Okla. Dept. of Education to require Bible taught in schools

[@stevenewton6720]

How about teaching the Constitution, Bill of rights

[@Ms.A422]

In addition yes agreed.

[@ninacarmen8433]

@@Ms.A422 Why require one religion be taught and not all? Sounds like they're looking for a flock to manipulate.

[@barbiedahl]

Fairytales shouldn't be taught in public schools. ​@@Ms.A422

[@davidohara7669]

and sceptical thinking.

[@Nameless2k6]

100X more valuable in a school setting!

[@nextsibling]

Oklahoma taxpayers will now have to foot the bill for a massive lawsuit that the OK Board of Education is certain to lose.

[@dagnabbit6187]

Uh not so fast . Gilead has taken over the SCOTUS !

[@woodstream6137]

He doesn't care

[@unclefester4626]

That was the intent all along. Lawyers make political contributions to politicians election campains....politicians make stupid laws that lawyers make money fighting for and against. The circle of money and people. One is consumed and the other is eaten.

[@brinstl71]

All these taxpayers getting fleeced by these religious nuts…unbelievable. Please tell us more about Christian persecution!

[@sharonodonnell2147]

The God of Israel Is Real. Believe in His SON +

[@2steaksandwiches665]

Take this energy and teach financial literacy.

[@texaslovelylady]

@@2steaksandwiches665 we know they won't do that! Then we are competition for their progeny.

[@emilybenson6399]

Can you imagine what this country would look like if they actually wanted people to prosper? They just throw out distractions to keep people divided so they don’t have to actually try to improve anything.

[@Ms.A422]

@@2steaksandwiches665 Agree should be teaching both and more.

[@BloodfoxV]

Now, why would people like him want chdren to actually be educated? They might start asking too many questions

[@brunnerdg]

​@@emilybenson6399 It about control

[@joyfullone3968]

I thought this is what Sunday School was for.

[@stevenmiller3546]

Good thing you aren't paid to think!!!!

[@mbrproductions160]

Sunday schools are all gonna go bankrupt now.

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

@@stevenmiller3546 Our country is a secular one and we have a constitution that states that. You might try Googling it.

[@praizzzeGod]

Sunday wasn't enough after Joe! Now we need 7 days a week

[@ninacarmen8433]

@@praizzzeGod The people voting for a man who cheated on his wife with Stormy Daniels and paid her hush money now want to preach about morality and going to church 😂

[@waltermattei5994]

You can not force someone to choose a religion. Religion is a personal choice

[@xyz.8377]

Republicans : “Hold my beer”

[@WAEVOICE]

@@xyz.8377 You misspelled "Islamists."

[@xyz.8377]

@@WAEVOICE that’s a weird way to spell Christians But more importantly Christina nationalist as the same of Sheria law But Islamist isn’t threading to force the Bible into public schools it’s the far right

[@rensinclair4218]

​@WAEVOICE didn't

[@True_Faith_Unlocked]

But the who the true God is not a choice

[@Liberty-Justice4All]

No religion should ever be forced, This is a huge red flag & I'm a Catholic...

[@startuphub4097]

Catholics don't know their Bibles.

[@SarahLovesBoobahandErEr]

Yet it is in different forms. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[@saldol9862]

Yeah I agree with you here. Given Oklahoma’s very strongly protestant demographics, I have my concerns. I do not want Catholic youth going to public schools coming back as protestant due to biased education. I say this because I’ve had my fair share of prots in Oklahoma try to convert me.

[@publicuser2534]

I wonder if there is a Christian group against this requirement. If there is, I would join. This feels way too much like religious fanatics in the Middle East and Afghanistan.

[@dizzleslaunsen2372]

@@SarahLovesBoobahandErErbeing gay isn’t a religion and teaching kids that gay people exist isn’t being forced to partake……you people are so pathetically vile. Jesus himself would be ashamed at how you represent him.

[@tommymoore5099]

With this 'genius' in charge, not hard to see why Oklahoma is 49th in education.

[@williamchambers4877]

Way before Walter with hoover looser in charge.

[@Dusty-y6b]

@@cwhipp9805who’s teaching those?

[@triofan9]

@@cwhipp9805 You really believe anything 😂🐑

[@tommymoore5099]

@@cwhipp9805 Louisiana is 40th. They aren't teaching gay pride and everyone learns pronouns in school. Maybe you should heed your own advice.

[@brinstl71]

@@cwhipp9805no public school is teaching that and they wouldn’t be indoctrinating my kids with this bible nonsense either!

[@merrim7765]

School districts are independent. So he actually has no power to issue his edict like he's some kind of king. He did this to capture Trump's att'n.

[@amitisshahbanu5642]

Wants to be secretary of education with a big salary hike and prestige

[@ThomasOutt]

What a stupid thing to do! Donald Trump is not a Sunday School Teacher! Jesus wept!

[@PocketBeemRocket]

Yeah, but he might get a few likes on his troop, social page.

[@mskatonic2124]

nailed it.

[@MarSchlosser]

Yep, independent. Yep, depend on his office for funding.

[@bernardweaver2416]

The constitution clearly lays out that church and state are to be separated, and since schools are run by the state then they should follow the law of the land. If parents want their children to receive a religious education they can do so at home, at church, or at a private Christion school.

[@caseyalwaysgoing8866]

It actually doesn’t say that anywhere it was a quote by Thomas Jefferson.

[@petifogger2340]

Show me what article in the constitution or amendment after that states “Separation of Church and State”

[@Texasrelics]

There isn't a separation. If there was the govt couldn't shut churches down during covid.

[@PurpleDemonZombie]

Sounds like what our governor in louisiana is doing he made a law that the ten commandments be placed in every classroom

[@acuyra]

@@Texasrelicsit didn’t.

