Posted on 06/25/2026 9:07:57 AM PDT by Morgana
Praising a proposal to require Texas public school students to read Bible stories and passages in class, supporters say the perspective is an important acknowledgment that the nation was founded on Judeo-Christian values.
Rabbis and Jewish leaders, however, criticized the biblical passages chosen by the State Board of Education as heavy on Christianity and dismissive of Judaism, reducing the term Judeo-Christian to “a fig leaf at inclusion.”
The State Board of Education kicked off a week of meetings Monday by hearing from more than 400 experts, teachers and concerned citizens on two proposals — one that would overhaul the state’s social studies curriculum, and another that would create a required reading list for K-12 public schoolchildren. Both proposals include biblical references, passages and stories. A final vote is expected by Friday.
Many of the speakers who praised the proposed reading list said it was important to teach children about Judeo-Christian heritage and values.
“Don’t lie about where we came from as Americans,” witness Richard Green said. “It was the Judeo-Christian value system that produced the greatest, most powerful, the wealthiest, most free, the most benevolent nation in the history of the world.”
Larry Holland with the conservative grassroots group Citizens for Education Reform endorsed the reading list because it was aligned with “a nation founded on the principles of Judeo-Christian heritage.”
Several rabbis and Jewish individuals rejected the use of “Judeo-Christian” to support the list.
“One would think that this phrase is meant to evoke friendship between the two faiths, but I do not find that here — or in the language surrounding support for this list,” said Blake Ziegler, a Texas field organizer for the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism.
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Thank you. There’s no such thing.
The First Amendment does not permit the state to anoint one religious tradition above others.
Actually it does. The First Amendment merely forbids federal interference with the states' established of religion. It does not mandate a secular state.
It largely started in the 1940s as a rejection of Nazism, pushed hard by the media headquartered mainly in NYC. It became the defacto phrase during the cold war as a way to differentiate us from the “godless” Soviets, and the “Judeo” was brought along for the ride
Oh I hope they totally emphasize the OT. Fire, Brimstone, the Almighty smoting people left and right. Gimme dat Old Time Religion!
Old Testament names were popular in the colonial period and continued to be so in the 19th century: Benjamin, Samuel, Josiah, Abraham, Nathaniel, David, Jared, Jacob, Daniel just among the Signers of the Declaration of Independence or of the Constitution of the United States.
No, I meant Greco-Roman wrestling.
Waa-Waa! Just shut up already. We are sick of you whining.
I used to support the JOOS, but now realizing just how much influence they have over us/the world, and their constant whining, its getting old.
“Christian Zionists”? That’s like “Christian Mooslimbs”.
Most Christians are FAKE/PHONY Christians anyway, so why should I care?
I hope that they will “see the light” before its too late.
Its never too late to accept Christ, except after you are dead. No do overs. Death is the dividing line. All the begging and pleading will do you no good. Its time for judgement and its a decision that has already been made. The sentence is already decided. The judgement is just when you find out and realize how foolish you have been with ETERNAL consequences.
God wouldn’t do that, you say. Maybe you should have read a bible.
In a secular legal sense, I agree.
But:
If the Jews are right, then Christians are worshiping a false god ... at best a figment of their imaginations, at worst a demon.
If the Christians are right, then the Jews are rejecting, insulting, condemning, and cursing the one True God Himself.
Your WHOLE faith stands on the Messianic Jewish Disciples.
Wrong there are about a Million Jews who believe on YESHUA.
Christianity is Jewish.
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My faith is on Jesus Christ, the messiah the Jews rejected back then and still do.
If those Jews believe that YESHUA is the messiah, the Son of God, the redeemer who can forgive sins, then they are Christians.
If you want to clarify that the people you specify are ethnically Jewish, with perhaps a family history of eating matzoh balls and a greater tendency for Tay-Sachs disease, that's fine. But in terms of religion, they sound like Christians and not Jews.
Wrong. Messianic Jews are FULLY Jews. We worship on our own Messianic Congregations. Just like the Apostles never stoped being Jews. In the beginning the issue was whether Gentiles could be saved AT ALL without being Jews. Saved Genymtiles have been grafted into the Israel of GOD.
“Christianity is Jewish.”
A “Jew” is someone who rejects Jesus Christ. Before the time of Christ there was no word as “Jew”. Jesus was not a Jew. He was a Judian or Judaean, of the Tribe of Judah, however he was not a “Jew”.
Yes
God is not finished with Israel and the Jews
Not by a long shot
Messianic Judaism is a syncretic Protestant Christian religious sect that incorporates elements of Jewish practice. It considers itself to be a form of Judaism but is generally considered to be a form of Christianity, including by all mainstream Jewish religious movements.
You can believe whatever you want to believe. But don't expect other people to believe along with you.
Wrong. We Messianic Jews break you brains. There are a million Jewish believers in YESHUA, ALL still Jewish. The very foundation of the USA is based on a Messianic Jewish foundation. IF you are a true believer, than you are grafted into the Israel of GOD. Unsaved Jews are cut out, and have no part of the kingdom.
Wikipedia is a leftist source. All true believers are together on the Olive Tree of YESHUA. Romans 11.
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