Bringing the Bible Back to Public Education
´. . . pollster George Gallup has dubbed us "a nation of biblical illiterates." Only half of U.S. adults know the title of even one Gospel. Most can't name the Bible's first book. The trend extends even to Evangelicals, only 44% of whose teens could identify a particular quote as coming from the Sermon on the Mount.”
There is a startling lack of biblical understanding in our culture, even when so many claim to be evangelical Christians, a huge majority claim to believe in God, and a large percentage say that God is important or very important in their lives.
How do you bring the Bible back into a secular society? This article in Time magazine attempts to address this all important cultural and societal issue. Attempts, some successful, are being made to do just that. Although this raises a number of questions: Whose view of the Bible?, Who is qualified to teach about the Bible?, Should a course like this be mandatory or elective?, etc., the importance of bringing the Bible back into the arena of debate and discussion is a moot issue.
The constitutionality concerns have been objectively defined. The article states that, “For over a decade, he says, any legal challenges to school Bible courses have focused not on the general principle but on whether the course in question was sufficiently neutral in its approach.”
We are at a crossroads in our time and culture. Our educational system is believed to be the best in the world, yet a fundamental underpinning is missing. Much of the public debate on all issues of politics, literature, science, sociology, ethics, etc., has, at its core, teachings that stem from the Bible. Can a person truly be educated without a basic understanding of how the Bible has shaped our nation, western civilization and the world?
Even though a secularist has written the article, it is valuable for Christians to understand the issue of debate.Read this entire fascinating article. Ask yourself the question. Is this really that important? Or are the two sides dug in just trying to make a point?
There is a startling lack of biblical understanding in our culture, even when so many claim to be evangelical Christians, a huge majority claim to believe in God, and a large percentage say that God is important or very important in their lives.
How do you bring the Bible back into a secular society? This article in Time magazine attempts to address this all important cultural and societal issue. Attempts, some successful, are being made to do just that. Although this raises a number of questions: Whose view of the Bible?, Who is qualified to teach about the Bible?, Should a course like this be mandatory or elective?, etc., the importance of bringing the Bible back into the arena of debate and discussion is a moot issue.
The constitutionality concerns have been objectively defined. The article states that, “For over a decade, he says, any legal challenges to school Bible courses have focused not on the general principle but on whether the course in question was sufficiently neutral in its approach.”
We are at a crossroads in our time and culture. Our educational system is believed to be the best in the world, yet a fundamental underpinning is missing. Much of the public debate on all issues of politics, literature, science, sociology, ethics, etc., has, at its core, teachings that stem from the Bible. Can a person truly be educated without a basic understanding of how the Bible has shaped our nation, western civilization and the world?
Even though a secularist has written the article, it is valuable for Christians to understand the issue of debate.Read this entire fascinating article. Ask yourself the question. Is this really that important? Or are the two sides dug in just trying to make a point?
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