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Bids opened Monday for a contract to supply the state Department of Education with 55,000 Bibles. According to the bid documents, vendors must meet certain specifications: Bibles must be the King James Version; must contain the Old and New Testaments; must include copies of the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights; and must be bound in leather or leather-like material.
A salesperson at Mardel Christian & Education searched, and though they carry 2,900 Bibles, none fit the parameters.
But one Bible fits perfectly: Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the U.S.A. Bible, endorsed by former President Donald Trump and commonly referred to as the Trump Bible. They cost $60 each online, with Trump receiving fees for his endorsement.
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Specifically created for the grift.
Walters is a piece of shit.
There is no better description of the anti christ than trump.
He’s also the Republican’s golden calf.
I don’t believe in the coming of an antichrist but damn, why do so many prophecies written two millennia ago point to one specific person, especially when those prophecies are so specific
I think they just had a very good idea of the concept of an evil, immoral leader.
They had plenty of them back then after all. Especially in the Roman empire.
But then there’s also the seven heads (seven trump headquarters), getting shot in the head thinking it’s fatal but surviving seemingly through a miracle, the ones about his relations to the kingdom to the south, resulting in criticism from the north and east etc
Of course it’s coincidence (at some point there just has to be someone who can be accurately described with these prophecies) but it’s still very interesting
Why are they putting bibles in classrooms in the first place? Did they repeal the First Amendment?
The first amendment doesn’t apply to Christian evangelism.
According to SCOTUS at any rate.
The Bible is really important for understanding western society and it’s history. It has a place in the classroom.
I’m sure that was not the motivation behind that law but it’s true.
There are history books that can contextually bring our students up to speed on what religious texts drove certain events/societies.
You’re not wrong but, thankfully, studying history and teaching the impact of things doesn’t require the things to physically be in the room.
It might fit into history if it hadn’t been changed and edited, sections omitted, additions made, for the entire time it existed. It was only the printing press that allowed us to have true copies for the masses.
It surely has a place in history, but not for psychology or sociology. In my opinion there is some value educationally but its very limited. There are even denominations that exclude books or add them, so it depends which religion you consider to be the “main” one.
To have a truly nuanced class about it, would have to be in college I would think.
It has a place in history because the last thousand years of Western civilization have been directly influenced by it
I just don’t know how much you could go into it in grade school. They tend to leave out the bad stuff the US does until you go to college.
I’m sure jeebus had a thing or two to say about marketplaces of thieves and swindlers.
“It is written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of robbers.” -Matthew 21:13
To be clear, I don’t believe in fairy tales, but they clearly don’t either.
I like to read the biblical texts as texts you have to interpret. Basically like fairytales and fables are in versions that aren’t from the brothers Grimm and especially Disney - they often were used to carry points that wouldn’t have been tolerated by authority if they hadn’t been covered like that, or simply to tell about some aspects of life.
When reading it like this the Bible is an extremely interesting book, and I’m saying that as an atheist.
Its more interesting once you find out how many things were changed over the years. The why it was changed is the most curious part. Was it a tired scribe who skipped a passage, completely omitting it? Was it intentionally rewritten by someone to “clarify” its intent?
There are some good papers and presentations recorded online if you are interested.
As a christian, that’s how I like to read it too.
Fables if u will
if that doesnt convince you that religion is made up on the spot for conniving convenience, nothing will
Religion is the multi-tool, always there to back you up no matter what.
For fuck’s sake in ten years we’re going to hear kids tell us the Constitution was given to us by Jesus.
There will be no Constitution
Oh no. It’s an important point of legitimacy to have one. It won’t be worth a damn though.
Wasn’t it George W. Bush that said, “… it’s just a god damn piece of paper?”
I’m sure he wasn’t the first. (Yeah I’m looking at you Andrew Jackson, we haven’t forgotten.)
With the 3 million they would save buying the cheaper bibles(something they shouldn’t be doing either) they could wash a lot of men’s feet. They could be teaching all these students how to fish. That is their job after all.
people still read the KJV?
and like, not as some sort of masochistic snoodery?
KJV people are always around. Thee thy and thou.
deleted by creator
Civilization
Capitalism
Idiocracy
Murika
Leech.
Thats the word for a country that turns worldwide suffering into cash.
Yep, that’s when you start with the answer you want, then set “general” requirements that only it can meet
Who tf wrote those requirements?
It seems pretty clear to me that they intended the Trump Bible to be the only one that fit all the specifications.
Ah, yes, the best thing to do money laundering with: Bibles!
Likely not the first time
Trump, cashing in on licensing. Like the $100K watches, where proceeds don’t quite go to funding his campaign. They money goes pretty much directly to his pocket. He loves the poorly educated!
And shoes!
So… do Catholic Schools have to use this King James Bible?
Because that’s going to be fun.
Public schools i believe
Catholics have their own Bible.
Exactly.
Isn’t it ironic that bibles sold to this agency have the documents stating there is separation of church and state included in the book?
