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minus-squarefoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoThat’s where the teacher uses the skeptics guide to the king James Bible not as a way to profess but as a way to facilitate conversation. The teacher doesn’t have to challenge anything. The skeptics Bible just lays the references to other parts of the Bible out bare. Ask the class “how many sons did God have? What does the Bible tell us. Talk with your neighbor about what you think based on what the Bible says” The Bible has several answers to this. So, they arguements come from the students understanding of scripture, not the teacher teaching it. Source: catholic school in a blue state.
That’s where the teacher uses the skeptics guide to the king James Bible not as a way to profess but as a way to facilitate conversation.
The teacher doesn’t have to challenge anything. The skeptics Bible just lays the references to other parts of the Bible out bare.
Ask the class “how many sons did God have? What does the Bible tell us. Talk with your neighbor about what you think based on what the Bible says”
The Bible has several answers to this. So, they arguements come from the students understanding of scripture, not the teacher teaching it.
Source: catholic school in a blue state.