2014 Is 'Year Of The Bible,' Declares Flower Mound Texas Mayor Tom Hayden

[cbayer]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/02/2014-year-of-the-bible_n_4532465.html?ir=Religion

Posted: 01/02/2014
2:57 pm EST


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The Mayor of Flower Mound, Texas, made a special proclamation on December 16, 2013, declaring 2014 to be the "Year of the Bible.

In his proclamation, Mayor Tom Hayden said, "Throughout the history of the United States, one of the most important influences that has shaped our country into a distinctive nation, none may have been more profound or enduring than the Bible."

A website created by the Calvary Chapel of Flower Mound for the initiative explained, "His desire was bring our town back to a Biblical foundation which our country was founded and built upon. His vision is that as a Town, as many as wanted to participate, would as a community read through the entire Bible in a year together."

The "One Year Bible" program divides the Bible into 362 daily readings from the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Psalms, and Proverbs in order, taking participants through the whole Bible in a year, in just 20 minutes per day. There is an app for smartphones, a Facebook page, and a list of reading tips.

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[LostOne4Ever]

1. This country was not founded on the Bible

No matter how many times the right wing tells this lie, it won't make it true.

[cbayer]

2. Yep, he's way over the line. This is a good one for the FFRF.

[clydefrand]

3. It is beginning to sound more and more

like it is the time a a 2nd coming


(outer space aliens, that is)

[Swede Atlanta]

4. ACLU on Aisle 2, ACLU on Aisle 2

No, No, No....

We were not based on the Bible and even if we were we have a constitutional separation between Church and State.

Will he declare next year is the year of the Rig Veda? I hope so, else he is favoring one religion over another.

[cbayer]

5. Agree. This is a perfect case for secularists, including the FFRF.

I thought it also deserved as much light as we can shine on it, because it is, imo, egregious.