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Texas students could soon be forced to read from the Bible in public schools
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2026
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Bible is referenced by countless other books. Of course it should be studied as part of any literature course. As long as it's treated like any other work and not as holy scripture there's nothing wrong with reading bible in school.
Eh, maybe a college course on ancient literature or something.
It should be taught in history class along with the rest of them.
Depends on the education system, I guess. In Poland Geek mythology and the Bible are studied in primary school. That's because many other works studied in primary school reference them. Prometheus, Icarus or David are considered basic references everyone should know. If you think it's OK for people with high school education not to know basic mythology then yes, you can only teach in college.
You know that for example this is a Bible reference:
And add koran and tora to it.
Are koran and tora references as common in western literature? Greek mythology references are very common and we sure learned about it in language courses. But koran? I can't think of any important work that you would not be able to understand without learning about koran. It sure would be nice to expand the language courses and add books from other cultures but this would be a major re-work, not simply adding koran and tora. Early education also tends to focus on things kids are at least somehow familiar with so I'm not sure if adding books from Asia or Middle east would be a good idea.
Well then your argument is that you're just a supremacist who wants to keep his inherently superior culture on top by unorganically indoctrinating people.