[@dianatopoulos5602]

Hey! Are there any Jewish, Muslim or Atheist teachers in Oklahoma? How ´bout Jewish, Muslim or Atheist children? I happen to be a Christian who reads my Bible, but I do not feel the need to force my beliefs on anyone else. I happen to be 65 yrs old. This country is going backwards and it scares me.

[@marjoriegarland2798]

I happen to be a Jewish person and I read my Bible and agree with everything you have said! Thanks for being so tolerant, intelligent and thoughtful. 🌹

[@ALanLovesJesus]

Hell is way scarier. Better believe it.

[@selfdefender780]

@@marjoriegarland2798 Correct me if I am wrong. Jews are taught that they are the 'chosen' people and every else is just an 'infidel'?

[@ThomasOutt]

DO NOT VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP!

[@davidohara7669]

Amen

[@ScottWillock-z2l]

What happened to math, English and the deplorable history we teach to our children.

[@MarSchlosser]

Every nation that now teaches Bible has seen the IQ levels rise and children more eager to learn. When I attended school the state was still praying in classrooms, but the liberals hate anything Jewish or black, so it stopped. Grades plummeted now that God no longer cared.

[@Cassandra20208]

That is taught it’s just that a lot of teachers don’t know what they teach. It’s crazy how uneducated teachers are even though they went to college

[@publicuser2534]

Those subjects are indoctrinating our youth with fantasies of equality and inequity. History is what it is, the past. No need to reflect on it, unless we are talking about the life of Jesus and the parables written in the Holy Bible.

[@kellypatterson4412]

Separation of church and state. All federal funding must be pulled from Oklahoma schools.

[@pamelakrueger1696]

The separation of church and state was to prevent govt overreach. Not the other way around. This is the most common misquoted interpretations. I assume you’re America. I am not but even I know your constitution and bill of rights. It is imperative that you learn what your nation has been built Auron before all your freedoms are lost

[@clyde19788]

@@pamelakrueger1696 forcing the bible is goverenment over reach.

[@karenkalweit6018]

@@clyde19788 it’s a violation of the constitution. This upsets some people, but the constitution is still in effect.

[@Furryfeather]

​@@pamelakrueger1696so the word separation is being reinterpreted? How do new republicans tweak the constitution not giving woman righrs?

[@vashmatrix5769]

​@@Furryfeather 😂 That's not even in the constitution, it's from a letter Jefferson wrote to a Baptist church. You're a living example of why they keep lowering school standards.

[@lsmcquill]

The American Taliban! The party of freedom: freedom for me, not for thee.

[@russellzauner]

They're gonna implement Shania Law

[@MarSchlosser]

Please, the dnc is smarter than that. they are the American Nazi party.

[@juliemccauslin5807]

​@russellzauner who is they? & Christianity is a far cry from Sharia law. Educate thyself first, speak second

[@nealamesbury7953]

Bs

[@DaxtonKnight]

Forcing religion on children regardless what religion or religious book is not only abuse because religion installs fear to the mind that before religion, you never had. It will cause small kids to be in fear, confused and that's abuse. Forcing it on them will backfire and actually make things worse. Thanks all religion I'm speaking of too. Muslims do the same with Quran . There is something called traumatic religious abuse and adults can go to jail for it because many adults don't know what it does to kid's minds. Same with sexual ideology. Keep out of schools. Can people not see this is turning into a full out authoritarian totalitarian nation ?

[@1beeones1]

Everything and everyone isn't Christian, so how do you enforce this on families that don't believe in the Christian doctrine.. It's a shame that you force your believes on everyone else..

[@GracieDontPlayDat]

Mindfulness is a religion too. Yoga is Hindu Religion that had to rebrand itself as mindfulness due to challenges from parents. Look up the court cases.

[@cwhatic4u270]

Teach truth for a change and not to hate!

[@Eye_Witness]

It works both ways. The theory of Evolution and secular humanism is taught as fact in schools and any other concept or theory is prohibited. It would do students well to learn some Biblical values. Maybe there would be less violence in schools, you think?

[@ArchmageMarlock]

But it is Oklahoma?? Look. Oklahoma is positioned 44th out of the 50 states in education. This type of BS is expected. Don't worry. The Supreme Court of the United States has already rules on this and the court construction then was Republican. This is flatly done settled law federal law with supremacy rights attached.

[@yeoynberry3454]

Our nation is not Christian but our nation is free for you to be Christian.

[@Gorette66]

WTF??!🤯 I guess separation of church and state means absolutely nothing in this day and age.

[@vashmatrix5769]

😂 Thats from a letter to a Baptist church, not the constitution, & you're inverting its meaning.

[@janiceleake687]

@@Gorette66 you read the constitution wrong and have listen to the haters. That was put their to protect people of faith so the government couldn't force us to leave our faith....not so government could stomp on our faith. God is all over our founding documents.

[@BrianDunncustomart]

They shouldn't try to tax churches then

[@brialapoint2608]

The founding fathers were Deists and that doesn't mean a sect of Christianity. Native Americans were non believers and i guess the treaty of tripoli means nothing to an illiterate Christian

[@Zer0FuXGiv3n]

I mean let's just ignore the Constitution shall we?

[@OmniEblis]

Odd way to quote trump 😅

[@eightfigurerealestate6825]

Did you forget that the Constitution was built based on the Bible?

[@Zer0FuXGiv3n]

​​@@eightfigurerealestate6825 Did you forget that there shall be no establishment of religion in public school according to The Establishment clause and the Supreme Court? America is not a theocracy. Pay for a private school or drop the bullshit.

[@autobotdiva9268]

@@eightfigurerealestate6825 man made constitution

[@Zer0FuXGiv3n]

​@@eightfigurerealestate6825you wanna try again?

[@TJAnderson]

As an ex-fundie, I don’t think they understand what they are doing. The fastest way out of the church is scholarly study of the Bible.

