will and manners and respect for themselves as well as elders and community.

@@jessicadarby9199 Yes, precisely!

That SHOULD be taught!

@@sandrapotts153 Yes, black history is American history, & every grade school & college in this country should teach it!

First American history is neglected also.

Who said there was no critical thinking skills?

Very good point.

Not this one. Religion should be kept out of public schools and politics.

Bull. Look how our country has fallen after the Bible was taken out of public schools and quit being taught in the 60's. How dare you! Do your research. You better get right with Jesus.

@TheNickels86 instead of telling someone to get right with Jesus, maybe you should make sure you're right with Jesus. You think religion should be taught in public school. Okay, does that include types of religion other than Christianity? Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, etc. Do you have proof that teaching religion in schools has any type of positive influence?

@monitor1862 There is only one truth. And that is through Jesus. If we are calling ourselves Christians, we otta know that. I know the work the Lord has done in my life, my family's life, I know who God is and I stand on the authority of Christ. HE is the way, the truth, and the life, and no one comes to the Father but by him. There is one way, Jesus should be preached on every corner. And if you claim to be a Christian, that's what you should be teaching. Stand for truth! THE truth! Not my truth, His truth!

@TheNickels86 not everyone calls themselves a Christian or any other religion. Why should they have someone else's religion/beliefs forced on them? Religion should be kept out of public schools and politics.

Uh, no. Christianity is actually incredibly individualistic. Oh and the world religion which values women tons, enough so that God is literally born of a women and women witness the resurrection first, before the man disciples

@bikesrcool_1958 oh is that why you want to ban birth control and make divorce harder

Repent!

I feel ya, frowny emoticons & all. :-(

There is no separation of church and state as it has been twisted. The gov may not est a particular denomination church to rule but the church is in everything. Bible believing people are the church.

If we're going to remove the moral teaching of Christianity or other religions, we shouldn't have other forms of moral teaching either. Schools should be a place of learning intellectual knowledge. Unfortunately a lot of progressive schools teach moral codes as well, they're just not the biblical moral code. Examples being: lgbtq issues, drag queen story hours, and other "virtues" of progressive politics. So if it's going to be free from the Bible, it needs to be free from other moral indoctrinations as well.

@@Gerald2121 Hey, come on, don't think like a Pharisee! Be more enlightened! ✌️

@@Gerald2121 And besides, when did GLBT+ issues, drag queen story time, & all that other progressive stuff hurt or otherwise negatively affect you in any way, shape, or form? Be honest, now...

@@efleming4727 EXACTLY, ABSOLUTELY 100 PERCENT CORRECT!!! 👍 💯

Feed those who hunger! Conservative Christians will call that wokism and socialism.🤔

@@OBGynKenobi Actually, it has a lot more history than you may think. ;-) Believe me, there is a LLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTT of research, archaeological discoveries, etc., etc , that can back up many things in the Bible -- you'd be quite surprised to find out & learn about all of them! ^_^ In fact, I highly recommend you do so. 😁 Regardless, I definitely agree fully with the rest of your comment. 👍 🖖

The Constitution is taught in 12 grade Government class. A requirement to graduate. Many ppl do not make it that far in HS, unfortunately.

American History is 8th or 9th grade. And it may be an elective.

@@TheMouseAvenger whatever history it has IS NOT American history. And most of it made up anyway.

@@BrandyinIndy civics used to be taught when I went to highschool. Now it's an elective. Americans think Jesus wrote the constitution now. Humiliating!

It is the very essence of our constitution. Jesus is saying to be a good citizen.

@@lisaspann2403 Yes, & being a good citizen does NOT involve forcing your religious/spiritual/philosophical worldview onto others. That is tyranny.

@@TheMouseAvenger public schools were formed so all children could learn to read their Bible. Our country was founded to be a Christian country. It requires morality to self-govern. There are many other countries to chose if don’t like this one, which is a constitutional republic.

​@@lisaspann2403 no it's not 😂😂

​@@lisaspann2403 that is not true.

