Posted on Jun 2, 2023
A Utah school district has removed the Bible from some schools' shelves
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https://www.npr.org/2023/06/02/ [login to see] /utah-bible-book-challenge
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
..."The Bible was removed from elementary and middle school shelves in a Utah school district after a parent filed a complaint under the state’s new law prohibiting “pornographic or indecent” material in schools. But the decision is being appealed, a district spokesperson said."...
..."The Bible was removed from elementary and middle school shelves in a Utah school district after a parent filed a complaint under the state’s new law prohibiting “pornographic or indecent” material in schools. But the decision is being appealed, a district spokesperson said."...
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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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Capt Gregory Prickett
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - The Orthodox Bible has even more books, 78 total, but they call the Apocrypha the Deuterocanonical books. Basically, the Orthodox include all of the books that were in the Septuagint, a Greek translation of the entire Hebrew holy book. The Roman Catholics dropped several of these, such as 3 & 4 Macabees, and the Protestants dropped all of them.
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Scottie: "And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book." Rev. 22:19 KJV
The only books that have been removed from the Bible have been done so by heretics, usually protestant ones.
The only books that have been removed from the Bible have been done so by heretics, usually protestant ones.
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