So do these bibles omit all of the text and stories in the normal Bible that would qualify them for book bannings?
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Isn't it ironic that bibles sold to this agency have the documents stating there is separation of church and state included in the book?
Who tf wrote those requirements?
It seems pretty clear to me that they intended the Trump Bible to be the only one that fit all the specifications.
While it's obviously weird to want the bill of rights and declaration of independence in your Bible; let me just say, if your goal is to convert kids to Christianity, the KJV bible is just completely opaque to children that don't normally read 17th century literature.
At the rate these political hacks are going, students won't be able to parse modern text.
OH WOW! That's such a weird coincidence! Imagine the odds of that! /s
Of course they did. The thing is the way the law is written violates the Constitution by promoting an ideologically-loaded, outdated translation of the Bible used by more socially extreme groups.
- NRSV(UE) is the gold standard nowadays.
- Leather cover? Why? What's the point?
- The Founding Documents to the United States do not belong in a Bible. Not everything has to be tarnished with crass "Patriotic" grift.
- Just the Bill of Rights? The Amendments to the Constitution are legally part of the Constitution. What are they not included? Is there something in those Amendments they don't feel is appropriate?
- This Bible has consistent poor reviews on Youtube. A number of Bible collectors, theologians, pastors, etc have panned this book for being cheaply and poorly made. It has poor print quality, it's pages stick together, are thin, and rip easy.
It should be obvious to anyone this is an ideological grift and it is criminal graft too. These criminals need to be thrown in prison for this.
you mean to tell me the requirement isn't "be a bible" ???
Did a con artist promote it for money? If so-✅
For fuck's sake in ten years we're going to hear kids tell us the Constitution was given to us by Jesus.
Yep, that’s when you start with the answer you want, then set “general” requirements that only it can meet
Why are they putting bibles in classrooms in the first place? Did they repeal the First Amendment?
Apparently, the State Superintendent gets to decide what gets taught in classrooms, and how it gets taught is left up to individual school districts. But it's fully within his right because no "commentary" is allowed around the Bible, just how important it was to America's history.
Why that requires a physical copy that's leather bound, I have no idea. Nor why the money has to come from the fucking payroll budget.
Oklahoma is ranked 49th in education, yet this is what we're spending money on? Seriously?
But they are top five in propaganda training!
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The first amendment doesn't apply to Christian evangelism.
According to SCOTUS at any rate.
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Wait, I thought these guys were against indoctrinating children or whatever?
They're against anyone else indoctrinating children.
Pretty clear they wrote the requirement to fit some recently hacked up version as opposed to the one hacked up by king james.
The article states they hacked it up 2900 times at least before this one. 30k different Christian sects in the U.S. last I knew
I'm sure its more than that. The really perverse thing about that is all the people that are super sure their particular flavor is right and everyone else is wrong. Its the old thing about what is a cult and what is a religion? A cult is a small unpopular religion and a religion is a large popular cult.
Bible [...] must include copies of the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
I'm sorry? Why would people mixed (modern) political text to their religious ones? Aren't people buying bibles suppose to care about their religion?
By making those requirements they are making sure money is diverted from teacher's paychecks an into Trump's pockers
The goal is to abolish separation between church and state bit by bit.
Pretty sure the goal here is to funnel more money to Trump.
Why not both?
This seems more like taking a tank through a screen door. The separation is barely there to begin with.
They catered the criteria so only a single company fit the bill
Is there a term for a society that has all the wealth, technology, industrial knowledge, and manpower readily at hand to be a utopia and despite that, leans hard into dystopia?
I'm sure jeebus had a thing or two to say about marketplaces of thieves and swindlers.
"It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a den of robbers." -Matthew 21:13
To be clear, I don't believe in fairy tales, but they clearly don't either.
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if that doesnt convince you that religion is made up on the spot for conniving convenience, nothing will
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Scam to shovel taxpayer dollars to Trump.
There is no better description of the anti christ than trump.
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Specifically created for the grift.
Walters is a piece of shit.
Trump, cashing in on licensing. Like the $100K watches, where proceeds don't quite go to funding his campaign. They money goes pretty much directly to his pocket. He loves the poorly educated!
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Forcing your State to buy 55000 Bibles from ONLY Trump is PROOF that DEMOCRATS are the Swamp!
Shouldn’t Church and State doctrine (or whatever it is called) immediately make all of this illegal?
It's probably purposely designed to create a court case so the Supreme Court can hollow out that principle.
I will give credit to Republicans on this. They spent decades playing thre ong game with the judiciary. Now, that Republicans achieve their goal. They are now engineering facts to get cases to SCOTUS. The only way to play, is don't appeal cases. Leave the cases at the trial level or first level appeal.
Fix the judiciary, then start taking these fucks all the to top.
Yep! That’s why they’re counting on, throwing enough dollars at the conservative judges that they will let this theocratic bullshit stand.
Fuck them and anyone who supports their religion
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This is the perfect job for the satanic temple.
The bible, complete with all American founders documents : brought to you by satan.
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