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Colbert on the Bible in Public School Classrooms

posted by Ben Witherington | 10:17pm Friday July 31, 2009
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The John Wesley Fellows Meeting at Candler---- The Art of Theology
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Colbie

posted August 1, 2009 at 1:33 pm


Colbert’s purpose is to be funny, and this joke is a great one. In reality, Stephen Colbert himself is a committed Catholic and teaches Sunday school. Thanks to catholiccolbert.worpress.com for this reference:
“I love my Church, and I’m a Catholic who was raised by intellectuals, who were very devout. I was raised to believe that you could question the Church and still be a Catholic. What is worthy of satire is the misuse of religion for destructive or political gains. That’s totally different from the Word, the blood, the body and the Christ. His kingdom is not of this earth.”
The Bible doesn’t need to be taught in any way in the public schools, parents and churches should do their job outside the classroom, and also discuss religious differences and tolerance with their kids.9



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James

posted August 3, 2009 at 12:19 pm


Mostly agreed… except the Bible should be taught in history, as it is the most important secular historical document for the period it covers.
The Kingdom is on this earth, and it’s coming, too.
Partents should teach “tolerance”, which is to say that our kids should be able to exist peacefully alongside those who hold different beliefs and are dead wrong. They should also teach basic apologetics so they can defend their faith, with gentleness and respect, to those who are lost and in error.
And I thought it was a funny one, too. :)



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Cameron

posted August 5, 2009 at 10:54 am


LOL. Stephen Colbert is the man. Anyone who says that Vietnam, Watergate, and Katrina are God’s punishment on our nations sexual immorality deserves to be made fun of.



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