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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Eh, no Bible.
Unless it’s being read as a fictional piece of work, which I assume will make some mad lol.
Might as well just do the Odyssey, it’s just like the Bible but people like to pretend it’s very different.[/quote]

I think the difficulty in having it understood as a study of literature by parents (see: this thread) is enough to preclude it from public school. But ideally it should be part of any English lit curriculum. [/quote]

No, it shouldn't. Kids today are barely learning at all, the last thing the need is filling up precious classroom time with more Jesus stories.[/quote]

You grasp of complex ideas and canon is clear.

:waves white flag, gives up[/quote]

I grew up reading Pushkin, Balzac and Voltaire, but nobody ever wagged their finger at me and said, "No, no, no, you first must read the Bible!" Maybe that's a uniquely American thing.[/quote]

No said that. However maybe you should have. Pushkin is a great example where many of his works are based or reflect biblical stories including The Prophet. Balzac’s the human comedy is titled intentionally as a reaction to Dante’s Divine Comedy which is in turn reflects the church teachings of the afterlife in the 14th century. Voltaire spent half his time railing against Christianity and organized religion as a whole. It was the focus of much of his work.

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