“Texas bill could require Ten Commandments in classrooms”

domer76 said:
Actually, a different version of the 10 Commandments posted in classrooms isn’t a bad idea. Couple things though.

The references to God as the only god, obeying the Sabbath and the idolatry shit gotta go. They are obvious violations of the Establishment Clause. The others? Good lessons to live by.

Respect your elders.
Don’t kill.
Don’t fuck your best friend’s wife. (Probably better wording needed, but you catch the drift)
Don’t lie.
Don’t steal.
Don’t be jealous.

People, drop the God stuff and the 10 Commandments are good rules to live by. FOR ALL OF US.

If you are a God person, great. Keep those parts for yourself, but don’t insist on your god for everyone.

Pretty simple. Everybody wins.
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Well, except for governments. They can kill, steal, lie, and disrespect EVERYONE. Christians are cool with that for some reason. Go figure.
 
Concart said:
Well, except for governments. They can kill, steal, lie, and disrespect EVERYONE. Christians are cool with that for some reason. Go figure.
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Governments are comprised of people. I don’t know that any reasonably ethical person is cool with that, Christian or not.

I believe that people tend to tolerate, or even look the other way, when it’s one of their own tribe.

That’s why it’s important to many to alienate and dehumanize anyone not seen as someone in their own tribe. Someone different.

That’s what I’m seeing in Trump’s Republican Party these days. The “other tribe” du jour for them are transgenders and LGBTQ+ people. Tragic that people have become so cruel to their fellow humans.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
As a member of the Pagan community, I also demand equal time for the teachings and proverbs of Wicca, Zoroastrianism, Druidism, and so on.
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Can you imagine we agree on something? The way to eliminate the problem is not to put the 10 commandments up. Then no problems. It is that Xtians want to be in your face religious when they live a completely different life.
I know Wiccans. They really try to stay in the background.
 
These people are using this religion


And they want only THIER version of it to force everyone into following THEIR commands
 
Cypress said:
I can totally believe you either ignore, or are unfamiliar with the touchstone of Christian ethics Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount.
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I've read what you said about it......I am more familiar with it than any of you folks who've rejected what the Bible teaches.......cope.....you want to talk about what the Bible teaches gnosts, fine......but Christians will talk about what the Bible teaches Christians......
 
Nordberg said:
Can you imagine we agree on something? The way to eliminate the problem is not to put the 10 commandments up. Then no problems. It is that Xtians want to be in your face religious when they live a completely different life.
I know Wiccans. They really try to stay in the background.
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Actually I thought we've usually agreed on a lot of things.

In America, it is wiser to stay in the background and not advertise. Too many members of the dominant religion still think of pagans as devil worshipers.
 
Concart said:
So they just entirely ignore the establishment clause. It's absolutely amazing that these clowns claim they are faithful to the Constitution, while they trample all over it. Wouldn't survive a court challenge. Even THIS Supreme Court isn't that radical.
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Are you ever able to type a coherent, rational sentence? I can see why your are thanked by those on the left. Dumb as fuck also.
 
PostmodernProphet said:
I've read what you said about it......I am more familiar with it than any of you folks who've rejected what the Bible teaches.......cope.....you want to talk about what the Bible teaches gnosts, fine......but Christians will talk about what the Bible teaches Christians......
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You and your Christian Taliban allies are obsessed with putting an list of ancient Hebrew priestly rites, criminal code, and sexual mores on the wall of a third grade class.

I don't think public schools are in the business of taking sides in religion...
But if you are supposedly Christian, why don't you focues on something Jesus said in the New Testament, and something that really directly captures the ethical behaviour Jesus advocated, e.g., something from Beatitudes and the Sermon
Blessed are the pure of heart. Blessed are the peacemakers, Blessed are the merciful, Blessed are the persecuted, Blessed are the meek, give to the needy, do not judge others, and practice universal love.
 
Cypress said:
You and your Christian Taliban allies are obsessed with putting an list of ancient Hebrew priestly rites, criminal code, and sexual mores on the wall of a third grade class.
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lol....which "priestly rites" you silly sod?......sexual "mores".......where is your argument, gnost?.....
 
Why are Christians so insecure in their beliefs that they feel the need to push their crap in public schools?
 
archives said:
“A Texas Senate bill that would require displaying the Ten Commandments in public schools is renewing the debate on the separation of church and state.”

“The bill would require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in each classroom on a poster or frame that is at least 16 inches wide and 20 inches tall. These posters could be displayed in classrooms across Texas as soon as this fall if the bill is passed.”

“I think this would be a good, healthy step for Texas to bring back this tradition of recognizing America’s religious heritage. Senate bill 1515 restores a little bit of those liberties that were lost,” Texas Sen. Phil King (R-Weatherford), who introduced the bill, said.”

https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/texas-bill-ten-commandments-classrooms/

Always interesting how conservatives supposedly want less government but they also want the government to enforce their religious beliefs

Wonder how the Founding Fathers would view such given a large number of them were Deists
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For the past three decades the Republicans have been screaming about activist judges in Federal courts including SCOTUS. Now they have established an activist Federal court system including the Supreme Court.

The Founders would be ashamed of what we've done to ourselves.
 
Concart said:
Why are Christians so insecure in their beliefs that they feel the need to push their crap in public schools?
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They aren't. You're doing the equivalent of saying "Why are all Muslims terrorists?"

The "Christians" pushing this shit are the same ones who came to dominate the Republican Party in the 1990s; the Evangelicals AKA Evangelistas.
 
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