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Quote by: weasel  What about the first amendment? Would throw that out the window too?
To quote Captain Picard,
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." These words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie -- as a wisdom, and warning. The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged."
And what would banning the instrument of a religious teaching, one that this nation was founded on, show us to be? It would rightly expose us as a nation of cowards too afraid to uphold the founding principles of America: namely, the ten amendments. And what is so wrong about the bible? If you're talking about the sex and violence, a ten year old could find infinitely worse things on TV and the internet that are much closer at hand. When it comes down to it, seeing past all the BC, banning the bible would be an attack on Christianity: a religion that promotes charity and the love of one's neighboor. Is this what you want to fight against? Teaching our children a definitive set of moral values that help them become good people? |
Only one or two of the 10 Commandments have become legal binding laws in our country - as other deate topics have already pointed out. As other debate topics have already noted - it could well be a myth that Amreica was founded by Christians for the purpose of some church.
Stealing, and murder (without just cause) would be the two Commandments covered under our current consitutional law.
And mostly the stealing law is for poor people as some rich bankers and do it legal like.
I am not advocating that you cannot teach your children a definitive set of moral values. Lots of self help books you can check into by people like Dr Phil for that purpose, that do not have some of the more negitive moral codes contained in some of the Biblical stories.
I agree what teaching charity is a good idea along with a the wisdom not to be taken advantage of by those who might manipulate that wish to help.
If you feel that not banning the Bible for use by children is important to uphold consitutional freedoms then you must also allow you kids to study pronographic material, bomb making material, anti Jewish info by Hitler groups, and let them smoke pot, tobacco, and all other such "adult" things.
So you must determine if responsiblity as a parent is more important or if freedom in a consitutional sense is more important.
You must also explain to me why we have so many wars if the Bible is effective in teaching people brotherly love. With millions of Christians here in the USA one would think that we would have no more homeless or working poor people around, clearly the charity motivations from Biblical teachings is not getting the job done or is non-effective. Give me some facts please not just "day dreams".
Saying that a child can find worse things then what is bad in the Bible does not alter that parts of the Bible is bad for children. That is like the idea that we must pick between the best or worse of two evils - so why not find another book that is all positive and designed to promote the best moral concepts and that will fit the more evolved standards of our modern times.
Of course this idea might be mute because most kids do not want to read the Bible anyway, they would prefer Harry Potter or a book about that cute little yellow bear (what is it's name?)..... Or Spiderman.
Teach the kids the morals that you can realistically keep yourself without being a hypocrit, by your examples, and drop the books that teach ideas that you cannot "live up too" in your own reality. Ban also "perfectionism" as a realistic goal in life.
Sunday church is fine as long as you know how to party hearty on Sat nite.