re: #5 SanFranciscoZionist

“Christian fundamentalists plan to teach genocide of enemies of schoolchildren” seems like a pretty clear claim made.

These people sound unpleasant, and they sound as though they have a very clear and obnoxious agenda—of getting their program into public schools, not of genocide.

OTOH, this sort of “They teach their children to obey mindlessly, and the story of Amalek has been used to bolster genocide!” routine that Stewart is doing sounds a bit to me like Pam Geller shrieking hysterically about the six verses she knows of the Koran.

Sounds like the Supremes were way off on this one. I can’t see a legal justification for this program having public school access. That’s the big story, but it doesn’t let you work the word ‘genocide’ into the title.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I was taught the story of Amalek in religious school, and have never felt the slightest desire to go around committing genocide on the neighbors.

She’s coming to this conclusion based on a literal reading — ironically — of the bible based in Samuel 15:3:

“Now go, attack the Amalekites, and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.”

This is found even in the New Testament. So, we equate said group with “strong adherence” to their ethos plus this feature of Samuel 15:3 and we come to the conclusion that Good News Clubs’ is creating future “child zomebie” that will commit genocide on people?

What about the other church organizations that require strong adherence? They too will have to read Samuel 15.3.

The bible isn’t an owners manual. Even the most devout I’ve know are not literalists. There are many awful things in the bible and most people don’t see it as a cause to order.

Highly inconclusive.