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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Nobody said you had to read the Bible first. That is a complete fabrication. But knowledge of Biblical stories and motifs is necessary for full education in English lit. Not sure why this seems to be at all controversial. [/quote]

There’s a strong argument for not teaching things which people are very likely to encounter anyway. [/quote]

But people aren't encountering them as much these days. I'm 32 and I went to a New England boarding school for high school. I only mention that to emphasize that my classmates were largely from very educated, affluent families. I took a bunch of philosophy electives and was shocked that I had to explain the temptation of Jesus by Satan when we read The Grand Inquisitor. There were a few other basic Bible stories I had to explain to my classmates in those courses. I can only imagine biblical knowledge has gotten worse since 2008.[/quote]

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