Well that explains why the United States is not mentioned in the Bible! I always wondered about that one.
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I'm one of those folks who thinks that courses in comparative religion, or about the bible as literature, can be a valuable thing. Unfortunately, they just don't work in the real world. There's really only two ways to teach such a course.
There are now two competing curricula available for teaching about the bible in a public school elective course, the NCBCPS curriculum and the Bible Literacy Project.
Have a look at at this interesting article, from The New Yorker, about the boom in Bible publishing:
University to Ban Bibles, the headline screams. Brave New Schools, says the tag above the headline. The first sentence reiterates the message:
The first part of the explanation - about the US losing international power - certainly sounds credible. We have not been minding the store. (Also known as 'deregulation')
"I admit that I do not like this speculative scenario. But it seems the most likely chain of events to me. "
He and I clearly have different standards of likelihood it seems...
Yes, that is interesting. It's sort of like asking why the Apollo 11 mission isn't mentioned by Shakespeare in Hamlet. If only I had a big website where I got to write about such meaningful questions...
Habakkuk is certainly the minor prophet I would cling to for insights into the end times. hmmm... maybe not.