• Riskable@programming.dev
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    4 months ago

    “OK kids, today we’re going to go over how the Bible was used to justify slavery in the early colonies, continuing on until the civil war. Then we’re going to cover how that was the reason why the Southern Baptist Church was founded…”

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      Yep. They want to know how the Bible influenced Western culture. So I assume that they will be covering everything from witch burnings to Father Coughlin supporting Hitler on national radio.