[@Dusty-y6b]

Religious affiliation is dying fast. Women are the majority of college grads today. These Christofascists know it and they know they gotta do something about it equally fast. That’s what this is all about.

[@wuzittooya]

It won’t be scholarly, let’s be honest. It’ll be read our version of the Bible and you’d better not ask questions.

[@B3Elit3]

Let em teach it. This will backfire. The world needs to move away from religion anyways.

[@memyselfeyetallent7149]

@B3Elit3 move away ? You must be joking. Move to what ?

[@memyselfeyetallent7149]

@user-nv8nt6gm2d feminist liberals dominant the landscape in college today . Not because of education but lack of knowledge. Christianity will never die out.

[@disscustinglybeautiful1652]

Better pull your kids out of school. No students no funding for them.

[@vashmatrix5769]

Rather they be taught the Bible than the false & bigoted evolutionism religion we had shoved down our throats which inspired Columbine.

[@vashmatrix5769]

@@disscustinglybeautiful1652 Public schools took their largest drop in attendance in history when parents found out what they were teaching. Our schools started by teaching from the Bible to make them better citizens... my how obvious it is now that they've banned God & pushed the religion of evolutionism that our society is rotting.

[@truthseeker5097]

But, what if you are Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, or atheist?

[@GloriaMarquez-cv1by]

Convert while there's still time!!! HELL is FOREVER!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥☄️

[@GloriaMarquez-cv1by]

​@@simplerick256Bad words are bad...🙏

[@simplerick256]

@@GloriaMarquez-cv1by you're right...I'm going to delete that comment

[@KetsaKunta]

​@@GloriaMarquez-cv1byDeluded Christian believes that their religion is the right religion, even though Jews share the exact same fiction book

[@ganymede4030]

@@GloriaMarquez-cv1by Insane response.

[@abidd]

My very religious uncle said it best: "I don't want some teacher telling my child what to pray!"

[@markuse3472]

So you'll rather have drag/trans performers giving children lap dances 💃.

[@hammerandthewrench7924]

Why do people act like they can’t go to church for this? You don’t need this in public schools. This will get no where.

[@charlesmartin7536]

Ah, but it brings Christian church to those kids whose parents are anything but. Get that captive audience indoctrination in place somehow. Be sure to emphasize the requirement to establish the 'holier than thou' attitude so whatever they do is sanctioned by their 'saved' state in parroting parts of the Bible, and calling it God's will... Or whatever...

[@777Skeptic]

These people are against grooming. Unless they're the ones doing it.

[@johnpenley]

Another fine moment for the bottom of the barrel in education. This should fix all of their problems.🤨

[@thomasmacon7782]

Yes🤌

[@librarynan4610]

It should help to teach children the Bible. All morality comes from the Bible.

[@susanwjoh0re735]

what? believing in a jewish santa claus is going to fix problems?nooo. it will take us back to the dark ages just like wokism

[@susanwjoh0re735]

@@librarynan4610 like religious people banging lil boys in the azz?burning people at the stake?fighting wars to see which santa claus is real? your morality is all screwed up.

[@grittyfaithgrittyfacts]

Untrue. There are more religions with morality than just Christianity. ​@@librarynan4610

[@kendricklewis4947]

I think religion being taught to children should be up to the parents!!!

[@dannielz6]

It should be up to the children when they become adults capable of critical thinking and reasoning😁

[@justarandomfan2421]

honestly

[@Mare-u3e]

Well, you people don't have a problem with the lgbtq+++++++++++ being shoved down our children's throats.

[@Mare-u3e]

​@dannielz6 "Critical thinking" starts with GOD the MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH!

[@pamelakrueger1696]

He clarifies the Bible in school for historical reasons. Y’all up in arms over a book that’s historically and geographically accurate? There’s no need to fear the Bible!

[@YIKESMF]

The state of Oklahoma is in dire need of abolishing redlined districts and gerrymandering. Period. Its time we turn our state INDEPENDENT OR BLUE.

[@vintagemj4355]

Hell, I'd settle for purple

[@joek5492]

Yeah, turn it into a blue hellhole like california, Good idea😅😅😅

[@Theveganshift77]

won't happen. we will stay deep red, thank you

[@gradycooper475]

@@Theveganshift77 sheep led to the slaughter

[@damoneboyd9945]

​@@Theveganshift77then i have no hope for the state 😂😂😂😂

[@ericfriend7167]

He's made it a personal thing and has no business being involved in making policy for public education.

[@michaela6147]

Hopefully he will get a lawsuit against him

[@bettybritt7194]

How utterly ridiculous, and I say this as a Christian myself. You cannot have a country under our constitution and DEMAND that any one religion be taught in school. And certainly not in public schools where all kinds of religions pay taxes towards these schools.

[@benaviyt1077]

Respectfully, if you say you’re a Christian, i’d encourage you to examine your heart to see if you truly are in the faith. You are putting the authority of man above God’s authority. “…Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.” James 4:4

[@llawliet5767]

@@benaviyt1077 you’re putting your personal beliefs based on blind faith over things that rule the life of millions of people, then call other people out on their faith… Not everyone is religious nor believes in your religion, you cannot use beliefs to run a state but only facts (unless you want to end up like countries from the Middle East).

[@benaviyt1077]

@@llawliet5767 my friend, this was directed at a proclaiming “Christian”. My duty as a fellow Christian, we are to correct one another. I don’t expect an unbeliever to understand, because the natural man can’t understand spiritual things. 1 Corinthians 2:14

[@capirarai4709]

Agreed 💯 💯 true Christian would never ever say Such things😊​@@benaviyt1077

[@capirarai4709]

​@@benaviyt1077❤❤❤ agreed 💯💯👍

[@karenkalweit6018]

If I was forced to teach the Bible, I would begin reading on page one and continue through to the end. That is something that never happens in Bible studies or in churches. You’d be amazed what it says in there.

