Ban the Bible? Utah parent uses book banning law to also ban the Bible

[@toddcraner3843]

Banning of books is disgusting but I'm glad it's now coming back to haunt those who imposed it.

[@aldoushuxleysghost]

The word of God is the gatekeeper of what is moral and decent.

[@toddcraner3843]

@@aldoushuxleysghost yep, that's something a bible hugger would say. It's your faith and I respect that, but it's not mine, I don't have to follow what the bible says plain and simple.

[@tribesvanguard7007]

​@@aldoushuxleysghost lmao but the book condones slavery/rape and infanticide. Morality where?

[@aldoushuxleysghost]

@@tribesvanguard7007 no. It doesn't. It gives historical account of horrible things that have happened. When you finally come face to face with the creator of the universe, you won't be able to claim ignorance of his word as an excuse, just FYI

[@tribesvanguard7007]

@@aldoushuxleysghost it literally does what are you talking about. God condones taking slaves, virgins and commands people to smash babies against stones. Come on dude

[@guyrovella8402]

These idiots never get the idea that when you insist that the state to picks side there's no guarantee that it will stay on yours.

[@ferox965]

File this under -"That's not how this was supposed to go"

[@tadblackington1676]

As far as schools go we should keep the books and ban the bullets.

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

amen to that.

[@jeffsimpson1421]

Sorry there’s no amendment guaranteeing your right to books🤷‍♂️

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

@@jeffsimpson1421 you are what is wrong with our side. if we lose our guns it will be bc of ppl like you who just TRY to cause trouble instead of contributing intellectually.

[@tadblackington1676]

@@jeffsimpson1421 Its called the first amendment.

[@tadblackington1676]

@@jeffsimpson1421 And I'm sorry for troubled relationship with books.

[@GPWGP]

I think the devil has revealed himself through the Republican party

[@Raydensheraj]

Pahahahahahahaha....of course a supernatural devil doesn't exist but I see what your doing there 😂

[@GPWGP]

@@Raydensheraj if the supernatural doesn't exist the character traits of evil is alive and well

[@aussiemiss1442]

@@Raydensheraj we either choose to be good or not. The Republican Party claimed to be the party of Christian principles. They are as far removed from core Christian values as black is from white. And, just maybe, the way we have called the positive entity “God, the light of the world” And the negative entity “ Satan, prince of darkness” and given them personalities is too descriptive. The modern day republican hypocrites have done more to destroy Christianity than the early Jews, Roman’s and Islam.

[@edwardnygma9040]

Ezekiel 23:20 She lusted for the lechers of Egypt, whose members are like those of donkeys, whose thrusts are like those of stallions

[@aldoushuxleysghost]

That was simply a prophecy that your mom was going to come into existence

[@ShadowPrincess87]

👀 im.going to egypt...... 😂

[@Erine120]

Sounds like porn to me

[@kateps1874]

So the violence in the Bible doesn't bother them, only the sex? Huh. Okay, it's their call (their district), but the violence seems more potentially harmful to me than the sex.

[@tabularasa0606]

Only makes sense to ban the bible too. It is a horrible book. Of course books need proper context to be read, it's fine to read a book like the bible if you know about it's history, same goes for other books. The bible should at least be put in the fantasy fiction isle.

[@r.morris5589]

another unnecessary remark which is what is wrong with this nation. No more adult conversations.

[@c.evans1804]

+R morris the only thing that’s unnecessary here is your input. Maybe when your IQ finally rises above -1 , we might be willing to take what you say more seriously. Though I highly doubt any of that will ever happen.

[@apumpkinsmom]

@@r.morris5589 So, according to you, anything you don't agree with is an unnecessary. Thinking that other people need to be quite, unless they agree with you, is the most unamerican belief you can have.

