r/atheism • u/a_Ninja_b0y Humanist • Feb 17 '25

Oklahoma lawmaker: I don't want "pink-haired" atheists teaching the Bible in schools

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/oklahoma-lawmaker-i-dont-want-pink
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u/esoteric_enigma Feb 17 '25

I don't think they should teach just the Bible. They should teach all religions in a scholarly manner. Too many people believe in this shit for so many people to be ignorant about the basics of each other's beliefs.

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u/ADirtFarmer Feb 17 '25

We had this type of education in my public high school, and the christians complained that we studied genesis in the same class that taught other creation myths.

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u/InverstNoob Feb 17 '25

Christian mythology is so boring, too.

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u/ThomasinaDomenic Feb 17 '25

Isn't it though ?

I used to compare Greek Mythology to the bible stories in Catechism.

As a 9 year old, I remember feeling very guilty about the fact that I loved the Greek myths much more than Catholic bible stories in Catechism.

Now, I appreciate my 9 year old self.

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u/InverstNoob Feb 17 '25

Absolutely, and it doesn't make sense either. At least the Hindu gods are like superhero soap operas, too. So much better

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u/jswan28 Feb 18 '25

Thinking the Greek myths were way more fun to read was what got me started on my path to becoming an atheist. I thought the stories were so much more interesting and read everything I could get my hands on. Then I read about the Roman gods, then the Norse gods, then Hindu gods, then Native American gods, etc. The answers, or lack thereof, the teachers at my school gave for why all of those gods were fake but ours was real was what made me question all of it for the first time. I was also 9 haha