Oklahoma leaders crow about parental empowerment, so why are they forcing the Bible on our kids?

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https://oklahomavoice.com/2024/07/29/oklahoma-leaders-crow-about-parental-empowerment-so-why-are-they-forcing-the-bible-on-our-kids/



As a Christian and the parent of two children who attend Oklahoma public schools, I don’t want their teachers deciding what they should know about religion.

That’s my job.

Many versions of Christianity exist – just like the myriad translations of the Bible. I don’t want someone else deciding the morals they’re supposed to impart from biblical stories or to which version of Christianity they should adhere.

The evangelical Bible Project reports publishers have created about 900 different versions of the Bible since the first known English translation was published in the 1500s.

Which version of the Bible will our children be learning? And since the agency is also requiring physical copies of the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Ten Commandments in all classrooms, which translation of the Ten Commandments will be in our classrooms? (To my knowledge, there’s only one version of the Declaration of Independence, which seems to be a little out of place with holy writings from the Middle East.)

Someone will certainly hang the irreverent “Hillbilly Ten Commandments” which take a lighthearted spin on the Old Testament’s guide to living. Those commandments include “No tellin’ tales or gossipin’’” and “Git your hide to Sunday meetin’”.

Our leaders like to preach about parental empowerment when it comes to schools, which is commendable.

This seems to do the opposite of that.