Why do US schools not allow the Bible to be taught ?

Tuur said:

Um...

Jesus Christ was born into a Jewish family and kept the Jewish law. He informed his listeners what he didn't come to abolish the Jewish law. The first Christians were Jews who continued to observe the law, and there was the question of whether salvation was open only to Jews, meaning that gentiles would have to become Jews, or to both Jews and gentiles. Even some of the Jewish commentaries mention Jesus of Nazareth.

The difference is that many Jews never accepted Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah, just as many gentiles today do not. It's my understanding that at least Orthodox Jews do not consider a Jew who accepts Christ as still being a Jew, though I could be wrong. A quick check shows that reading the New Testament isn't forbidden even to Orthodox Jews, and some rabbis acknowledged reading non-Jewish religious texts, so that is not an offense against Judaism.

All this being the case, then how is teaching about Jesus of Nazareth anti-Semitic?

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Maria Billingsley said:

Having first hand knowledge of how Jewish families treat, even their own, if one departs and marries a Christian, imagine a Jewish child in a Christian infused secular school.
Teaching a Jewish child about their Messiah is a wonderful thing but Judaism does not allow it and completely incompatible.
Folding Christianity into secular schools with Jewish children present could indeed lead to antisemitic tropes among students. Some historical Christian teachings about Jews and the crucifixion of Jesus have been used to fuel hatred, and without a careful, interfaith approach, such lessons could be misunderstood by children, leading to harmful stereotypes.
Many organizations are fighting against this. Here is one for your review.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/meet-the-jewish-woman-leading-the-fight-against-american-christian-nationalism/

Thanks for sharing.

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Tuur said:

By that reasoning, sharing the gospel promotes anti-Semitism. And yet the current wave of anti-Semitism we're witnessing comes at the hands of the second or third generation raised with a secular education, from people who have equal contempt for Christians and Jews.

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Tuur said:

And yet the current wave of anti-Semitism we're witnessing comes at the hands of the second or third generation raised with a secular education, from people who have equal contempt for Christians and Jews.

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Tuur said:

By that reasoning, sharing the gospel promotes anti-Semitism. And yet the current wave of anti-Semitism we're witnessing comes at the hands of the second or third generation raised with a secular education, from people who have equal contempt for Christians and Jews.

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BCP1928 said:

Not so fast, Tuur. The current wave of antisemitism comes from redefining antisemitism to be any criticism of the Netanyahu regime and brands many Christians and Jews as anti-semites.

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essentialsaltes said:

I don't think that's what's behind the "Jews will not replace us" crowd.

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Maria Billingsley said:

There are plenty of ways and opportunities to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Christian Nationalism indoctrination is just not one of them.
Thanks for sharing.

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Tuur said:

Bible stories in school = Christian National indoctrination?

Odd. The very last one I heard in school concerned King Belshazzar, Daniel, and the writing on the wall. The book of Daniel is from the Ketuvim of the Tanakh.

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Tuur said:

Does that include chants of "From the river to the sea?"

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BCP1928 said:

Why not? The Palestinians are the indigenous people of the region. They want it back. They would want it back regardless of the religion of the Europeans who moved in and took over.

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