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Monday, March 26, 2007
Biblical ignorance
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In August, Georgia public school systems will start offering two courses about the Bible, as mandated by the Georgia General Assembly in 2006. Stuart Bennett, Chief Deputy Superintendent of Schools for the Georgia Department of Education, writes that that the elective courses will not be “‘Bible study’ that one might take at church”. Also, “teachers cannot promote their religious beliefs,” writes Bennett. Meanwhile, Stephen Prothero, who chairs the department of religion at Boston University, writes that the Bible is “revered more than it is read and read more than it is remembered.” Only one-third of Americans know that Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount, Prothero writes, and 10 percent believe Joan of Arc was Noah’s wife.
Do we need to teach the Bible in public school? If so why? And how?
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