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nwduke

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6. Religion!😵‍💫

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 10:01 AM

Feb 27

In its more authoritarian forms, religion punishes questioning and rewards gullibility. Faith is not a function of stupidity, but a frequent cause of it! Mark Twain: “Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool!”

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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