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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It would be cool, but in this thread we are talking about English literature classes. I wouldn't go beyong the bible for religious texts, there is too much to cover.[/quote]

Nonsense![/quote]

OK, what religious texts would you include in the English literature class besides the bible?[/quote]

People it's not that hard, please no religious texts in public schools! The claim about the Bible being the foundation of literature is such BS.[/quote]

The only one who seems to be having difficulty with this is you.  Religious texts that are taught as literature or part of World History are fine, as long as texts from different religions are represented.  Or, as DCPS put it:

1. The evolution of the concepts of personal freedom, individual responsibility, and respect for human dignity over
time.
2. The struggles that men and women have faced in overcoming political oppression, economic exploitation, [b]religious persecution[/b], and racial injustice.
3. The growth and impact of centralized state power
through time.
4. The birth, growth, and decline of civilizations.
5. [b]The influence of economic, political, religious, and cultural
ideas[/b] as human societies move beyond regional, national,
or geographic boundaries.
6. The historical patterns and relationships within and
among world nations, continents, and regions —
economic competition and interdependence; age-old
ethnic, racial, and [b]religious enmities[/b]; political and military
alliances; peacemaking and war making — that serve as a
backdrop to and explain contemporary policy alternatives
with national and worldwide implications.
7. The effects of geography on the history of civilizations
and nations.
8. The effects of the interactions between humans and the
environment through the ages.
9. The growth and spread of free markets and industrial
economies.
10. The development of scientific reasoning, technology, and
formal education over time and their effect on people’s
health, standards of living, economic growth, government,
religious beliefs, communal life, and the environment.[/quote]

That's not what the religious PPs are arguing. They want the Bible as the foundational guiding document for English literature in general. See the PPs above, they literally said first read the Bible before Shakespeare or anything else.[/quote]

Oh ffs. Nobody said that. [/quote]

Yes they did.  Just search upthread for "bible" and "foundation"[/quote]

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