Willie Style

A West Texas school board, undeterred by the possibility of legal challenges, has approved teaching the King James version of the Bible in a high school elective course critics say will lead to Christian proselytizing instead of education.

The Ector County Independent School District board voted 4-2 Tuesday night to adopt the coursework for its three high schools, which are all in Odessa.

The Ector County Independent School District's decision to base an elective class on
the King James version of the Bible pleased demonstrators from Odessa's Life
Challenge Pentecostal Church.

The decision came the same day a federal judge barred the Dover school district in Pennsylvania from teaching "intelligent design," saying the concept is creationism in disguise and injects religious views into the classroom.

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I have a friend who teaches out there so I am curious to ask for his comment.

Funny how this happens a day after we learn sanity is still alive in America. We all know it's NOT alive in the halls of Congress, but this ridiculous pseudo-science called Intelligent Design had no hope of being allowed.

Now though, a *public* high school wants to offer an elective course based around the King James Version of the Bible.

AGAIN, I will repeat what I said in an earlier post - THAT IS WHY YOU GO TO CHURCH!!

yes yes yes, Odessa, Texas is in the Bible Belt, so what, but I thought public school was for reality-based education. So why would kids want a quadruple dose of religion, assuming the zealots go to church Sunday AM, Sunday PM and Wednesday PM ?

I am just glad I went to school thru the 80s and 90s without all this bullshit going on.