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[Stillwater Townie]

Superintendent Ryan Walters defends decision to put 55,000 Bibles in Oklahoma classrooms koco

"You have so much on your plate as superintendent. Why is a plan that for many is so controversial so important to you?" KOCO 5's Evan Onstot asked.

"Because it's important to parents, and it's important to grandparents. When I went across the state and campaigned for office, I kept hearing them say, 'Our kids don't understand American history.' They don't understand the role the Bible and our Christian faith played in history. We have students who don't understand that our founders – Thomas Jefferson said our rights come from God. Because our teachers are scared to teach it. The Bible has been driven out of the classroom," Walters said.

*maybe we should just order Jefferson Bibles...*

I'm not sure about teaching our rights come from God make much sense, since the bible also teaches government comes from God. Yet many Christian Right parents think our current government comes from Satanists and Godless Marxists. Romans 13:

"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore, whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore, one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience."

The above verse must also help explain where some politicians got the idea that God told them to run for office.

 

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I'm not sure about teaching our rights come from God make much sense, since the bible also teaches government comes from God. Yet many Christian Right parents think our current government comes from Satanists and Godless Marxists. Romans 13:

"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore, whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore, one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience."

The above verse must also help explain where some politicians got the idea that God told them to run for office.

That kind of flies in the face of 2nd amendment being in place so people can fight back against government... and really any desire to fight the government.

 

[Stillwater Townie]

Civil rights organizations seek records related to Oklahoma State Department of Education spending millions on Bibles

A coalition of civil rights organizations is making a joint request for additional records related to Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters’s recent mandate to inject the Bible into public school teaching.

www.acluok.org

 

[Polds4OSU]

Okla. Families, Teachers, & Faith Leaders File Lawsuit Against Ryan Walters’ Bible-Education Mandate

Okla. Families, Teachers, & Faith Leaders File Lawsuit Against Ryan Walters’ Bible-Education Mandate

More than 30 Oklahomans, including parents, teachers, and faith leaders, filed a lawsuit against Superintendent Ryan Walters' mandate requiring public schools to incorporate the Bible into their curricula, arguing it violates religious freedom and the separation of church and state.

www.news9.com