Scam to shovel taxpayer dollars to Trump.
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Specifically created for the grift.
Walters is a piece of shit.
Forcing your State to buy 55000 Bibles from ONLY Trump is PROOF that DEMOCRATS are the Swamp!
There is no better description of the anti christ than trump.
He’s also the Republican’s golden calf.
Shouldn’t Church and State doctrine (or whatever it is called) immediately make all of this illegal?
Yep! That’s why they’re counting on, throwing enough dollars at the conservative judges that they will let this theocratic bullshit stand.
Fuck them and anyone who supports their religion
It's probably purposely designed to create a court case so the Supreme Court can hollow out that principle.
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This is the perfect job for the satanic temple.
The bible, complete with all American founders documents : brought to you by satan.
I so want them to do this. Big ol baphomet right on the cover, and put the TST tenets on the first page. If they undercut the Trump bible aren't they kind of obligated to go with the cheaper option?
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Bible [...] must include copies of the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
I'm sorry? Why would people mixed (modern) political text to their religious ones? Aren't people buying bibles suppose to care about their religion?
The goal is to abolish separation between church and state bit by bit.
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They catered the criteria so only a single company fit the bill
By making those requirements they are making sure money is diverted from teacher's paychecks an into Trump's pockers
Why are they putting bibles in classrooms in the first place? Did they repeal the First Amendment?
Apparently, the State Superintendent gets to decide what gets taught in classrooms, and how it gets taught is left up to individual school districts. But it's fully within his right because no "commentary" is allowed around the Bible, just how important it was to America's history.
Why that requires a physical copy that's leather bound, I have no idea. Nor why the money has to come from the fucking payroll budget.
Oklahoma is ranked 49th in education, yet this is what we're spending money on? Seriously?
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The first amendment doesn't apply to Christian evangelism.
According to SCOTUS at any rate.
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people still read the KJV?
and like, not as some sort of masochistic snoodery?
Some denominations do believe that only the KJV is the correct English translation. Many of those people do not understand what the words actually mean. They interpret the text very narrowly and frequently are told by others what interpretation is correct.
They also don't know that King James was gay. And it pleases me to inform them.
Which the whole symbolism of the temple veil being torn when Jesus carked on the cross was meant to mean there was no need for anyone (the clergy) to do that or to intercede.
See also: Jesus chasing away salesmen in the temple, because they used god to peddle shit to people.
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It's public domain so they don't have to pay for the copyright of a modern translation.
American Standard, Young's Literal Translation, are both out of copyright as well. Both of which are more readable than the KJV and frequently offer more insight into historical and cultural context without... fudging things for political interests....
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if that doesnt convince you that religion is made up on the spot for conniving convenience, nothing will
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I'm sure jeebus had a thing or two to say about marketplaces of thieves and swindlers.
"It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are making it a den of robbers." -Matthew 21:13
To be clear, I don't believe in fairy tales, but they clearly don't either.
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With the 3 million they would save buying the cheaper bibles(something they shouldn't be doing either) they could wash a lot of men's feet. They could be teaching all these students how to fish. That is their job after all.
For fuck's sake in ten years we're going to hear kids tell us the Constitution was given to us by Jesus.
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Yep, that’s when you start with the answer you want, then set “general” requirements that only it can meet
Who tf wrote those requirements?
It seems pretty clear to me that they intended the Trump Bible to be the only one that fit all the specifications.
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Rev 22:18 NET testify to the one who hears the words of the prophecy contained in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book
I always object to adding anything to the bible. It is fine to want a printed constitution but it should be a separate book.
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Trump, cashing in on licensing. Like the $100K watches, where proceeds don't quite go to funding his campaign. They money goes pretty much directly to his pocket. He loves the poorly educated!
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So... do Catholic Schools have to use this King James Bible?
Because that's going to be fun.
Public schools i believe
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Isn't it ironic that bibles sold to this agency have the documents stating there is separation of church and state included in the book?
OH WOW! That's such a weird coincidence! Imagine the odds of that! /s
Of course they did. The thing is the way the law is written violates the Constitution by promoting an ideologically-loaded, outdated translation of the Bible used by more socially extreme groups.
- NRSV(UE) is the gold standard nowadays.
- Leather cover? Why? What's the point?
- The Founding Documents to the United States do not belong in a Bible. Not everything has to be tarnished with crass "Patriotic" grift.
- Just the Bill of Rights? The Amendments to the Constitution are legally part of the Constitution. What are they not included? Is there something in those Amendments they don't feel is appropriate?
- This Bible has consistent poor reviews on Youtube. A number of Bible collectors, theologians, pastors, etc have panned this book for being cheaply and poorly made. It has poor print quality, it's pages stick together, are thin, and rip easy.
It should be obvious to anyone this is an ideological grift and it is criminal graft too. These criminals need to be thrown in prison for this.
if legislation was to be passed against this book, would it be called the "bye bible bill"?
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