[@timlong5351]

Exactly. Reading through it is the quickest way to deprogram. The end of Psalm 137 would go over well I’m sure.

[@diamondlion47]

@@timlong5351 "Turn the other cheek?! Love thy neighbor?! Is Jesus a woke commie?!"- some fundamentalist actually reading the bible

[@marjoriegarland2798]

Not every child is Christian! Some are Jewish - like my family, for example. A public school needs to be secular. Freedom of religion is a right for all Americans. Religious studies should be after school or on the weekends. Home and church, home and synagogue, home and mosque. Secular public school should teach the Universal Religion: Respect, kindness, tolerance, treat people the way you wish to be treated.

[@nathanbyd570]

Actually at Calvary Chapel they teach the whole Bible, verse by verse (Costa Mesa affiliates)

[@smurfys_world]

I tried... Too many begats...I lost track and interest.

[@CharlieFlask]

Will students be questioned on the Bible on the SAT test, are questions on the Bible going to be on job applications for major US corporations.. I doubt it..

[@cwhipp9805]

Somethings aren't about teaching to the test. Testing is not even a good way to assess actual knowledge. You guys show again and again everything that is wrong with our school systems.

[@RaggedyHobo]

@@cwhipp9805Right, some things are about teaching baloney, fairy tales. A very important expenditure of valuable education time.

[@whatabouttheearth]

​@@cwhipp9805 I agree, kids should take the Bible to school...The Satanic Bible 😂 Here's the other one: 🔸1 Corinthians 14 (Blatant sexism): "34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. 35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church." 🔹1 Samuel 15:3 (god commands killing babies): "3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass." 🔸Judges 11 (god commands human sacrifice of a young virgin girl): “36 My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the Lord. Do to me just as you promised, now that the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites. 37 But grant me this one request,” she said. “Give me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends, because I will never marry.” 🔹Numbers 5 (forced abortion): "21 here the priest is to put the woman under this curse-“may the Lord cause you to become a curse[d] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell. 22 May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.” 🔸Numbers 31 (Child war slaves/sex slaves): "17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves."

[@whatabouttheearth]

​@@cwhipp9805 I agree, kids should take the Bible to school...The Satanic Bible 😂 Here's the other one: 🔸1 Corinthians 14 (Blatant sexism): "34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. 35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church." 🔹1 Samuel 15:3 (god commands killing babies): "3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass." 🔸Judges 11 (god commands human sacrifice of a young virgin girl): “36 My father,” she replied, “you have given your word to the Lord. Do to me just as you promised, now that the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites. 37 But grant me this one request,” she said. “Give me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends, because I will never marry.” 🔹Numbers 5 (forced abortion): "21 here the priest is to put the woman under this curse-“may the Lord cause you to become a curse[d] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell. 22 May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.” 🔸Numbers 31 (Child war slaves/sex slaves): "17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves."

[@secretsociety1111]

Absolutely not. Get him out of there!

[@wannabetrucker7475]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 never happen, politicians playing to the lowest common denominator, it's what these southern, underperforming states do 😂😂😂😂😂

[@cwhipp9805]

Well just don't come here and then it's none of your business. For some reason you guys are flocking to our areas though

[@stevenmiller3546]

Commiefornia cost them too much!!!

[@ninacarmen8433]

@@cwhipp9805 Cheap rent. Who wouldn't want that? Still doesn't change the fact that quality of life is low, terrible education, and poor healthcare, higher maternal mortality, higher crime etc.

[@brinstl71]

@@cwhipp9805you teach your kids that crap. My kids will learn science and not Old Testament nonsense.

[@dagnabbit6187]

@@ninacarmen8433 You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free but does it really in states like Oklahoma !

[@PaulB-ko2kn]

American Indian religion was here before whiteman Christianity. 😂

[@zulemasanchez1233]

Now many Native Americans have become Christians and really know the "Great Spirit in the skies".

[@kathyjaissle6791]

This is so wrong!!!!!!!!

[@judys5767]

This goes against our bill of rights!

[@vashmatrix5769]

@@judys5767 No, it doesn't. Look back at history. Part of the sales pitch to start public schools was to have them read the Bible to become better citizens.

[@TracyJustice-xd9ql]

Sue them for forcing their religion on you, we don't live in a Christian nation.

[@tylerpantera8023]

😂😂😂😂😂 America was founded on Christianity in GOD we trust America is Christian for sure

[@Theveganshift77]

But we do. 68% of Americans identify themselves as either Catholic, Protestant or other Christian. You probably live in Saudi Arabia

[@jessesmomma6246]

If they teach any other religion they shouldn't have a problem with the Bible

[@Vixxen_Viktoria]

@@tylerpantera8023yeah bud. That wasn’t on coins until the 1800s and on paper money until later in the 1900’s. This country was “founded” by genocidal maniacs that were fanatically forcing their bullshit on to my ancestors. Y’all can leave now.

[@DaxtonKnight]

America was actually founded on Freemasonry. That's why every oath is actually Masonic. Founding fathers. Every president is a mason . It's proven. Not a Christian nation. It's obvious it isn't, satanic pedophiles run the country.

[@Ever_J13]

He needs to be removed from office right now

[@Barbara-jq2se]

Re: comment: 👆A lot of people commenting would rather follow the devil into his field of death but thinking they’re doing something right! Wide is the road to destruction => and narrow is the only way/path to eternal life without any suffering as we have on this polluted & sinful world! Use your brains. 🧠

[@Ever_J13]

@@Barbara-jq2se I don't believe in your devil either. Get outta here with that nonsense

[@ronaldmiller851]

Ryan Walters should be fired immediately!!!

