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Oklahoma state superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s top education official ordered public schools Thursday to incorporate the Bible into lessons for grades 5 through 12, the latest effort by conservatives to incorporate religion into classrooms. The directive drew immediate condemnation from civil rights groups and supporters of the separation of church and state, with some calling it an abuse of power and a violation of the U.S. Constitution. The order sent to districts across the state by
Biblical push in schools poses major test for separation of church and state
Officials in red states are increasingly using schools to test the wall between church and state. Oklahoma joined Louisiana last week in insisting that biblical teachings have a place in the classroom, alarming civil liberties groups that say lawmakers are trying to evangelize students in taxpayer-funded schools. “The goal of all of these strategies is to assert Christian favor and privilege in America and to fight democracy’s steady march towards equality for all. It’s very much a
Deciphered Dead Sea Scroll Reveals 364-Day Calendar
In 2017 scholars Eshbal Ratson and Jonathan Ben-Dov of the Department of Bible Studies at the University of Haifa published one of the last two remaining Dead Sea Scrolls in their article “A Newly Reconstructed Calendrical Scroll from Qumran in Cryptic Script” in the Journal of Biblical Literature (Winter 2017). For more than a year, the scholars diligently pieced together 62 Dead Sea Scroll fragments, on which there was writing in code. Ratson and Ben-Dov deciphered the code on
Man gets probation after lighting a Bible on fire
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A Sioux City man arrested for starting a fire inside an apartment has pleaded guilty to arson and has received his sentence. On Wednesday, July 3, court documents show 29-year-old Robelio Cabrera-Escobar was sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to second-degree arson. Originally, Cabrera-Escobar was charged with first-degree arson but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Authorities say back in February 2024, Cabrera-Escobar set fire to a Bible inside
