Posted on Jun 2, 2023
A Utah school district has removed the Bible from some schools' shelves
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Frustrated with book challenges and bans in their school district, a parent in Utah decided to submit a complaint of their own – about the Bible.
The Davis School District took the parent's objection seriously, placing the Bible under review. This week, the district officially decided to remove the religious text from elementary and middle school libraries for containing "vulgarity or violence." The ban will take effect immediately, with Bibles being removed from classrooms even as they close down for the summer.
The parent's complaint, which gained national attention when it was reported in March, cites Utah's 2022 law banning any books containing "pornographic or indecent" material. The statement calls the Bible "one of the most sex-ridden books around," and includes an attachment of passages from the Bible they believe violate the law.
Under Utah's law, books like The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe have been removed from schools.
Frustrated with book challenges and bans in their school district, a parent in Utah decided to submit a complaint of their own – about the Bible.
The Davis School District took the parent's objection seriously, placing the Bible under review. This week, the district officially decided to remove the religious text from elementary and middle school libraries for containing "vulgarity or violence." The ban will take effect immediately, with Bibles being removed from classrooms even as they close down for the summer.
The parent's complaint, which gained national attention when it was reported in March, cites Utah's 2022 law banning any books containing "pornographic or indecent" material. The statement calls the Bible "one of the most sex-ridden books around," and includes an attachment of passages from the Bible they believe violate the law.
Under Utah's law, books like The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe have been removed from schools.
A Utah school district has removed the Bible from some schools' shelves
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel many many moons ago, there was an entire class dedicated to sex in the Bible. And of course, violence between brothers Cain and Able. I could go on but someone else already wrote the Bible and there exists several versions,
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Maj Kim Patterson And I've got a Copy of the Apocrypha. Books Edited Out of the Bible over Time.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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The Bible: God's Angels destroy Sodom and Gomorrah
Sodom and Gomorrah were sinful in the eyes of God for their wickedness such as sexual immorality, witchcraft, and homosexuality. Angels of God come down in d...
The Bible is very violent. I have seen the TV series The Bible but it makes a point on the violence. The violence is there for a reason.
I really like the scene when lot and his family are guarded by killer guardian angels. One is black and the other one is Asian and they begin to kill those trying to attack the only good family in Sodom and Gomorrah.
At the end when the family is escaping, it looks like incoming long range cruise missiles coming into destroy Sodom and Gomorrah but it's actually God!
https://youtu.be/1Z0V00SrwU0
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL PV2 Scott Mollette PO1 William "Chip" Nagel CPT (Join to see) 1st Lt Padre Dave Poedel
I really like the scene when lot and his family are guarded by killer guardian angels. One is black and the other one is Asian and they begin to kill those trying to attack the only good family in Sodom and Gomorrah.
At the end when the family is escaping, it looks like incoming long range cruise missiles coming into destroy Sodom and Gomorrah but it's actually God!
https://youtu.be/1Z0V00SrwU0
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL PV2 Scott Mollette PO1 William "Chip" Nagel CPT (Join to see) 1st Lt Padre Dave Poedel
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