[@benzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs]

Oh i didn't knew you decided whether something is fictional or not

[@jeffsimpson1421]

@@r.morris5589 kind of like what you just did

[@adrianghandtchi1562]

We understand why this parent wanted to challenge that Bible, so I hope the entire act of banning or removing would be revoked entirely. It just goes to show that no book should be banned or relocated or anything like that. Every book section has an age group in a library, and every genre has a section, just because I don’t like crime thriller books does it mean I want that to be taken away from somebody else.

[@jeffsimpson1421]

Yea all kids should have access to mein kampf and the 48 laws of power right next to the Bible🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Mary9beth]

I totally agree with removing the Bible. It’s definitely not something that teachers teaching the kids anyway unless you’re in seminary. Also, I feel like it’s very important that we understand the truth about our history and that blacks and Jews and native Indians and other minorities. I feel it’s important for all of us to know where we came from and how we arrived here in this moment in America. and then we are able to sympathize and have an appreciation for everyone’s journey ❤

[@buttheclouds]

Right-wingers contend that the only Bible translation to read is the King James Version of 1611. It is composed in seventeenth century English, a challenge to read for anyone, but particularly nonspecialists;. Rightwingers are proud of not having read an=y of the challenged books in full. They would have a hard time reading the KJV. Moreover, the principles set out in the Testaments formed the foundation of America in the seventeenth century, which also witnessed witch hunts. To ban the Bible is to spit oon the roots of America. Appalling!

[@alexiagiannopoulos5018]

This is not only taking away freedom of religion, but it also is mocking Christians that read a certain bible or scripture text. Furious about this.

[@Erine120]

We’re just following YOUR new law YOU asked for this

[@Erine120]

@@AntiEverything-ut6pg Following a wave of anti-LGB hysteria certain states have gotten into the habit of banning books They deem inappropriate and their criteria is so vague that even books that were part of the English curriculum for decades is suddenly too risqué And again, the criteria is so vague that under these new rules there’s no way the Bible would be allowed in schools something they didn’t think about and now they regret it

[@joycemcgowan611]

What is wrong with our country this is what we care now half of our country can’t read or write well and we still have state or paying low wages a bad health care system just stupid

[@stormsiren7207]

This is what happens when you want to ban certain books, but in order to do that you have to make a law saying what books qualify for the ban, and it's not like you can just come right out and say in the language of the law that you basically want to ban every single book except for the Bible and maybe a few other books that you happen to like that agree with your political and religious ideas, while only banning the books that contradict those things. Because that would be unconstitutional. So what happens instead is if you really want to ban some books you have to make a law that says we are banning them based on violence, sexual content, etc., and it just so happens your own number one favorite book can't abide by those rules either. But you went ahead and made the laws anyway and now you're suffering the consequences. This is what happens when you mess with the First Amendment. And to top things off somehow everyone who supported these book bans in the first place didn't realize what was going to happen even though you should have seen it coming, assuming you actually read that one book you say is so important.

[@TGWazoo1]

Why are they pretending the Bible wasn’t already banned from public schools, along with school prayer, decades ago?

[@Diablo3364]

They just don't teach it anymore. You can still find it in the school libraries.

[@jeffsimpson1421]

students and teachers don’t shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate. Stop being ignorant ✋

[@laurie9557]

OK, this is odd. But don't forget that the state of Utah gave $100 million to Ukraine, so sometimes they show good judgment.

[@donijeffery-harris3056]

In Utah, it is legal for children to get married and enter into legally recognized sexual relationships at age 16. 16. Yet these banning groups deem kids too young to access books that even briefly mention sex, maturation, or real-world challenges that children WILL face until after they graduate high school at age 18+. Ironically, the groups are fine with very young kids accessing violent materials, such as "The Hunger Games" books or "Harry Potter," despite violence and murder not being acceptable adult human behavior. The fact is that book bans are almost always about self-righteous domination, propoganda, and mind control. They are used over and over to crush critical thinking and limit the possibility that someone might question the authority that is being forced upon them. These groups aren't trying to protect children. They are trying to enslave children's minds and sculpt them into mindless followers.

