Texas School District Apologizes After Teacher Makes Students Deny Existence of God

A Texas school district has reportedly issued an apology after a teacher gave 7th grade students an assignment to deny the existence of God.

The Katy School District in Katy, Texas received criticism from seventh graders at West Memorial Junior High School after they were reportedly asked to deny the existence of God in a school assignment.

Jordan Wooley has told local media outlet KHOU-TV that as a Christian, she was offended by the assignment, which provided students with the statement "there is a God" and they had to argue against the statement.

Wooley told the local media outlet in a recent interview that "[she] said it was fact or opinion."

"[…] based on my religion and based on what I think and believe, I do not think it was a common place assertion."

"It was really confusing to me at first because I didn't really know what to do, so the first thing I did was tell my mom," Jordan added.

Jordan reportedly received poor marks on her assignment because she refused to offer an argument as to why God didn't exist.

Wooley added to KTRK-TV that the teacher told her that her belief in God was a myth.

"She told us it was wrong and a myth of our imagination that is commonly believed to be true but completely wrong," Wooley said. "For her to tell me my religion was wrong shocked me. To me there is a God."

The school district has since reportedly apologized to Wooley and her mother, who are Methodists, and said that the assignment was unnecessary.