RAW DOGMA written by Nkrumah Steward
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| Teachers: God Told Us to Get Rid of Library Books |
You know, for the life of me I don't understand why people walk away with this idea that Jesus Freaks are stupid.
A teacher's prayer group is claiming that God revealed to them that the presence of certain library books at Russell County High School was the reason his "manifested presence" hadn't come to their school to change the hearts and minds of the student body.
Much like a vampire can't come into a house without being invited; evidently the master of the universe, the first cause, the cosmic architect of all that exists can't come into a place that has questionable library books.
"He can not come into a place that is corrupted," says the teachers' letter. "We must not allow for these books to continue polluting the minds of our teenagers." They want more than 50 books pulled, including "World's Most Famous Ghosts," "The Witchcraft of Salem Village," and the Harry Potter books.
So in order to get God to come to the High School they went to the high school's council and asked for a committee to be established to review the books in the library.
So the principle at the high school asked them to provide more information, and to come up with a way to form a fair committee and he would consider it.
Damn. There you go with the first hurdle.
Evidently coming up with a plan to build a fair review committee proved too difficult for them. They didn't even get around to submitting a proposal.
The principle of the school Roger Cook said that the librarian they have has a doctorate in library and information sciences and does an excellent job in choosing books for the school. He said that a committee is not only unnecessary and will only lead to problems.
I am used to hearing about Jesus' freaks trying to ban books for the usual cliché shit like offensive language, homosexuality, Satanism and promoting another religious view point other than their own, but trying to ban books in the library so Jesus can make a personal appearance at a school assembly is pretty bizarre don't ya think?
"Often times the people who complain haven't read the books," said Beverley Becker, associate director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, "and that appears to be the case in Russell County."
The handwritten note the teachers prayer group submitted identifying the books they wanted banned said, "We haven't scanned them thoroughly."
"Scanned" and "thoroughly" shouldn't even be used in the same sentenced…and if you haven't even done that much…what does that say about you?
At least one of the books on the list is an account of a near-death experience and the "wonderful message of God's love," according to the book author's Web site. Evidently the only one qualified to tell you about death is a Jesus Freak that has read his Bible...not someone that has actually been clinically dead and then resuscitated. What the fuck would they know about what happens after you die? |
