Jesus removed from Texas Bibles

[texastoast]

The Texas Board of Education announced Monday that it will order new Bibles for Texas schools that remove all references to Jesus on the grounds that his teachings are “too liberal” for the classroom. The changes will likely impact Bibles sold throughout the U.S. because Texas buys more Bibles than any other state.

The board approved the changes in a 10 to 5 party-line vote with unanimous support from Republicans. Dr. Don McLeroy, a dentist and leader of the board’s conservative faction, said the changes were approved without any input from theologians, in keeping with the board’s practice of editing schoolbooks on its own and ignoring experts.

“I know there’s folks who will say we in Texas have no business teaching religion in the classroom, well frankly a bunch of ignorant zealots like us have no business meddling with textbooks either but that’s didn’t stop us from doing so,” McLeroy said. “Here in the republic of Texas we don’t give a lick what the rest of the country thinks, unless of course we need federal money or help with stuff like hurricanes.”

;-)

FULL STORY AT LINK

http://www.thechicagodope.com/2010/07/12/jesus-removed-from-texas-bibles/

[ananda]

1. That coulda been true.

lol

[marmar]

2. Sadly, this is almost believable.

nt

[the redcoat]

3. jesus was a commie

burn the bible

[damntexdem]

11. "Jesus Christ was a man, an honest working man, a carpenter true and brave."

"He told all the rich to give their money to the poor, so they laid Jesus Christ in his grave."

Good ole Woody knew the score.

[littlewolf]

4. lol

[RKP5637]

5. We all know he was a damn dirty hippie, anyway, all that liberal crap he talked. n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. “Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things:

“Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you’re going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love.” - Butch Hancock

[blondeatlast]

8. LOL! nt

[Soylent Brice]

10. awesome quote.

:rofl:

[MilesColtrane]

7. That bit about,...

"If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." is obviously a misquote.

What He meant to say was, "Diversify your portfolio if you wish it complete, sell high, buy low and really stick it to the poor."

[Golden Raisin]

9. Let's see...

Liberal, check. Jewish, check. Long-haired hippie, check. No visible source of income, check. Probably looked more like Osama bin-Laden than Brad Pitt, check. Most likely wouldn't gain admission to a Texas Country Club or gated community.

[FiveGoodMen]

14. "Most likely wouldn't gain admission to a Texas Country Club"

He hasn't had much luck getting into churches, either.

[Kievan Rus]

12. This actually sounds like something the Conservative Bible would really do

[Bryn]

13. When I posted it on my facebook that link was quickly shared by

several people. LOL Maybe they think story's real. :D But it could be because of the way they act.