The Bible as a Founding Document

The N&O runs a front-page article today that is less reporting and more trying to stir up controversy, and one line gives away the bias.

The story highlights an elective course that teaches about the Bible. The writer quickly uses the "But some scholars say...", which throws up the first red flags, then continues with "the curriculum still promotes a religious message -- that the United States is a Christian nation and the Bible its foundation document."

Reading the article, however, it appears the curriculum teaches no such thing and does not support the writer's fabricated "some scholars" opinion.

The curriculum does teach that the United States was founded as a Christian nation, which is undoubtedly true. The writer provides no examples of where the curriculum teaches that the U.S. is a Christian nation today (implying that non-Christians do not belong).

The curriculum appears to teach that the Bible was a founding document of the U.S. in that it had an influence on the Declaration and on the Constitution (which is also undoubtedly true), but the writer provides no examples of where the curriculum teaches that the Bible is the founding document.
The Bible in Schools