The decision by Texas to mandate Bible stories in public schools is not merely a domestic cultural move. It is a strategic vector that weakens the intellectual immune system of the United States. British legal experts have rightly decried this as an assault on secular education, but the implications go far beyond theology.
This is a gift to hostile state actors who thrive on exploiting ideological fractures. When a government deliberately introduces religious narratives into state-sponsored curriculum, it creates predictable behavioural patterns. Our adversaries monitor these shifts.
They will identify the schools and communities where critical thinking is being eroded. They will target disinformation campaigns accordingly. This is an intelligence failure in slow motion.
The hardware of education is being reprogrammed with software that undermines analytical rigour. We must recognise this for what it is: a vulnerability in the national security architecture.
