09-28-2010, 07:35 PM
Unless your question is about Christianity or the Bible, then it seems your best bet is to ask a white Evangelical.
As for the poor knowledge of other religions and cultures, doesn't that speak more to the woeful state of education in our country? How much time is spent on the world's great religions? Not much. How much disinformation is out there about the separation of church and state and about the role of religion in public life? Lots.
A surprising number of people think that teachers can't use the Bible or other religious texts in class as examples of literature. They can, and really they should. You can't understand Shakespeare or many other great writers if you don't know anything about the major stories and themes of the Bible. Same for other religions and the literature of their cultures. Those texts need to be studied in the context of history, literature and social movements.
Too bad we have too many narrow minds on both sides who can't see this.
As for the poor knowledge of other religions and cultures, doesn't that speak more to the woeful state of education in our country? How much time is spent on the world's great religions? Not much. How much disinformation is out there about the separation of church and state and about the role of religion in public life? Lots.
A surprising number of people think that teachers can't use the Bible or other religious texts in class as examples of literature. They can, and really they should. You can't understand Shakespeare or many other great writers if you don't know anything about the major stories and themes of the Bible. Same for other religions and the literature of their cultures. Those texts need to be studied in the context of history, literature and social movements.
Too bad we have too many narrow minds on both sides who can't see this.