Tennessee Lawmaker Wants Bible To Be The State Book

[brooklynite]

Source: Huffington Post

A Tennessee state legislator has introduced a bill to make the Bible the official state book, after two other Southern states considered similar moves in recent months.

State Rep. Jerry Sexton (R) put forward his legislation Tuesday. He did not return a request for additional comment.

Last month, legislators in Mississippi introduced two bills to designate the Bible as the state book.

"The Bible provides a good role model on how to treat people," said Mississippi state Rep. Tom Miles (D), one of the cosponsors of that state's legislation. "They could read in there about love and compassion."

Read more: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141012209

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...also about slavery, which seems apropos to the region...

btw - WHICH version of the Bible?

[atreides1]

1. This guy does stand up, right?

"The Bible provides a good role model on how to treat people," said Mississippi state Rep. Tom Miles (D), one of the cosponsors of that state's legislation. "They could read in there about love and compassion."

[PSPS]

2. This doesn't belong in LBN

Besides not having a legitimate link and the story being from almost a month ago (see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/13/mississippi-bible-state-book_n_6462982.html,) the fact that a bible-belt pol wants the bible to be the official state book is hardly newsworthy at all, let alone of major or national import.

[brooklynite]

4. The Mississippi proposal was a month ago; Tennessee was yesterday

[msongs]

3. rape, torture, murder, incest, genocide, ethnic cleansing - the bible has it all. certainly not

suitable for children

[One_Life_To_Give]

5. What part of Non-Establishment is so confusing?

Or do they really pine for the Church of New England to be the Official US Church? After-all Public Confession is good for the soul.

[blkmusclmachine]

6. Marching toward totalitarian "Biblical law" (US version of Sharia law). This is the work of

Christian reconstructionists/Christian dominionists.

[angrychair]

7. clearly, they have read a different bible than me

Numbers 31:14-18 NLT:
"But Moses was furious with all the military commanders who had returned from the battle. "Why have you let all the women live?" he demanded. "These are the very ones who followed Balaam's advice and caused the people of Israel to rebel against the LORD at Mount Peor. They are the ones who caused the plague to strike the LORD's people. Now kill all the boys and all the women who have slept with a man. Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves."

That Moses and his god sound like great and wonderful people. I can feel the "love and compassion" that Tennessee state rep Tom Miles was referring too.