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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
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
Louisiana public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom, the latest move
Biblical battle between angel of God and 185K invading soldiers uncovered in Jerusalem
A newly discovered archaeological site may provide evidence of Biblical truth. Researchers in Jerusalem have uncovered an ancient military base that may provide clues of
Text omitted from the Bible shows earliest known record of the Messiah’s childhood
A manuscript dating back over 1,000 years has given rare insight into Jesus' life. The newly deciphered text is believed to be around 1,600 years
DNA study links ancient Canaanites to their modern descendants
What happened to the Canaanites? Researchers conducted DNA sequencing on ancient Canaanite skeletons and have determined where the Canaanites’ descendants can be found today. The Canaanites
Mother who beat her three-year-old son ‘because the Bible told her to’ before shaking him to death is jailed
A wicked mother who claimed the Bible told her to beat her toddler with a cane before she murdered him will serve at least 25
Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools
Republican Party of Texas delegates voted Saturday on a platform that called for new laws to require the Bible to be taught in public schools
Using burnt seeds from 1st Temple era, researchers tame a vexing dating enigma
A team of scholars recently used a new method to conquer the Hallstatt plateau, an abiding Iron Age puzzle, and help reveal the timeline of
Succession actor bashes the Bible
"Succession" actor Brian Cox gave a harsh assessment of religion and its impact on the world in a new wide-ranging interview out this week. In a
Man accused of telling 7-year-old girl to take inappropriate photos during Bible study
SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) -- A man was arrested after police said he told a 7-year-old girl to use his cellphone to take an
Hanging Gardens of Babylon in Assyrian Nineveh
At the start of the seventh century B.C.E., the Assyrian king Sennacherib called his new palace at Nineveh a “palace without a rival.” The Hebrew Bible is
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Utah school board reversed its decision to remove the Bible off school shelves
A Utah school district that pulled the Bible off elementary and middle school library shelves this month, citing concerns over the text’s age appropriateness, unanimously reversed that decision Tuesday following appeals from the community. The Davis School District chose to remove the King James version of the Bible from elementary and middle school libraries after a review committee found it included elements of “vulgarity or violence,” CNN affiliate KUTV previously reported. The vote came after
86,000-year-old human bone shows failed expansions out of Africa
Bone fragments found in Laotian cave provide new evidence of early failed human expansions out of Africa, according to a study published this week. The peer-reviewed study, which was published in the academic journal Nature Communications, investigated bone fragments found in the Tam Pà Ling cave in Laos. The cave's name means Cave of the Monkeys and has previously been investigated for pre-historic human evidence. Traditional models for human expansion out of Africa hold to
Lauren Boebert mocked for missing point of Christ’s sacrifice
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is facing a backlash for tying Jesus Christ’s death to gun rights, implying that he could have defended himself from crucifixion had he an assault rifle. Speaking during an event organised by Charis Christian Centre last Saturday, the Colorado Representative said “little Twitter trolls” often challenge her about her pro-gun stance, asking if Jesus needed AR-15 rifles. “They like to say: ‘Oh, Jesus didn’t need an AR-15. How many AR-15s do you
Is this ‘forgery’ actually the oldest-known biblical manuscript?
In 1883, a Jerusalem antiquities dealer named Moses Wilhelm Shapira announced the discovery of a remarkable artefact: 15 manuscript fragments, supposedly discovered in a cave near the Dead Sea. Blackened with a pitch-like substance and their paleo-Hebrew script nearly illegible, they contained what Shapira claimed was the “original” Book of Deuteronomy, perhaps even Moses’s own copy. The discovery drew newspaper headlines around the world and Shapira offered the treasure to the British Museum for £1m.
