tarheelbillie
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“What the story we were taught missed was that after the walls came down Joshua and his men entered the city and deliberately slaughtered every single man, woman, and child.”Oh, yeah. They're not going to examine the Bible in any historical or critical thinking context. It will likely be similar to a Southern Baptist Sunday School class for kids. I remember as a kid seeing those glossy Sunday School lesson books for kids with feel-good Bible stories and colorful illustrations. One Sunday lesson from the book I've always remembered for some reason was about Joshua bringing down the walls of Jericho. The story we were told was that the moral was that if you have enough faith in God that good things will happen, and there was an illustration of Joshua laughing and looking happy after taking the city.
What the story we were taught missed was that after the walls came down Joshua and his men entered the city and deliberately slaughtered every single man, woman, and child. Even the farm animals were killed. Ironically, only a prostitute and her family was spared because they had helped Joshua and his army take the city. Of course we were spared all of those details, instead it was just a feel-good story about Joshua's great victory with God's help. I'm sure that these Texas public school classes for elementary school kids will likely be something similar.
Doesn’t that have a “today” ring?