nytimes.com— Fewer than half of American teenagers asked knew when the Civil War was fought, and one in four didn’t know when Columbus sailed to the new world.
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In my opinion it should not be classed as NON-FICTION. As even the Vatican agrees - there are clearly MANY indisputable sections of FICTION in the bible
Exactly, US goverment is afraid of the corprations, the real basis of a socialist country is tha goverment run buisness, but as you said, benefiting their share holders AKA. the people of the country.
Say that you didn't grow up in human society. To take this even further, you've never came into contact with any living creature. Now without being completely and undeniably aware of there being a higher power, you would have absolutely no reason to just imagine that there is a deity-type thing out there somewhere. If you look at the world from a completely objective standpoint and only make conclusions that entirely consist of direct evidence and observations, then there would be no reason to believe in a god type being. If you saw lightning it would be a large, bright, whitish streak across the sky that is usually followed by a large rumbling noise, occurring mostly during rainstorms; you wouldn't just take it that it was a large bearded fellow throwing javelins made of lightning at you. Proof is the only thing that can make there being a higher power reasonable, proof that is completely incapable of being questioned due to its all-encompassingly* self-explanatory nature.*to borrow from mitch
_who_ he did? I mean I guess there have been enough jokes about Eva but I would imagine if most of them don't know who he was they aren't going to be all that up on his social companions either...
I saw a lot of arguement about the whether the Bible should be studied or not... interesting, as the article wasn't all about that, but I am going to continue with it... The Bible should be studied... The Bible has influenced the world more than any other book in human history. Unfortunately, it has been used with improper interpretation leading to horrible atrocities (ie. the Crusades, Hitler using it as justification to annihilate 6 million Jews, etc)... always anti-biblical and far from the love Jesus talks about having for the people around you.But a lot of good has come from it as well... Modern science began with Bible believing Christians (not that the modernism that began with this science is perfect, as the critiques spouting from post-modernity quickly point out). The western judicial system, which protects many rights, but is less than perfect, is based on many biblical principles. English, Webster (the writer of Webster's dictionary) relays, would be impossible to imagine without the Bible.Students should learn from the mistakes of history, to avoid the same in the future; and studying history should mean the inclusion of the Bible somewhere. The same is true about literature, if we want them to learn the classics, as they should, they will also need to learn about the book that influenced them (ie. Paradise Lost, Dante's Inferno, The Pilgrim's Progress, John Donne, Herbert, etc. - etc.). If we are not teaching our students these things, they are not only ignorant of the past, but they are ignorant of the present and the future.
It's sad. There are consequences of not knowing. When they come to me, out of a class of 30 college students, only a few know there are three branches of government. They have no knowledge of the Bill of Rights. There's a direct connection, I think, between factual knowledge of government and the desire to participate (intelligently?) in voting.And it's a shame, because my Lord, the true stories of our history are riveting.
fairdinkummateFeb 29, 2008
In my opinion it should not be classed as NON-FICTION. As even the Vatican agrees - there are clearly MANY indisputable sections of FICTION in the bible
tian2992Feb 29, 2008
Exactly, US goverment is afraid of the corprations, the real basis of a socialist country is tha goverment run buisness, but as you said, benefiting their share holders AKA. the people of the country.
isaactwitoFeb 29, 2008
Say that you didn't grow up in human society. To take this even further, you've never came into contact with any living creature. Now without being completely and undeniably aware of there being a higher power, you would have absolutely no reason to just imagine that there is a deity-type thing out there somewhere. If you look at the world from a completely objective standpoint and only make conclusions that entirely consist of direct evidence and observations, then there would be no reason to believe in a god type being. If you saw lightning it would be a large, bright, whitish streak across the sky that is usually followed by a large rumbling noise, occurring mostly during rainstorms; you wouldn't just take it that it was a large bearded fellow throwing javelins made of lightning at you. Proof is the only thing that can make there being a higher power reasonable, proof that is completely incapable of being questioned due to its all-encompassingly* self-explanatory nature.*to borrow from mitch
papermonkeyFeb 29, 2008
_who_ he did? I mean I guess there have been enough jokes about Eva but I would imagine if most of them don't know who he was they aren't going to be all that up on his social companions either...
hitokiri808Mar 1, 2008
@Dennis88 PROOF --> <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA_Catalogue">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA_Catalogue</a>175 million printed catalogsDid I offend you by saying the bible isn't wanted?
bteamMar 14, 2008
I saw a lot of arguement about the whether the Bible should be studied or not... interesting, as the article wasn't all about that, but I am going to continue with it... The Bible should be studied... The Bible has influenced the world more than any other book in human history. Unfortunately, it has been used with improper interpretation leading to horrible atrocities (ie. the Crusades, Hitler using it as justification to annihilate 6 million Jews, etc)... always anti-biblical and far from the love Jesus talks about having for the people around you.But a lot of good has come from it as well... Modern science began with Bible believing Christians (not that the modernism that began with this science is perfect, as the critiques spouting from post-modernity quickly point out). The western judicial system, which protects many rights, but is less than perfect, is based on many biblical principles. English, Webster (the writer of Webster's dictionary) relays, would be impossible to imagine without the Bible.Students should learn from the mistakes of history, to avoid the same in the future; and studying history should mean the inclusion of the Bible somewhere. The same is true about literature, if we want them to learn the classics, as they should, they will also need to learn about the book that influenced them (ie. Paradise Lost, Dante's Inferno, The Pilgrim's Progress, John Donne, Herbert, etc. - etc.). If we are not teaching our students these things, they are not only ignorant of the past, but they are ignorant of the present and the future.
greatplainsMay 29, 2010
It's sad. There are consequences of not knowing. When they come to me, out of a class of 30 college students, only a few know there are three branches of government. They have no knowledge of the Bill of Rights. There's a direct connection, I think, between factual knowledge of government and the desire to participate (intelligently?) in voting.And it's a shame, because my Lord, the true stories of our history are riveting.