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GiqueCee

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12. My take on the origin of religion...

Reply to nwduke (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 11:42 AM

Feb 27

... The sleaziest weasel in the cave said to the biggest bully in the cave, "You be government, and I'll be religion, and we'll have 'em by the short curlies for the next 50 thousand years!"

– Recovering Sunday School teacher

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Hundreds of corrections being issued for Texas' Bible-infused curriculum [View all] BumRushDaShow Feb 27 OP

Are All Christians Included? Roy Rolling Feb 27 #1

If one's religion is so great... OldBaldy1701E Feb 27 #2

Oh, look. A christian based curriculum filled with factual errors. mwmisses4289 Feb 27 #3

Christianity is based on factual errors. maxsolomon Feb 27 #14

Let's go back to worshipping the sun. It is real dude. twodogsbarking Feb 27 #4

Old time religion/Pete Seeger cbabe Feb 27 #7

How is this not an establishment of a specific religion by a state a direct violation of the First Amendment? Lonestarblue Feb 27 #5

Because the current SCOTUS will rule that unless the law specifically has the words... Ol Janx Spirit Feb 27 #9

Religion!😵‍💫 nwduke Feb 27 #6

My take on the origin of religion... GiqueCee Feb 27 #12

A bunch of Bible-pounders couldn't get education right? Who knew? Aristus Feb 27 #8

Reddit thread about Bluebonnet apparently both using AI to write textbooks and plagiarizing other textbooks: highplainsdem Feb 27 #10

Licensing and copyright violations. Christians didn't get approval to use the creative property of others? ChicagoTeamster Feb 27 #11

Thankfully this is a not requirement LtTx Feb 27 #13

Thanks for the facts. nt eppur_se_muova Feb 27 #15

"... preaching over teaching." As intended. NM Grins Mar 1 #16

It was more important to these conservatives to indoctrinate children than to provide quality education ck4829 Mar 2 #17