Texas Seventh-Grader Who Would Not Say ‘God Is A Myth’ Calls School Board ‘Liars’

People have different beliefs about God, but for 12-year-old Jordan Wooley, the existence of God is as real and factual as her seventh-grade classroom in Texas.

According to Fox News Insider, the whole issue started when Wooley was asked to label certain items as “fact, assertion, or opinion” on a quiz given to her and other students at West Memorial Junior High School in Katy, Texas. Wooley claimed the quiz held such statements like “America is the most free country on Earth” and “there is a God.”

Wooley did not want to turn her back on her faith and belief, so she marked “there is a God” as a fact. According to the seventh-grader, her teacher told her to change her answer or she’d earn an “F.”

This was part of graded assignment and #katy middle schooler says she was told she had to say God wasn’t real #khou pic.twitter.com/5EQ5EnSYi7

— Josh Chapin (@JoshChapinKHOU) October 27, 2015

Originally, the girl answered the question with two answers, according to KHOU. “I said it was fact or opinion,” said the child, because “based on my religion and based on what I think and believe, I do not think it was a common place assertion.”

The Katy Independent School District claims that the quiz was taken out of context and came to the conclusion that the entire incident about the teacher telling the girl that she would fail the quiz if she didn’t deny God cannot be verified. Other students could not corroborate Wooley’s version of the incident, according to the school board.

“Still this does not excuse the fact that this ungraded activity was ill-conceived and because of that, its intent had been misconstrued,” the school district did admit.

The board said the quiz would not be used again in future critical thinking assignments and was not used to grade the students. It insists that children of all faiths are welcome at the school.

Wooley has since fired back to call the school board members “liars” and demands an apology. She says the quiz was graded and she was asked to deny her faith that God is very real, and her mother stands behind her assertions.

According to the school board, it is not fair to condemn the teacher in question without knowing her or her Christian values.

She says that since the alleged incident asking her to deny God occurred, she has gotten horrible requests from people to kill herself because she has brought the issue to light. Others have resorted in calling the 12-year-old girl horrible names because of her refusal to back down and let the incident go.

Jordan says she has lost some friends because she would not back down from her beliefs, but she expected the whole incident to go down that way.

“I’ve lost a few of my close friends, but that’s what will happen,” the determined seventh-grader said.

Even though she’s received such horrible messages from people and lost some friends, the girl is more determined than ever to keep pushing forward and not give in. She doesn’t want to deny God and wants some recognition in the school district, along with an apology, for asking her to deny her faith in God.

“I’m going to keep going until something gets done, and until something gets done, I’m not going to stop.”

The child has received support and backlash online. Many people claim believing in God is a “common assertion” but questioning faith should not be a part of school curriculum. The debate will undoubtedly continue.

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