The Bible pulled from school shelves due to "explicit content"

[pesco]

Originally published at: The Bible pulled from school shelves due to "explicit content" | Boing Boing

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[FGD135]

A historical piece of evidence? Yeah, right.

[anon73430903]

@pesco

Hannah Harger, a Spruce Creek High School junior, led a petition to keep the Bible in school. She gathered more than 1,000 signatures.

“It was kind of shocking that they would even think about taking a historical piece of evidence for history classes or literature out of our reach and out of our curriculum,” Harger said.

I hope they have that attitude towards schools having the Kama Sutra in their libraries as well.

[anon29537550]

Once again, where is that facepalm emoji!?!?!

Stupid, stupid, stupid. Sooooo fucking stupid.

[sqlrob]

Someone needs to go to the school board meeting and read a few choice passages out loud.

[GagHalfrunt]

Man gives "Moms for Liberty" a taste of their own medicine by reading from...

Man gives "Moms for Liberty" a taste of their own medicine by reading from Bible at a school board meeting

I was flipping through the radio yesterday and came across a news briefing on what turned out to be a christian radio channel. Apparently there is some “bring your bible to school” day coming up. My thought was boy I would have some passages to ask them to read. Ezekiel 23:20 “and lusted after her lovers there, whose members were like those of donkeys, and whose issue was like that of horses.” Deuteronomy 23:1 “No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the a…

[anon29537550]

Any of these would do

The 8 kinkiest passages of the Bible

[jaded]

@pesco

“It was kind of shocking that they would even think about taking a historical piece of evidence for history classes or literature out of our reach and out of our curriculum,” Harger said.

This is what I was hoping to hear about. Even though the chances of the bible-thumping kids seeing the hypocrisy are slim to none, at least there’s hope for some dim monkey awareness that there are people in the world who think differently than they do, and that their stupid actions have consequences to people they care about.

[euansmith]

Great work!

[SloBlues]

The version of the Bible that was deemed appropriate likely was influenced by the King James version that was codified in 1611. Unedited versions of Shakespeare’s plays of the same vintage are banned. Different criteria for “historical” significance I guess…

[jerwin]

Book Reconsideration Committee - Volusia County Schools

has a list of 19 books including

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M Johnson: Retain in High School Libraries Only
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta: Retain in High School Libraries Only

etc etc
it also notes

Flamer will be removed from all school libraries.

So it’s hypocrisy, not principle that guides most of the decisions.

[sqlrob]

@jerwin

So it’s hypocrisy, not principle that guides most of the decisions.

[adamrice]

[IronEdithKidd]

@pesco

It was kind of shocking that they would even think about taking a historical piece of evidence for history classes or literature out of our reach and out of our curriculum

Wow. Florida schools must be absolute shite if a high school junior is this ignorant of the nature of the Bible. Also, I left off the kid’s name because she’s probably going to live to regret giving this interview.

[Robert_Janca]

Genesis 19:30-38 is another shockingly inappropriate passage

[BadCat13]

Ezekiel 23:20

[awfulhorrid]

[Mercenary_Garage]

@pesco

so we can’t pick some and not pick others when they both have similar material.

Maybe we could just not pick any?

FFS!

[Mister44]

So when I was a kid, my parents had an old school illustrated Bible, I am guessing from the 40s or 50s? I am guessing it was one of theirs from they were a kid (I am heading home this weekend maybe I can check the date.)

It had old school engraving in them some really cool ones. But there were some images in there that as young kid disturbed me. I can think specifically of Abraham and Issac.

Seriously, the Old Testament has some pretty fucked up stuff in it.

[SmilingDemon]