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Should the Bible be taught in public schools?
Should Homer's Illiad be taught? Or Augustine and Thomas Aquinas? Of course, these works shaped Western civilization.
The fear that some bucolic exhorter would use the forum as a platform for evangelism is real. As a First Amendment man and military officer, sworn to support and defend the U.S. Constitution from enemies foreign and domestic, the public forum supported by tax dollars and the government is not the forum for evangelism.
On the other hand, the Bible, its contents, themes, and stories should inform any serious student of Western history--believer and unbeliever.
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