[@JC98x_o]

What if your not Christian or Catholic or not religious or have a different religion living in Oklahoma?

[@darkstriker80]

Oh well I guess.

[@timeames2509]

Exactly! It's ridiculous!!

[@vamp6917]

They probably will have permission forms just in case if they not Christine

[@datchickshortyrock]

People aren’t GrAY and yet they’re forcing that 💩 on the kids. BRING ON THE BIBLE IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TEACH THESE KIDS TO BE KIND & LOVING & GOOD TO ONE ANOTHER! Next they need to ban RAP MUSIC

[@nickpacitti3247]

The original groomers…the church 😂🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@RaggedyHobo]

Nice. This is how you got to number 49 in education, nation wide. Keep up that great effort and you can be 50 in no time. Yay Team!!!

[@vashmatrix5769]

@@RaggedyHobo 😆 Notice how blue states like Illinois keep lowering standards to just make themselves look better...

[@iiell1337]

Imagine if Christians actually followed their savior's teachings...that'd be amazing!

[@GloriaMarquez-cv1by]

Amen... & they would have to read the HOLY BIBLE!

[@wuzittooya]

Oh, please. They haven’t even realized that the precious US of A is no where mentioned in the Bible.

[@Ms.A422]

@@iiell1337 The sarcasm is not becoming and does not help. Secular people have been promoting unfounded theories such as Darwinism in the schools which is in its origins quite a racist theory so why is it such an issue if Oklahoma decides to incorporate the Bible which is based in truth and love, seems like a double standard.

[@chrise.321]

​@@Ms.A422"truth and love"? Telling a father to cut his baby in half?!? Is that the "truth" or "love" part?

[@Ms.A422]

@@chrise.321 Because you don’t understand it properly nor have you attempted to. Where are you quoting this from Old Testament? Old Testament is the old law we follow New Testament as Jesus was the fulfillment of OT laws. Jesus is truth and love.

[@wmpmacm]

Nope. Save it for Sunday school.

[@erikhighpitch1986]

They won't have any teachers or doctors in these places where they telling people they don't have any choices. Who wants their freedoms taken away?

[@golfingfool777]

It's zealots like this guy Walters that actually drive people away from Christianity rather than toward it. I believe that God wants volunteers, not hostages. He gave man free will for that very reason in my mind.

[@zulemasanchez1233]

And this gospel will be preached in all the world and then the end will come. Everyone has to make an informed choice.

[@praxton]

You know what? Fine. Do it. But cover-to-cover. Don't skip anything. Every last word. I'd love to see the look on the faces of the instructors when the kids start asking some basic, common sense questions about a lot of it.

[@dagnabbit6187]

Wait until they get to the part about Lot and his daughters . Want to bet that they will skip over that or scurry through it or tame it down ?

[@marjoriegarland2798]

Not all children are Christian in this world! Freedom of religion in the USA! Public school needs to remain Secular. The only religion to teach in public school is the universal religion which is: Be kind, be tolerant. Show respect to everyone. Treat people the way you want to be treated.

[@tempmail6966]

Right…. like when they learn the bible is the true history book of melanated people ONLY…..Shocker

[@OmniEblis]

If I recall, Nazi reply is usually, “VEE VILL ASK DEE QUESTIONS HEEERE!”

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

@@OmniEblis They also had the phrase "Gott Mit Uns" which is German for "God WIth Us." This is how fascism starts.

[@davidjean5981]

I'm Christian I don't agree. SEPARATION OF RELIGION AND STATE. ABUSE OF POWER

[@benaviyt1077]

Respectfully, if you say you’re a Christian, i’d encourage you to examine your heart to see if you truly are in the faith. You are putting the authority of man above God’s authority. “…Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.” James 4:4

[@dtmc4509]

Everyone gets that phrase backwards. It is to keep the state out of religion, not to keep religion out of the state, duhhhb

[@jameshacker8808]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@dtmc4509 “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ”. How is the state demanding all public schools to teach bible not the state interfering with religious freedom? How is state favoring Christianity not a violation of the first amendment?

[@josephcoatofmanycolors]

@@benaviyt1077well said.

[@The_Ultra_Patriots_Free_Press]

If thoughts and prayers worked, the most religious states/countries would be rich, happy, educated, safe but data shows it's the exact opposite of those things. Knowing this, would it be wise to create more religious people?

[@baronmojo]

you clearly don't know anything about the Bible or Christianity or what the purpose of prayer is

[@The_Ultra_Patriots_Free_Press]

@@baronmojo You can't deny I'm right. Why didnt god release the hostages captured by Hamas? The women assaulted for months, the unbelievable torture, why would god let this happen? They are at the birthplace of the 3 main religions. Why didn't God stop Israel's missles? Killed thousands of civilians, kids blown to pieces but they pray 5 times a day. Maybe not enough? Thoughts and prayers go unanswered, maybe there's nobody listening?

[@zulemasanchez1233]

Israel is God's nation. America was founded on Judeo/Christian beliefs. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. We have strayed far from Him. Opting out of Bible teaching is available. Freedom of choice. But also do not impose your non belief on others by insulting them.

[@sandhanitizer15]

How about teaching how to do taxes? Or how to invest money?

[@bobbystooksbury8901]

You the best Ryan walter keep up the good fight let get these Bible in schools that will make America great again.

[@UHFStation1]

He has pure evil in his soul.

[@thanatos7361]

what if some were not christian? 1st amendment freedom of religion and the sepration of church and state and the bible is just a book

[@dukeon]

So happy to see the comments section is fully rational about this. Separation of church and state, dude, have you heard of it??

