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Trump Tackles a New Topic on Twitter
He backs Bible literacy classes, something he hasn't discussed before
http://www.newser.com/story/270537/trumps-bible-tweet-sparks-a-conversation.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_top
A tweet from President Trump was the subject of discussion and scrutiny on Monday, and this time, the topic wasn't one of his habitual ones. He wrote, "Numerous states introducing Bible Literacy classes, giving students the option of studying the Bible. Starting to make a turn back? Great!" Politico reports the tweet came 30 minutes after Fox & Friends did a segment on the move to add these elective courses in public schools. The segment featured North Dakota Rep. Aaron McWilliams, the co-sponsor of one such bill. Politico notes that Trump's tweet wasn't exactly correct in that no state has passed a bill along these lines. What you need to know:
Politico cites a USA Today article published last Wednesday on the "wave of 'Bible literacy' bills." It's a good primer that details how lawmakers in six statesFlorida, Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Virginia, and West Virginiahave in 2019 introduced bills that would mandate or encourage public schools to carry classes narrowly focused on the Bible from a historical and literary perspective. In 2017, Kentucky instituted a Bible studies law that offered guidelines for public schools regarding the electives.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)including the bible. He's just throwing out red meat to his ignorant base and the even stupider evangelicals.
Andy823
(11,495 posts)He has all of these:
Here is a brief description of each of the seven deadly sins:
Pride An inflated, unrealistic sense of your self-worth.
Envy The feeling that you deserve the possessions, success, virtues, or talents of another person.
Gluttony An excessive desire for the pleasure of eating and drinking.
Lust A selfish focus on sex or a desire to have sexual pleasure with someone other than your spouse.
Anger An excessive, improper desire to exact revenge.
Greed A strong desire for possessions, especially for possessions belonging to another.
Sloth Lack of effort in the face of a necessary task, causing it to go undone (or done badly).
oldlibdem
(330 posts)anything to deflect from his failed presidency.
PSPS
(13,608 posts)Does putin give him these directions during their frequent middle-of-the-night phone calls, or does Fox & Friends act as intermediary?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)What biblical texts do you personally think should be given priority in a bible literacy class? Try to limit yourself to just 10.
MyOwnPeace
(16,937 posts)on the Two Corinthians! (that counts as two, right?)
0rganism
(23,962 posts)for someone purporting to represent the interests of fundamentalist Christians, it seems anomalous that he knows exactly jack shit about the Bible himself. maybe he can get a 1h/week refresher from some fanatical nutcase to bring him up to speed on rightwing religious dogma?
no_hypocrisy
(46,154 posts)'Nuff said!
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Behind the Aegis
(53,975 posts)Of course, he'd want something like this...distraction, as well as keep the population at bay. How about they demand MANDATORY civics classes?! Nah, because then the populace becomes informed and may throw the bums out.
klook
(12,162 posts)HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)Better get THEM on your program, Trump
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Hope she runs for office someday! Brava Saffron!
Wounded Bear
(58,685 posts)one of his twitter threads with all the numbered verses and shit.