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Texas book ban law causes a school district to remove Bible from libraries (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 285 points 10 months ago (6 children)

State senator Kevin Sparks called the district’s Bible ban “misguided” in a 19 December post on Instagram. “The Bible is not educationally unsuitable, sexually explicit, or pervasively vulgar, making its removal legally and morally indefensible. At a time when students seek guidance, the Bible provides a vital moral framework.”

Someone hasn't read it.

[–] RadicalEagle@lemmy.world 60 points 10 months ago

If you trust that students are mature enough to read the Bible then you trust that they’re mature enough to read ANYTHING.

[–] spacecadet@lemm.ee 28 points 10 months ago

He knows what he is talking about, imagine thinking that lessons about how to harvest non-believers foreskins is not something suitable for a children’s library

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 25 points 10 months ago

Hah I was going to make the same comment, but in response to this quote:

it is historically accurate, scientifically sound, and most importantly, life-changing.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

A symbol of team sports and nothing more.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 10 months ago

Lol. I came to post the exact same quote, wondering if he was smoking crack. Of course not. Our delusions condemn us.

[–] ryan213@lemmy.ca 59 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lol

[–] 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Really the only thing to say here. Reap what you sew, bitches.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Sow, not sew.

Just for the future.

[–] 18_24_61_b_17_17_4@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Appreciated.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

"Anyway, so I tore out the stitches and tried eating my pillowcase. It was so unpleasant; now I get why people say it ominously. Just as bad: now I'm gonna have to sew the seam shut again."

[–] Chekhovs_Gun@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

They reinstated it shortly after.

[–] Case@lemmynsfw.com 47 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

As a Texan, this makes me happy.

I don't believe in book bans. If a kid can read it, they should. Will they agree with the message? Maybe, maybe not. However, they were exposed to different thoughts. This isn't a bad thing. It is up to the reader to determine how valid that line of thinking is in their life.

The bible.... whew, the bible.... Violence, sexuality, fucking incest, rape, etc. It isn't a "clean" book.

However, if they're gonna ban books for questionable material, the fucking bible is chock full of it.

I say this as someone who had southern baptist grandparents I spent the summer with, and have read the bible cover to cover more times than I ever cared to, but it was the only reading material available.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't complain if they banned truly dangerous books... like Atlas Shrugged or anything written by a Republican politician.

[–] scoobford@lemmy.zip 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Then you're exactly the same as the people who passed the book ban in the first place.

If your ideas cannot stand up to the existence of other ideas, then they aren't good ideas.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

And if you can't take an obvious joke, then you're in the wrong part of the internet.

[–] irotsoma@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's a "book of wisdom" like "She lusted after lovers with genitals as large as a donkey’s and emissions like those of a horse." Nothing sexual there...🤣

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

My real questions come from the idea of who has a kid that checks a Bible out from their school? If they are religious I would assume they have copies at church, and at home. (Also free on the internet, it's one of the few books easy to access)

So are we expecting that these kids are wanting to check the Bible out for a research project? Which wouldn't be allowed in most classes.. or that they can't afford lunch so they are reading about the suffering of Jesus and slaves when they otherwise would get lunch?

[–] TheAutisticSlavicBoy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

KJV is kinda impossible to pirate. (it is in the public domain)

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

one of the honors-level English classes at my high school in Texas in the 90s was "the bible as literature". they had Bibles in the library for that class

[–] irotsoma@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Doesn't need to be checked out to read it. I used to go to the public library and read for hours. Not in school, but the city library I mean. I could imagine a kid that doesn't want to go home or has free study periods reading books on their own.

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 35 points 10 months ago

I'm glad they're doing it. Maybe it'll bring attention to the actual content of the Bible.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

"book of wisdom" my ass. Click this link a few times and see how often you end up with something truly wise, worthy of being the word of an omniscient god https://dailyverses.net/random-bible-verse

Edit: lol, my 6th time loading it I got this nugget of wisdom that all the Trump idolizing evangelicals are completely ignoring: "Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral." But I guess god loved the adulterer King David too so 🤷‍♂️ Yahweh's gonna yaweh.

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Litterally rhe first one it gave me "Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back." Luke 6:30

The bible is woke communist propaganda!

[–] theluckyone@discuss.online 4 points 10 months ago

My first one: "What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?" Matthew 16:26

Good words, but completely disregarded by the majority of so called Christians these days.

[–] don@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it’s partly why I gave up on it a long time ago. Besides faiths never really clicking with me on a fundamental level, shit like that, making no sense, caused me to abandon it.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

It's unbelievable for how many people it does click but maybe they don't look at it closely.

[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 months ago

In their defense it’s a shit book full of lies and tomfoolery

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Are the bookshelves empty yet?

Thankfully kids have cellphones these days and they can access The Internet Archive.

[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not gonna be hard to find bibles in Texas when they're beating people over the head with it so often.

[–] Yomope@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

So, does Texas had temporarily ban weapons? Edit:typo

[–] banshee@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What was it doing there in the first place?

[–] crimsonpoodle@pawb.social 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I mean in an ideal world pretty much any book, including religious texts, would be available at the library.

[–] banshee@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Aren't school libraries typically a bit more resource constrained? I attended a smaller school though, so I don't have a perfect view of the norm.

[–] djsoren19@yiffit.net 2 points 10 months ago

I don't think any school would be hurting on donations of religious texts. In fact, I imagine most organized religions would love the opportunity to donate a book.

[–] Juigi@lemm.ee 7 points 10 months ago

Man I miss Carlin in these decaying times