[@LadyDoomsinger]

As far as proving a point goes, targeting the Bible is certainly going to get attention - though as a matter of principle I do not support book banning, not even the Bible, despite the fact that I am an atheist, I believe it holds great cultural, literary, and historical value to society - if only people would stop worshiping it. *I swear I read a passage about Idolatry being bad in it.*

[@sharkbait6851]

It really just depends on the specific denomination and how they interpret it. Majority would frown on worshipping a bible since it's an inanimate object. The bible is supposed to be viewed as a tool to your faith. Not the faith itself. This is all just from my own observations on Christianity, growing up around it. I'm agnostic, so not an expert on Christians though 😂

[@healingasthmaacasestudy9851]

Thank you to this parent!!!

[@moremoola]

Good for the parent! I sincerely hope they pull it from the library!

[@jameswest8280]

This is the epitome of poetic justice. LMAO

[@AngelaShawWestoven]

Evangelicals and Republicans: Be careful what you wish for. You reap what you sow. 😅

[@Goodpatron]

LGBTQ+ talks about those subjects in a way that promotes them.... The Bible talks about those subjects in a way that condemns them. That's the key difference. 🤨

[@schattentaenzerin]

The Bible "promotes" loving, trusting and praying to a god that (among many other examples) killed the firstborn children after unleashing many other horrible plagues onto the population. How is God condemned for these actions?

[@pete3882]

Time for parents to get all trans, gay, lesbian and other sex books removed. Speak up parents.

[@Erine120]

…that’s literally what started this You don’t know the context of this do you? Religious people all over the country started passing laws banning certain books everywhere with vague rules not realizing that under those same rules the Bible should be ban too Christians did this to themselves they made a law and are now mad it applies to them too

[@rsellers7090]

Fair is fair, the Bible has worse things in it than all the books that certain parents want to ban.

[@jameshouse3269]

That's why we write these scriptures on the tables of our heart . No one is banning the greatest book ever. PERIOD.!

[@williamgreenfield9991]

I seriously doubt that you have read the whole Bible, otherwise you would know that it is obscene.

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

it is not objectively close to being the "greatest book ever" it is full of inaccuracies, outright contradictions, and poor writing, not to mention having gone through many translations and you know how that goes if you've ever played with google translate.

[@tribesvanguard7007]

Yh i love that the greatest book ever condones slavery

[@benzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs]

​@@colorbugoriginals4457 tell me some contradiction plz

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

@@benzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs pick any from just looking it up (it's been pointed out for centuries) and tell us why it is indeed not a contradiction?

[@TransGurl.VrilX.1488]

The word "demon" is a latin word that means to "dispense" or "guard". similarly the word "witch" is an english word that means "to distinguish" or "to separate". also, the devil doesn't like humans having power of any sort let alone language.

[@Joetheshow445]

This is what I would say: schools are supposed to be a place of learning. You should expect to be more informed and less ignorant. The Bible IS the most printed book in the world. It has defined cultures around the world for thousands of years. Legal precepts come directly from the Bible and it was used for the explanation of reality for billions throughout history and even to this day. It’s also a book that belongs to the largest religion in the world and even has significance for other religions like Islam and Judaism. Banning a book with such vital significance of the human condition is essentially forcing their students to be ignorant on a colossal scale. Even if people don’t believe it to be the word of God it still has literary value. The gay sex books are only pornography

[@tribesvanguard7007]

Lmao but the book that condones slavery and baby murder is ok?

[@RAINBOWNIGTHMAREPRODUCTIONS]

I've never read the book

[@paulstatz5188]

There are some pretty weird stories in the bible Lot getting drunk with his daughters and having sex with them is only one of many Why not let people decide if they don't like it don't read it or buy it but other people may like that same book so let them decide Pretty much what the founding fathers would do

[@viskgramm2653]

Are they high

[@jameswest8280]

Medical marijuana is now legal in Utah, so probably.