[@Fengreki]

Here's how it should be implemented: It shouldn't

[@DoraDuncan]

Absolutely horrendous

[@GloriaMarquez-cv1by]

HELL is ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS & LASTS FOREVER & EVER. Amen. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥☄️

[@pktdbgnzwl]

PERFECT ! Lesson 1. Who were the authors ? (precise answers only please). 2. When did the authors write their pieces ? 3.Where did the writers live &what were the writers positions within the community ? 4. What did they use - pencils, pens & paper/ what supplies did they use to record their thoughts ? 5. Who decided which writings would be in the bible ? 6. Why were certain writings omitted ? 7. How did the original book(the very first bible before Gutenberg) come together & where is it today ? All for now !❤

[@LOwens-xf8yo]

Well, if that’s the law, then let’s do it! Let’s require that all kids in the USA read the entire Bible by 9th grade in a school classroom setting where kids may ask questions, without being shamed or shunned for questioning or doubting That will 100% ensure a next generation of non believers!

[@leagarner3675]

Yep.

[@zulemasanchez1233]

Freedom of choice. Opt out. Like non vaxers.

[@daletalbert1158]

I'd start with all the uncomfortable things the Bible teaches. Like the fact God condones slavery and genocide : that would be a great one to teach in history class. I'd teach how the Bible gets the creation story in the wrong order in science class. I'd preach the story of how God answered a curse from Elisha and 2 bears came down and mauled 42 kids to death because they were calling him names. I'm sure the christo-fascist parents that are cool with the Bible stories could learn a thing or two from little Johnnie's classroom sermon lesson if he takes notes and brings them home to Ma and Pa.

[@MBJean]

That man child has no business being in charge of himself, he can’t even control his emotions. Politics has become the world stage for retaliation and immaturity. I’m sorry the citizens of OK have to foot the bill for the impending lawsuits.

[@Jmp5nb]

Great! They can explain to 2nd graders the details of Adultery, not having “Graven images”, and where the stone tablets for the 10 commandments actually are now. And they say Oklahoma is second to last in this country for meeting educational standards. Go figure.

[@cabbagebox]

Public sxhools=public money. No private religions are allowed. Keep your religion where it belongs, in your church on Sunday.

[@zulemasanchez1233]

Christianity should be in every aspect of our daily lives. For God created us to keep Him close to tell others about Him, to bless them and for their benefit.

[@Beerglass1980]

Read this passages and tell me this is what you want in your schools. •Deuteronomy 22:28-29 •Psalms 137:9 •Numbers 31 (vengeance) •1 Samuel:15:2-3 •Proverbs 23:13-14 •Deuteronomy 28:53-57 •Leviticus:27(degradation of women) •1Timothy2:11-12(degradation of women) •Corinthians 14:34-35 (degradation of women) •Deuteronomy 21:10-14 •Exodus 12:29 •1 Samuel 6:19 •Deuteronomy 17:12

[@zulemasanchez1233]

Not degradation. God's order of authority is; God, Jesus, man, woman. If there is heavenly order and respect for authority, no chaos and everything works better. We are the helper/companion because "it is not good for man to be alone.". But then Eve believed Satan when he lied to her in the garden. "No you will not die if you eat the forbidden fruit. You will be as gods knowing good and evil." Paraphrased, Genesis 3:4-5. Since then women have struggled to be independent from God and man much to our detriment.

[@Beerglass1980]

@zulemasanchez1233 he just have to show up and put order just as simple as that,Why doesn't god shows up instead of having us arguing with eachother, about his existence and who he is? It will clear all this divisions and hatred among us. Just walk into a children's hospital and tell me that there's a loving god. What kind of a maniac destroys his own creation? Specially knowing the outcome, He is all powerful and all knowing, you look at what you created wrong and with LOVE, UNDERSTANDIG AND PASSION for what you created wrong, fix it, not but throwing a temper tantrum and wiping out every single being specially CHILDREN, isn't he supposed to be a LOVING GOD? Part 2 the atrocities in the bible.

[@uncuttfunk]

I’d be forced to sell my home & choose a new state. Unreal.

[@dakin7612]

People should think about this. There are so many interpretations of the Bible and the chances that the teacher will teach the Christianity you believe is slim.

[@caseyalwaysgoing8866]

You are factually incorrect and would love for you to state some source for making a claim like this with absolutely no proof

[@krystaldaniels7940]

This seems like a clear breach of our nations founding principals. I wouldn’t appreciate a public school teaching MY kids the Bible. That would mean your child’s religion will be taught by someone who likely doesn’t even understand what they’re reading! Teachers are not typically theologians and there are so many different beliefs and viewpoints even within Christianity. I’m glad my kids are grown and can still think for themselves.

[@zulemasanchez1233]

They can go home and ask parents to explain or expand on something they do not understand. Much like the"big bang" theory.

[@denniskrust2137]

This guy is a complete nut.

[@rextrek]

he's a Deep in the CLOSET .....he's a Closet-case....... he's so far in it he can see Lindsey Graham, Mike Johnson and Almost NARNIA

[@LandonOakley-d9c]

He's acting like a cult leader

[@possumverde]

He's a manchild pitching a hissy fit.

[@ElCaminoAngosto]

He is not insurruring freedom of religión, he is insurrurring freedom of their religion. I am a Christian but believe freedom of religion means all religions, not only the religion the government approves.

[@benaviyt1077]

Respectfully, if you say you’re a Christian, i’d encourage you to examine your heart to see if you truly are in the faith. You are putting the authority of man above God’s authority. “…Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.” James 4:4

[@ElCaminoAngosto]

@@benaviyt1077 The US was founded by those escaping Papal pereecution. He also used the states to persecute and impose the Catholic religion upon others. Now the US follows in Papal footsteps. Trying to impose your own religion upon others. That is not God, that is following the world. Revelation 13 and the lamb spoke like a dragon making all worship the beast. Founding fathers knew they needed to keep state and religion separate. Now, you are taring down the wall and soon will begin persecution against those who do not accept your mandates. You do not force Christ on people. You show them, by your life, who He is and let them follow Him because they love Him.

