Isn't It Ironic? A beautiful good morning to everyone out there! - The other day someone sent me an e- mail showing two pictures, a young school kid with a chained bible and an adult prisoner reading the bible. Beneath the pic showing the child, it says something like no bibles allowed in schools, and the text under the second picture reads that one encourages the reading of the bible in jails and prisons. The headline goes like Both Government Institutions, and at the bottom the question
Isn't It Ironic? stares you right in the face. I am sure this e- mail has found its way into hundreds of thousands of inboxes by now, and I can only hope that it keeps spreading because this matter is not ironic but an absolutely counterproductive example of hypocrisy and ought to be addressed.
I had no knowledge about the bible being prohibited in educational facilities such as schools.
I must admit, I only learnt about this the day I received that e- mail, and I am still in absolute disbelief! I thought my country sucked as far as accepting our old traditional religious symbol number one, the Christian Cross, to be eventually replaced by other symbols such as the Turkish
Half Moon. However, the fact that the bible is actually entirely banned from the class room in this country makes us over there look like kids just fooling around in the sand box. No problem, the American Constitution is based on Religious Freedom among several other Amendments which by the way is totally unique unlike the rest of the world, and that's okay, I guess. What truly bothers me though, is this bottomless hypocrisy behind all of this. Why is it that the bible is not accessible to children at Kindergarten and school - along with other Holy Books representing other main religions, of course - but you find a bible in every single motel and hotel room right next to the remote control which is just a click away from sinful porn channels? Honestly, I cannot think of a more inappropriate place to put a bible! And now, as if that wasn't enough yet, I'm learning that in correctional facilities throughout the whole nation jail birds are called upon turning to the wisdom of the Holy Bible. Sorry, but that is BS and again utterly hypocritical! If children were not forbidden to explore the bible or any other Holy Script like the Koran from an early age on, they would most likely learn that for instance the Ten Commandments are there for a good reason, and I bet you, most of those little ones would never see a prison or jail from the inside as juveniles or adults later in life. Seriously, the majority of incarcerated folks is usually miles off the right path, so what is the bible supposed to fix at that stage. Exactly, nothing as the damage has been done already and in most cases cannot be undone. The bible such as any other Holy Book would more than likely have set the tracks for change had today's prisoners been taught the basic principles of how to treat each other with love and respect. No stats or surveys are necessary to prove me wrong here because that's common sense, nothing else. I am so glad that I was schooled about the Catholic Bible during my first 19 years, and I would wish for all the kids here to be able to experience the same with their Holy Scripts regardless of age, sex, religion, and color.
Isn't It Ironic? stares you right in the face. I am sure this e- mail has found its way into hundreds of thousands of inboxes by now, and I can only hope that it keeps spreading because this matter is not ironic but an absolutely counterproductive example of hypocrisy and ought to be addressed.
I had no knowledge about the bible being prohibited in educational facilities such as schools.
I must admit, I only learnt about this the day I received that e- mail, and I am still in absolute disbelief! I thought my country sucked as far as accepting our old traditional religious symbol number one, the Christian Cross, to be eventually replaced by other symbols such as the Turkish
Half Moon. However, the fact that the bible is actually entirely banned from the class room in this country makes us over there look like kids just fooling around in the sand box. No problem, the American Constitution is based on Religious Freedom among several other Amendments which by the way is totally unique unlike the rest of the world, and that's okay, I guess. What truly bothers me though, is this bottomless hypocrisy behind all of this. Why is it that the bible is not accessible to children at Kindergarten and school - along with other Holy Books representing other main religions, of course - but you find a bible in every single motel and hotel room right next to the remote control which is just a click away from sinful porn channels? Honestly, I cannot think of a more inappropriate place to put a bible! And now, as if that wasn't enough yet, I'm learning that in correctional facilities throughout the whole nation jail birds are called upon turning to the wisdom of the Holy Bible. Sorry, but that is BS and again utterly hypocritical! If children were not forbidden to explore the bible or any other Holy Script like the Koran from an early age on, they would most likely learn that for instance the Ten Commandments are there for a good reason, and I bet you, most of those little ones would never see a prison or jail from the inside as juveniles or adults later in life. Seriously, the majority of incarcerated folks is usually miles off the right path, so what is the bible supposed to fix at that stage. Exactly, nothing as the damage has been done already and in most cases cannot be undone. The bible such as any other Holy Book would more than likely have set the tracks for change had today's prisoners been taught the basic principles of how to treat each other with love and respect. No stats or surveys are necessary to prove me wrong here because that's common sense, nothing else. I am so glad that I was schooled about the Catholic Bible during my first 19 years, and I would wish for all the kids here to be able to experience the same with their Holy Scripts regardless of age, sex, religion, and color.
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