The Bible should be taught but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction myth poetry anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture.
Man is properly speaking based upon hope he has no other possession but hope this world of his is emphatically the place of hope.
The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it but somebody always does.