[@rensinclair4218]

@@benaviyt1077 tough shit. Really

[@benaviyt1077]

@@rensinclair4218 my friend this was directed at a proclaiming “Christian”, as my duty as a fellow Christian, we are to correct one another. I don’t expect an unbeliever to understand, because the natural man can’t understand spiritual things. 1 Corinthians 2:14

[@Cryptati0n]

Totally illegal. what a joke

[@functionatthejunction]

Keep religion out of schools!

[@CollidingStrings]

It's disturbing that the people responsible for educating our children can't read, understand, or adhere to the laws of our nation. There are a lot of stories in the Bible that are not appropriate for children. Stories of rape, incest, prostitution, genocide, murder and mayhem. Have the people making these laws actually read the Bible? Probably not, they didn't read the Constitution either. Can they read at all? If they want their children exposed to the Bible, parents are responsible for the children's religious education, not the state. Let the parents keep the Bibles in their homes, let the parents have responsibility for their own children's religious education, it is none of the government's business. The state does not have the right to ostracize children for being of different faith. If you teach one religion in the schools, you must teach all religions in the schools. This is why we do not teach religion in school, it is the parent's responsibility. The government does not have the right to mandate our beliefs, or the beliefs of our children. They have greatly overstepped their authority.

[@zulemasanchez1233]

Many examples of bad things that people did in the scriptures. Along with those are the consequences that they brought on themselves. God warns about doing evil, about sin, hate, about stealing, killing, adultery and immorality. God also encourages us to do good for others, blessing the less fortunate, risking everything to praise Him who created us, integrity, hard work and forgiveness. Teaches that good is much better than evil.

[@CollidingStrings]

​@@zulemasanchez1233 I'm a pagan priest, I teach spirituality, that there needs to be balance between the Divine Feminine and Divine Masculine energies to have a balanced civilization. I teach equality between the masculine and feminine energy, that both are equally important, and women are not property or lesser beings for being feminine. I teach the original Divine Trinity of Mother, Father and Child, a family unit. I teach people that their Divine Essence, their soul, provides a direct connection to the Divine, that the Divine provides the compass of the heart to guide them on their own personal sacred journey through life. I teach them that they will return to the world again and again to learn their lessons, one lifetime does not teach them all they need to know, and the world you leave behind is the one that you will inherit. I do not hold with the patriarchal beliefs of the Catholic church, who re-wrote and re-organized the canons of the church to remove spirituality, removed Jesus teachings of spirituality and people's direct connection to the Divine to insert themselves as middlemen interpreters of Divine will and promote patriarchal beliefs to increase the clout of those middlemen. Perhaps I don't want my children being indoctrinated into a belief system that seeks to interfere in their relationship with the Divine to insert a bunch of power-mad priests and middlemen into their lives. You think what they're doing is a good thing because they told you so. What they do not tell you is how they spread their religion across the world. You should do a bit of research on that... but if you are a Catholic, they have forbidden you from doing so. They don't want you to know, makes them look bad. They were terrorists. I see them as charlatans, corrupting the Divine teaching to promote their own agenda and manipulate the population to do as they wish. Not everyone is a Christian "sheep." You have the right to teach your children all the lies you wish, but you don't have the right to impose your beliefs on others, or upon their children. The Bible does not belong in the public school system, and Christian beliefs are not the beliefs I want my people to embrace. A torture-until-death device is not a proper religious symbol, unless you are a worshiper of Satan. I'm sure he is absolutely delighted by your religious symbol, a Divine Being mercilessly tortured to death for speaking truth. What kind of message is that, and what do you suppose was the thinking of the church in placing that image before you as the symbol of your faith? If they had hung him, your symbol would be a gallows, had they beheaded him, an axe or a guillotine. You are so used to seeing it, you do not see it for what it is. Take a step back and have a good hard look at the people promoting Christianity, people with their hands out, telling you what to believe, how to think, who to vote for, and threatening you with Divine retribution if you don't embrace their way of thinking. I have a direct connection to the Divine. I don't need your Bible or your middlemen to tell me right from wrong. Nobody does. The Divine connection and Divine guidance is within you, and it's personal and always available, even to those who cannot read, even to the animals. "God" isn't so mighty if he/she needs a book or a middleman to communicate with you, and you are not very intelligent if you believe that only people who read the same book you do can connect with the Divine. The Divine will teach your children right from wrong directly if you teach your children where to find that guidance, and it isn't in any book. it is in their own hearts. That book is only there to confuse you, get you in your head about your relationship with God, and distract you from your own heart and your own Divine guidance so that you will donate time, money and energy to people who want to filter and distort that information to you to profit themselves. That book is intended to corrupt and confuse your personal relationship with the Divine so that the people who compiled it can profit from you and control you. It is not a good read for spiritual people.

[@Quinntus79]

Weird idea, let parents teach the Bible at home. Why does the state need to do the parent’s job?

[@sciencefirst7880]

What the actual fuck?!!

[@jasjfl]

Every teacher? So how exactly is a math teacher supposed to teach from the bible?

[@possumverde]

I guess they could squeeze in the loaves and fishes bit somehow...

[@Furryfeather]

Wow this a real example of grooming. Hopefully the students religiously object to showing up to this class

[@davidkeller6156]

I’m glad I don’t live in Oklahoma. What part of the First Amendment does he not understand?

[@chrise.321]

The whole "freedom" part.

[@studio107bgallery4]

Are they serious, this can’t be true…….what happened to separation between church and state.

[@vashmatrix5769]

@@studio107bgallery4 That's a Jefferson letter to a Baptist church that you're looking at in an inverted way. It's saying the government can't tell the church what to do.

[@murphyrod4839]

Wow! That is a clear First Amendment Rights Violation. I hope someone files a lawsuit, they will be rich, or more likely file a class action lawsuit.

