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The Homeboys and Homegirls that point us home.

Embarrassing confessions.

The first CD I bought was Biggie Smalls’ Life After Death. I sent in for one of those 12 CD’s for 1 cent scams, not knowing I had to buy a membership. When the box came, I thought the only error I made was ordering two copies of the same CD. My parents, however, explained the $39.99/mo mistake I actually made: a valuable lesson in reading the fine print.

I don’t remember having a talk about the content of my musical interests, though I’m sure they said something about listening to music free from drug references and unhealthy sexuality–you know, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and 80’s Hair Metal.

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Is the Bible Myth? Depends who asks.

 

  1. If it is a fellow teacher, or someone with an advanced degree in the Humanities, I say, “With a capital ‘M,’ yes. Lowercase ‘m’, it is not.”
  2. If it is a parent of one of my students, I say, “No, of course not.”
  3. If it is a student questioning his or her faith, I say, “What do you define as ‘myth’?” Then I hope they give an answer I can easily address.
  4. If it is a student assured of his or her faith, I say, “We know the Bible to be inerrant.” Then I defer to their Bible teacher.
  5. If it is a class full of students, I collapse on the ground, curl up in a ball, and sing “Jesus Loves Me, This I Know.” After I did that, I would probably do number 4, not because I don’t know the answer.  I just don’t know how the students would take my answer.

Here’s what I actually think: the Bible is Myth.  It is not a myth.

Therefore, this post is probably self-defeating since I am, in essence, confessing what I’ve censored myself from saying. It is something I have not said aloud, even when I had the opportunity to teach this concept since our first unit in World Literature was Greek Mythology.

 

Here’s what I could have said to my students:

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