Posted on 02/27/2022 6:13:31 PM PST by marshmallow
* Newman University in Birmingham tells students studying the Bible the module 'includes themes of sexual violence and abuse - in images and biblical texts'
* The University has flagged up certain passages as especially problematic
* It includes chapter two of Samuel in Old Testament about David, King of Israel
* A University spokesperson said warning is not a commentary on the holy book
A university named in honour of one of England’s greatest religious thinkers has issued a content warning for the Bible.
Newman University, Birmingham, tells students studying the holy book that the module ‘includes themes of sexual violence and abuse – in images and biblical texts’.
Certain passages are flagged up as especially problematic, including a chapter of 2 Samuel in the Old Testament, about David, the King of Israel who had previously slain Goliath.
The passage, marked ‘SV’ to denote sexual violence, tells of David’s adulterous affair with Bathsheba and the role he played in the death of her husband Uriah the Hittite.
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Did they slap the same warning on the Koran, or were they worried about having their throats peacefully slit?
Of course, We all know the answer to that.
This a RCC school?
The Bible has all kinds of human rotteness in it, but it also shows the efforts of God to save us anyway. Taken as a whole, it lays out the reality about God and man.
Yes, RCC, and named after an English cardinal. Anglicans and some Lutherans have bishops, but not cardinals. There were only about 3 English cardinals before the Reformation.
Yet much worse than that, presented visually, and in morally confused, ungodly ways, is available on TV at all hours of the day and night, without warning labels.
Hope they never read Genesis.....Jacob’s family would have been the subject of a special edition of the Jerry Springer show.
“Newman University, Birmingham, tells students studying the holy book that the module ‘includes themes of sexual violence and abuse – in images and biblical texts’.
Certain passages are flagged up as especially problematic, including a chapter of 2 Samuel in the Old Testament, about David, the King of Israel who had previously slain Goliath.
The passage, marked ‘SV’ to denote sexual violence, tells of David’s adulterous affair with Bathsheba and the role he played in the death of her husband Uriah the Hittite.”
The University is likely doing this to keep from being charged with sexual harassment.
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