Perfect! This is what America has done! Lord God forgive America for turning her back on you and send your Spirit to move in this land like you did long ago! We need you Jesus!

Well christ was never in Christmas to begin with. It's a Pagan holiday which Christian just use as an excuse to celebrate.

I'll stick to science, at least that is rigorously tested instead of just believing in stories about magic and superstitions.

@marlenechioda8290 Amen! 💯% truth. If people only knew the truth. Open their eyes Lord!

You can't be serious

​@@Dylan_96_ he's right

That’s a lie, the Bible was taught in American schools and it didn’t turn the kids atheists.

Christian myths and legends.

In order for one to state that he or she is an atheist,none has to know of the Bible. Kids are taught Halloween, social media. Faith comes from hearing 😊

The reason why America was make was to run from religious persecution

That’s a lie William and you must know it. American culture is heavily built on European immigration and Christianity.

When you find out the founding fathers were Christian. Which coins the term “god given rights” you know the basses of our right in America.

Did you study US History because it does. Who was the King and Queen of England before America? Why did they want settlement here? Who were the Separatists, the Puritans. How was the first and second Continental Congress started, why, by whom, what did want in a government and what was their beliefs. Before people start throwing out other religions, America was not founded by Muslims, Hindus, Buddhist etc. The founding fathers did not use native American beliefs either. They believed in the LORD. Why does our currency aside from other countries have "In GOD we Trust" on it, why do we use the Bible before giving testimony. Not the Quran, or other books. Because we are a Believing nation of the Lord😊 And the Lord is Jewish, the entire Bible is for Jews and Gentiles. By studying the Bible, students and parents, and employees and world will learn this fact. And studying the Bible will teach geography, language, civics, other countries are in the Bible as well

@@TheNickels86 I’ve done quite a bit of research on the history of The Bible, the history of Christianity, the archeology of Israel. So yeah, I’ve done my share.

@@TheNickels86 The more I thought about what you said the more I realize you have never really looked at any research about these topics. So here’s a few things to look into. Let’s start with the Pentateuch, the first five Books. The creation story. There!s a marked similarity with the Babylonian Enuma Elish , an older Babylonian story. The. There’s the flood of Noah, also based on an older Babylonian story which is based on an even older Sumerian story. Adam and Eve and a snake are found the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest known piece of literature. Just a reminder, the Jews were captured by the Babylonians in 597 BC and held until 539 BC. This is also the time when the Torah first came together. Many of the laws in the Torah are almost word for word from the Babylonian Code Of Hammurabi, the oldest known law code that influenced other cultures in the area. Moses birth story is almost exactly like the story of Sargon of Akkad, which predates Moses by 1,000 years. Then comes the Exodus which has absolute no archeological evidence to back it up . In fact the whole conquest of Canaan is questionable since the Jews were, in fact, Canaanites. Jericho, that great walled city Joshua supposedly conquered was at the time I small village with no walls as were some of the other places he supposedly conquered. Let’s move to the New Testament. The four Gospels and Acts were written by unknown authors. The original manuscripts had no names associated with them. They were also written in highly educated Greek. The 12 disciples coming as they did from small villages around Galilee, spoke Aramaic and wouldn’t have been exposed to Greek much, if at all, and were highly likely to have been illiterate. Literacy, especially at the level needs to write and compose in Greek, was the privilege of the wealthy. Small villages around Galilee show no signs of having any schools or even synagogues where someone could learn to write, not to mention life being a hand to mouth existence where children would have been working as soon as they were able. Now as to the rest of the New Testament, only 7 of the 13 Pauline epistles were definitely written by Paul. None of the other letters could’ve e been written by those who claim to have written them. A Revelation was almost not included in the canon and only made it in at the last minute. Another Apocalypse, the Apocalypse of Peter, almost made it in. No one knows who wrote it except his name is John, but not the same John who was attributed as the author of the gospel. The Gospel of John was written in highly educated Greek, while Revelation was very crude by comparison. So there, if you want to teach the Bible in schools, teach the truth about it.

@davidkeller6156 I need to apologize to you for my comment. I should not have said what I said. I'm sorry. Will you please forgive me?

