When do they offer courses on the koran as well? You have to be f*cking kidding me about this? What part of "separation of church and state" do these inbred hicks not understand?

If the Christian kids get to study the Bible I demand my child be allowed to spend his time reading Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.

This stupidity is beyond uncomparable.

look at history... the good christains nut jobs have been doing this type of terrorism for over 2,000 years.... time for payback...

People who up-vote themselves should refrain from accusations of stupidity.

I up vote excellence...imagine my surprise when I read something and I up vote it...and I am the author...I am very impressed....you...would not qualify to up vote...

Apparently "excellence" excludes knowing how to use an ellipsis.

He's better off reading those, anyway.

this is what would happen in a christain theocracy...then they would start burn you on crosses...like they are doing to witches in africa.....

Chemistry so they can upgrade their meth labs. Isn't it obvious?

Imagine how the Deplorables will freak out when the true history of the neo-Abrahamist scourge is laid out end to end. :D

Taxpayer money shouldn't be going towards ANYTHING pertaining to organized religion, no matter which one.

Actually, that's exactly what it is. As a Catholic, there is no way on earth I would entrust this to any public school. Especially since this is literally part of the mission of Catholic schools.

And I'm sure you'd say the same if it was the Koran.

Then I'm sure you'll have no problem when I start teaching a class on Islam, right?

Right?

Hello??

Bueller?!?

And that's exactly where it belongs. In a private school.

Depends on if it's a critical dispassionate academic study, or a thinly-veiled way to get prosletyzing in schools legally.

While #1 is nice, I suspect #2.

Christian Sharia Law shouldn't be implemented in schools.

But no science requirement, right?

Don't forget Lord of the Rings. The children need to learn the evil of Sauron and how they can earn salvation by destroying the one true ring.

That would be top of my book list

and star wars for THE FORCE......

Isn't that a valid Religion in England? Jediism or something.

All things considered it may not be the worst idea for people to learn about other world religions, but yeah no Jesus on my dime!

Good for them.

We're talking about public schools and the Constitution.

U.S. Madrasas to teach White Nationalist Christianity

I have a sneaky feeling this same folks would be up in arms if the school offered a class to study the Koran.

Or any other religion, even actual Christianity, this is about evangelical indoctrination, nothing more.

As a Mandated Class. Like Bible Study.

I don't see anything wrong with teaching magic in schools.

As an atheist brought up Christian, religious texts are incredibly good historic documents, and should be taught as such. It remains to see if this "course" will be an objective perspective of the bible, or just religious rhetoric.

no...only a fool that claims to be an atheist would say something that silly...

Actually, he/she has a point. Look at Acts for example. One of the early struggles in the early Christian Church was around whether Christians had to be circumcised. This is historical fact. As is the manner in which the dispute was resolved, which could be used as a comparison to successive debates around policy in society.

I'm sorry if you are easily brainwashed, but a historic document is a historic document.

Must be different now. When I was in school the only time the bible was taught was by some witch doctor.

Why do they have to be mutually exclusive?

Well I agree. They should be included as well.