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What I meant was that I think the Bible should be taught in schools. It's one of the founding documents of our culture and part of an important institution in our society. Religions outside of our Judeo-Christian heritage would not be welcome in schools.

I got the gist that was what you felt. If you would please not make claims against me like the pro-abortion comment, I would like to ask you some questions.

If religions outside of our Judeo-Christian heritage is not welcomed in public school... are they welcomed at all in our country? Should we send the PhD's from other countries who really do add to our economy packing? And what about the people who were never brought up with a faith? Should we send them packing too? Because if you try and force their children to read the Bible in school, you will in essence be doing just that.

I live in NJ and I really doubt that making some of my Jewish neighbors read the Bible is going to go over very well. In turn I would not want them to impose the Talmud Bavli onto my children, would you? That is where I believe the Judeo part falls off.

And speaking of interpretation, would that not be an issue given all the various denominations that exist in our country? Which interpretation of the Bible would you teach in school or would it be "majority decides"? If so what happens if the majority changes over time?

And in Utah they would probably decide to teach primarily from the Book of Mormon. For all of those non-Mormons living and working in Utah with families that might pose a problem. What happens if we get some pro-Scientologists on the school board? Do we start reading from the works of L. Ron Hubbard?

In my humble opinion this is going to cause lots of problems. All the different denominations and religions have their own churches where they may go and interpret the Bible (or Talmud or Book of Mormon) in their own way. If these churches are doing their job properly, why is it so important to teach the Bible in public school? Cannot public schools be a place where children of all faiths come to learn, even if the child have no religion at all?

So... because of the reasons I have outlined I respectfully, sincerely disagree with you. Thank you.

"If these churches are doing their job properly, why is it so important to teach the Bible in public school?"

The history of our country cannot be taught in an objective and accurate way without including the Judeo-Christian influences. Do you agree we can't teach children about the Pilgrims without including the reason they came here and who they gave thanks to at the first Thanksgiving feast? Some teachers have actually taught their students that the Pilgrims were thanking the Indians.

I know that my opinions are controversial, even among some conservatives, but I stand by them. I'm not too concerned about people of other religions being left out. That's their problem. I would only point out that separation of church and state is not a constitutional doctrine, but a political one. It has been foisted on us by liberals who seek to eliminate Christianity from public life, especially among children, because it's a foundational institution of our country, and they want to destroy our country. I want to fight that.

I admit, though, that those who favor separation seem to have won the day. I hope that won't always be true.