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The press release contains at least one error of fact. The Bible Literacy
Curriculum is described in the press release as not using the Bible. This is
incorrect .Each chapter begins with an assignment of relevant Biblical passages
which are to be read by the students in connection with each chapter. Considerations
of space (and therefore cost ) precluded actual reproduction of the whole texts
in the book.]The release also says the Bible Literacy Curriculum could lead
students to believe parts of the bible are myth. It does not specify how this was
accomplished. We certainly did not say that the Bible as a whole was myth. The book
does say that some portions of the bible may be understood as allegories and not
literally true.(As Orthodox a Jew as Maimonides believed that the fall
story was either a dream of an allegory).Regrettably too the press release sues
the word liberal as something of a pejorative term .Criticism of the book is
surely in place; name calling is unnecessary and just adds to the bad feelings
about every effort to deal with religion in the schools. Marc Stern [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Ed Brayton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote: The press release linked below
crossed my email today and given the subject of it, National Council on Bible
Curriculum in the Schools vs. Bible Literacy Project, I thought list
subscribers might have an interest. It can be viewed in full at: http://www.earnedmedia.org/kjos1130.htm. It looks to me like that press release is essentially
an admission that the NCBCPS curriculum is unconstitutional under current
precedent. The author first says that the Supreme Court has ruled that the
bible can be taught in public schools as long as it's taught from a scholarly
perspective and the school can't endorse the content, then he complains that
the Bible Literacy Project curriculum encourages critical thinking about the
bible and it "does not teach the Bible as the inerrant word of God",
problems he says are not present in the NCBCPS curriculum. Isn't that pretty
much an admission that the NCBCPS curriculum violates the Supreme Court's
standards for teaching about the bible in public schools? |
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