Two million elementary kids between kindergarten and 5th grade will be getting lessons based on the Bible. I am not sure which version, but I am guessing the King James rather than Revised Standard.
I would love to teach that. I’d talk about how Jesus’s parents were refugees, illegally crossing the border into Egypt and finding refuge there. I’d tell the kids how the Pharaoh’s daughter rescued a refugee kid against the wishes of the government. I’d tell them about how God made Eve from a rib of Adam, and then show them pictures of male and female skeletons and ask them to count the ribs. Whoops.
I might explain that chapter about Sodom and Gomorrah and discuss in detail the “sin” of sodomy. I think it would be worthwhile also to discuss the wager God makes with Satan and then basically wrecks Job’s life to win the bet.
It would be good to get into the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus fed all those people for free. They didn’t even need food stamps. And how he healed the sick and they didn’t even need insurance.
It would be interesting.
See Troy Closson, “Bible-Based Lessons for Public Schools Get Final Approval in Texas,” New York Times, (Nov. 23, 2024), p. A19.
Knowing Texas republicans, they will probably remove those verses from the bible. They always want to use their own bible interpretations.
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