TechdirtNo Mandatory Bibles, No Prager U Tests: Oklahoma’s New Superintendent Unwinds The Walters Era
Catherine Schmidt
NoimrudI replied to a brother on that substack thingy, who wrote this article:
https://scattershot.substack.com/p/down-on-marking-up
Decided to rescue my comments and post them here also:
I'm coming around to your no-notes rule. Bibles don't last long here, don't wear well, not made to last at all. I've bought some new ones, different versions, recently, and decided not to mark them up. For all the reasons you mentioned, plus some. Am seriously considering a change of version because of changes in the Portuguese NIV (NVI). So I'm at a good place to be reminded of this. Thanks!
Oh, coffee on TWO Bibles? (I hope it wasn't Brazilian coffee ...) Of course, I lost two hard drives back in the day. Sometimes a fellow doesn't learn the first time around. :)
##SlowLearner ##Bibles
https://scattershot.substack.com/p/down-on-marking-up
Decided to rescue my comments and post them here also:
I'm coming around to your no-notes rule. Bibles don't last long here, don't wear well, not made to last at all. I've bought some new ones, different versions, recently, and decided not to mark them up. For all the reasons you mentioned, plus some. Am seriously considering a change of version because of changes in the Portuguese NIV (NVI). So I'm at a good place to be reminded of this. Thanks!
Oh, coffee on TWO Bibles? (I hope it wasn't Brazilian coffee ...) Of course, I lost two hard drives back in the day. Sometimes a fellow doesn't learn the first time around. :)
##SlowLearner ##Bibles
Tom Capuder
FloonI just want society to recognize that #religion and #bibles don't add virtue or good to, well, anything. It's a tossup, whether #Xtianity helps or hurts a situation. Stop giving it the benefit of the doubt. #Christians #Christianity
Steve Dustcircle 🌹Bowing to #religious pressure, #WestPoint will rebrand #bibles with #academy's crest
Bowing to religious pressure, West Point will rebrand bibles with academy's crest
DoomsdaysCWHeh... Could this be the plot of the next #SouthPark episode?
#Oklahoma’s #TrumpLoving, #BibleThumping Superintendent Faces #Porn Probe
Two Oklahoma board of education members said #RyanWalters was not apologetic after a video of naked women played in his office during a state meeting
by Naomi LaChance, July 26, 2025
"An investigation is underway in Oklahoma after a television screen in the #MAGA state school superintendent’s office reportedly showed a video of nude women during an executive session of the State Board of Education on Thursday.
"The images reportedly appeared on a screen in the office of Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s far-right Superintendent of Public Instruction. Walters previously told schools to teach #TheBible and #TenCommandments, demanded students watch him pray for Donald Trump, and named #transphobe #ChayaRaichik to a state education committee. He also tried to use state money to purchase #bibles for classrooms that matched the specifics of those marketed by the president and his family.
"As you might expect, Walters has led a crusade against '#pornography' in #SchoolLibraries.
"Two members of the Oklahoma board of education said they were shocked at what they saw on the screen on Thursday.
" 'I was like, ‘Those are naked women,' board member Becky Carson told The Oklahoman. 'And then I was like, ‘No, wait a minute. Those aren’t naked, surely those aren’t naked women. Something is playing a trick on my eye. Maybe they just have on tan body suits. … This is just really bizarre.'
" 'I saw them just walking across the screen, and I’m like, 'no.' I’m sorry I even have to use this language, but I’m like, ‘Those are her nipples.’ And then I’m like, ‘That’s pubic hair.’ What in the world am I watching? I didn’t watch a second longer.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/We9V4
