The Trouble of Teaching Biblical Content


	The Trouble of Teaching Biblical Content

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7-20-2008 4:04 PM

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7-29-2008 5:12 PM

Jorjor

The first recorded lawsuit to take bible studies out of public schools was sometime in the 1890s. It was filed by Catholics who objected to their children being taught from a King James bible (which, as all Catholics know, is a heretical ticked straight to hell).

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