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LETTER: Congratulations on banning Bible distribution in schools

Abby has the distinct honor of being the last district to do so

Congratulations, Abbotsford! You made it! You joined the rest of the country and most of the First World nations by finally banning the distribution of Bibles to our impressionable youth. In such, Abby will have the distinct honor of being the last district to do so.

Big thanks to Ian Bushfield and the BC humanists for standing up for what is right.

Now I know there will be gnashing of teeth and threats of doom by fans of 1st century Jewish carpenters, but for those of us in the 21st century, it's a relief to see vestiges of Bronze Age beliefs succumb to secular knowledge of our world and kids spared the horror of the supposed good book.

Could you imagine if we reached other Bronze Age myths in our schools? Would we defend the teaching or distribution of materials warning us of sea dragons, or falling off the face of the earth, human saliva cured wounds caused by curses, or that astrology was a real scientific discipline?

Of course not, that would be ridiculous.

And so is the story of a dirt man and rib woman punished for taking dietary advise from a talking snake.

Kevin Francis