[@NotaNinja]

So glad our taxes are gonna he wasted buying bibles instead of food for children.

[@puttentanesame6687]

Oklahoma is not OK. Intervention time, folks!

[@Bill-im6nt]

Why not use a copy of Thomas Jefferson's Bible 1820. The literal writer of the Declaration of Independence, and our second President. "Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." ~ Thomas Jefferson, 1787

[@rockdisappeared9203]

The state does not need to teach children the Bible.

[@Barbara-jq2se]

Re: comment: 👆Hmm 🤨sounds like Satan has a buddy who’ll help him out with hate talk about the Bible ✝️📜 which is the most healthful thing we could ever do for them. That’d show the children true love vs. hatred for LOVE ♥️ of humankind.

[@Barbara-jq2se]

Re: comment: 👆I’m referring to the fact that if the children are actually taught the Bible basics 1st they’d learn about TRUE LOVE ♥️ for the Bible 📜✝️and the aultimate sacrifice that Jesus Christ made for all mankind! There’d be such an amazing/awesome beauty in the children’s lives that you’d have a difficult time denying its power for the Good!

[@austinreed5431]

​@@Barbara-jq2sehow about you keep your damn religion out of public schools and realize that not everyone has the same religion as you

[@jacobcarson3997]

What exactly are they going to "teach" about the Bible? If it's an actually academic analysis of the Bible then I'm all for it, they'll create so many atheists/agnostics!!

[@cwhipp9805]

Umm the Bible.

[@tylerellington8796]

Let them use Satan's Guide to the Bible

[@ninacarmen8433]

@@cwhipp9805 So complete and utter nonsense then.

[@pepsilove6306]

surprisingly, most bibles make for really good rolling paper. great fire kindling too.

[@GloriaMarquez-cv1by]

​@@tylerellington8796HELL is FOREVER & EVER...NO escape!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥☄️

[@kyosanim9581]

This is crazy, and when the teacher says they are atheist and take the school districts to court until the state is broke. Every student isn't a Christian and can't be taught such drivel.

[@caseyalwaysgoing8866]

I hope you feel the same on gender identity being taught and forced in schools since not everyone believes in that

[@kyosanim9581]

@@caseyalwaysgoing8866 Is that a book that is part of the curriculum or do they come on stone tablets? What teacher wants to explain adultery, covet, take the Lord's name in vain.

[@rensinclair4218]

​@@caseyalwaysgoing8866too bad bigot

[@ngoma]

Oklahoma continues to embarrass itself.

[@Lynn-r8h]

Even the Republican legislators are trying to stop him. Teachers can’t stand him.

[@denisekeylon1306]

Has he/they heard of Seperation of church and State? You know he/they has!! B.S. I'm with the Oklahoma ladies podcast "I've Had It "

[@Aldcloverf13]

As a Muslim this is disgusting even if they put a Quran in schools you can’t force religon on Someone and your not respecting other people’s religon religon is a Choice and I know for a fact Christians are not allowed to force Christianity and what your doing right now is the exact opposite religon is by choice not by being forced

[@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr]

They'll be kissing federal funding goodbye.

[@charlessteadjr1839]

Shorted sighted. This will backfire and the kids will take the brunt.

[@czrs85]

Walters has never heard of constitutional amendments. He might want to read the first one.

[@stephanpace8678]

So much for separation of church and state.

[@A_Muzik]

If Waters is going to require the Bible be taught, he needs to require that the Quran be taught, the Torah be taught, the Bhagavad Gita be taught, the Dao De Jing be taught, the numerous Buddhist sutras be taught, the Satanic Bible be taught, and every religious text be taught.

[@amitisshahbanu5642]

It's called comparative religion and is taught on the college level. He's not looking for critical thinking.

[@ravie9619]

I totally agree...it is the very foundation of the US Constitution. Come to think of it, in courtrooms and public officials are taking oath with their other hand laying on the Bible, not on any other things but on the Bible as it represents God, it is God's word.

[@josephsterling264]

Theocracy in America.. ridiculous! Keep religion in Churches not Government Education.

[@legette38]

I'm a Christian and I say NEVER!!!!

[@benaviyt1077]

Respectfully, if you say you’re a Christian, i’d encourage you to examine your heart to see if you truly are in the faith. You are putting the authority of man above God’s authority. “…Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.” James 4:4

[@vashmatrix5769]

Good. Puplic schools got started in great part to teach the Bible. Instead, most of us got taught the false religion of evolutionism that contributed to Columbine, WW2, slavery, etc.

[@pamagujar183]

What happened to Freedom of Religion?

[@TfB12]

Never mind the literacy rate in that state lmfao

[@BeaulieuTodd]

This is the second most horrifying time of our nation.

[@jtpalooki7757]

Not enough staff to teach the 3 Rs.. now some genius wants to add to the pile!

[@tylerellington8796]

Now it's 4 R's

[@dontwitty1656]

UNLESS they also allow the other 3,000 recognized religions, unless they provide equal space for their RELIGIOUS tenant's. this would be the authorizing OF a single religion and that, in the land of NO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST COLOR, RELIGION , AGE OR CREED, IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. then followers of other religions, pay taxes also and they have a right to not be forced to see the words of another religion placed in taxpayer funded halls of education- not the halls of religion- which brings up the question, WTF do they have houses of worship for?

[@GloriaMarquez-cv1by]

TRUTH should always be 1st!

[@BethaniBrummett]

This is ludicrous! A lawsuit will ensue over this. It cannot be constitutional. I am from Oklahoma with a child in school and I am so embarrassed by this coming from our state. We have much bigger issues in our schools that need to be addressed. This is a waste of time, money and resources. What an idiot!

[@letsdanceoo]

Sticking the good book where?