"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>
> At 09:13 AM 1/2/2004 -0600 The Fool wrote:
> ><<http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36386>>
> >
> >Group promotes constitutional amendment to make it textbook
> >
> >A California group has submitted to the attorney general's office a
> >proposed ballot initiative to amend the state constitution to make the
> >King James Bible a textbook for public school students in grades 1
> >through 12 throughout the state.
>
> That's funny..... I don't see the word "Republican" anywhere in here.
> Could The Fool possibly have given us ANOTHER misleading subject title?
>
> JDG
I agree, it should be "Ultra-conservative religious nut cases".
: )
It certainly doesn't say, so serious biblical scholars COULD
be involved. But reading between the lines, this does sound like
another issue being pushed by Christian fundamentalists. (Do you
want to bet?)
As for using it as a textbook, one would have to be very
careful. The two creation myths in Genesis could be studied along
with those of other cultures, even in 1st grade. But wait, it
wouldn't need to be a textbook for that. Fair use would certainly
allow a teacher to copy a few verses. (So what DO the proposers
have in mind? I bet they would not be happy to have biblical
myths equated with other myths...)
---David
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