@@TheNickels86 Nothing to forgive. You’re entitled to your opinion. I have nothing against you.

It's all mythological

@@sandrapotts153 No one asked you, good ma'am. :-) And that is not the point of OP's comment...

@@ashleyeldorado7750 I AM a religious person, & I agree with you wholeheartedly! ^_^

To be yourself an example of what you want your children to learn will be the best book😊 Monkeys see monkeys do!😊

@@TheMouseAvenger Before I reply to the OP -- please explain to me (also a religious person) what you mean by teaching religion without the mythological inferences. Because I don't see how it can be done.

Absolutely correct

Throughout the American history God is with America who followed his commandments and he blessed it as a blessing to the every nation. We want to see the same. Prayers all the way from India

49th in Education and this is what they are trying to focus on 🤦. These folks are ridiculous.

He thinks he's the Messiah himself!

Well, with those grays, I hope you don’t have any children going to them schools they’re talking about that their number 49 to 50 out of 50 states really

At 49th, it can't hurt.

Why not?

Moral lesson come from the home. The schools only responsibility is to make sure kids can read, write, and calculate numbers. Life lessons and morals are for the home and faith.

@@black_nerdy who says, you? Nah liberals dont get to make up the rules anymore.

Agreed! There are places for religion. School isn't one.

As it is they are requiring via common core under the one world educ funded by Qatar for our students to recite the shahada, Islamic conversion. This is unconstitutional and islam the reason for establishing our navy as trade boats being attacked by barbarians. We must get back to and stand up for our basic foundation to keep our republic. We are a constitutional republic founded on the Bible.

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🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 not bravo. Its a violation of what your own country stands for and it's constitution. Separation of church and state. Freedom of religion. ❤🇺🇸 - the Bible doesn't belong in school

Which Bible and through which theological lens will be taught? Catholic, Baptist, Judaism, Nazarene, Episcopal, Methodist, Orthodox, Etc. There are more than 200 Christian denominations in the United States. God forbid we get a liberal who teaches Mathew 25:35 'I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ Every conservative christian would be at the school board complaining about wokism and socialism.

Speaking of 50 states. Oklahoma ranks 49th in education and 49th in healthcare.

Which Bible and through which theological lens will be taught? Catholic, Baptist, Judaism, Nazarene, Episcopal, Methodist, Orthodox, Etc. There are more than 200 Christian denominations in the United States. God forbid we get a liberal who teaches Mathew 25:35 'I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ Every conservative christian would be at the school board complaining about wokism and socialism.

Teach it In the right venue. Not in school! Separation of church and state. Freedom of religion. 🇺🇸 - no Jesus in school. Send ur kid to Sunday school

Separation of church and state is massively important, forcing this to be taught in school will increase animosity towards christians, and return religion to a tool of control. Christians exist, because a religious state abused its power as a religious body to control people. It already is used that way in some churches to get money. This will lead to nothing good, and as a fellow christian, you should be ashamed for supporting it.

The superintendent is concerned with accuracy in history, but knows not what he preaches: (1) George Washington, the first president of the United States, never declared himself a Christian according to contemporary reports or in any of his voluminous correspondence. (2) John Adams, the country's second president, wrote, “This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it!" (3) It was during Adam's administration that the Senate ratified the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, which states in Article XI that "the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion." (The Character of John Adams by Peter Shaw, pp. 17 (1976, North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC) (4) Thomas Jefferson, third president and author of the Declaration of Independence, referred to the Revelation of St. John as "the ravings of a maniac" ( Thomas Jefferson, an Intimate History by Fawn M. Brodie, p. 453 (1974, W.W) Norton and Co. Inc. New York, NY). (5) James Madison, fourth president and father of the Constitution, wrote, "Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise. . . pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution" (The Madisons by Virginia Moore, P. 43 (1979, McGraw-Hill Co. New York, NY) and so much more history to teach about how our founding fathers felt about Christianity and it's blind followers.

Just because teachers open the Bible doesn’t mean they will say anything positive about it. Many will probably turn to the problematic passages

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This is a Mickey Mouse game😊 STOP selling weapons and STOP MAGA you can not have angels when living in hell😅

Do you not understand the first Amendment?

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If kids are required to learn about the queer world I think the Bible being required is fantastic. Bring it on!!!

@@NancyDrew1 They shouldn’t be taught about the queer world either.

Cool story. Will they also be teaching how many people were kill for witchcraft in the name of Christianity in the U.S.? Will they be teaching how Christian slave owner force their beliefs onto their slaves, and would beat them while holding a bible? Will they teach how Christian fought against desegregation? How they would not allow biracial couples be married or allow them to rest in their cemeteries? Will they teach how Christian's treated Native Americans? The list goes on and on. Will they teach any of that?

@@primuskuhl I agree that the school definitely skews history and that we are all a product of their propaganda. Not arguing that fact all. Nor is that relevant to issue at hand.

You do not need the Bible or need to be religious to be a good person . Stop the bs. This is pure indoctrination. This bull $hit coming from the man who doesn't want the Tulsa races riot taught or that it had anything to do with race.

Road map for being a good person? So how many people have you put to death for working on Sabath? Have you worked on Sabath? You would be ok with Fathers selling their daughter's into slavery?

It's up to parents to teach that at home. Forced religion doesn't belong in schools. 49th ranking in education and they're worried about religion.

is it?

​​@@lovesmesomelilacs-ke5rzYeah, religion should be a very personal thing that public institutions should not meddle in in any way -- & vice versa.

Parents can send their kids to a religious school if they want. I grew up going to a Lutheran elementary school for that reason, but my parents wouldn't have expected a public school to teach me about God.

@@TheMouseAvenger especially when you are pushing one religion and we know that's not how America works. I would pull my kids out of public school if I lived there.

We have freedom to choose per the constitution. This country has many cultures, opinions and ideas. If you want that it's your choice to go to church. Fine. Just don't try to force it on anyone.

​@@sandrapotts153 facts ❤

Separation of church and state. Freedom of religion 🇺🇸

Read your bible back to back....packed with inappropriate content for minors! Keep church ministers, pastors, and priests employed as they know what to censor for Sunday morning services. And, they need to make a living, too!

Saudi America

Do you have any idea how ignorant that sounds. The rights of ALL should be honored, respected, and protected. Ya all really just wanna throw away your freedom like that!??

So we should throw out the constitution and become not America?? Cuz that's what you just said you wanted. - sorry I love my country and my country says freedom of religion, and separation of church and state ❤

@@LaughingElephant3236 No, that is NOT what they're saying AT ALL! Let us think logically... 🖖

Bible always bad ❤

So wait you're for indoctrination of children? You glad to force your religious beliefs onto others?

Yes, that's right. Schools are teaching porn.

That is NOT being taught! Ya all believe too much bs

@@theodorabruin4601 Uhhhh, may we kindly have citations, please? :-)

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I grew up that way as well. America seemed more wholesome and kids could be kids!

🤮🤮🤮🤮 - leave the new generation alone. We are thankful for freedom of religion and separation of church and state just as our good old constitution says we have. You have Sunday school for Bible study. Be responsible and take your kid. But don't force other people to follow your religion. It's wrong. ❤

@@NancyDrew1 Yes, I agree America was more wholesome.

Why does the News Nation sound so negative & aggressive!! Don’t be silly! Your face was even turning red!!

No, not "yea"! D:

Nooooo no not OK no yay for Oklahoma what is wrong with you?

No....Read the 1st Amendment.

No it wasn't. The founding fathers came here to get away from the tyranny of the religion. Sound like a parrot, just repeating. I remember history class and I remember why the founding fathers came here. I remember that so many have given their lives for our freedom to choose.

Sorry... that's christain nationalist propaganda and untrue.

Then maybe you should move??? Cuz then we wouldn't be America and I like my country. And my country has freedom of religion and separation of church and state and Christiana are constantly trying to destroy it. Go help isreal so they can stop eating my tax dollars and be with Jesus and leave the rest of us alone. ❤