Demonstrate, with documentation, that the 10c were intertwined with the founding of the country. Demonstrate, with documentation, that this intertwining was intended to be irrevocable. Demonstrate, with documentation, that this irrevocable intertwining is part of our legal system. Demonstrate, with documentation, that it is also the foundation of all Americans' morality. This documentation must be verifiable by actual historians. This documentation must also be corroborated, meaning not just the opinions written by one person sometime before today.
I know I have set an impossible bar for you to clear to back up your assertion that there is a historical basis for making Christianity mandatory in this country in direct opposition to the Establishment Clause. But Mr Paxton, that is what you must do to prove that the millions of children in your public schools who are not Christians should be forced to pretend that are.
Oh, he almost certainly knows that. He ALSO knows which side of the bread the butter goes, and in this case, it's the side with the Christian voters he wants to cootchie-coo.
Well, that's this week. When our Lord & Savior Dumbold J. Trump gets through gelding the Constitution we will have a new set of rules that will make America great again. Just you wait and see.
I'm pretty sure "the virtues and values that built this country" include thou shalt covet thy neighbor's house, wife, maidservant, manservant, ox, ass, and everything is that is thy neighbors'. I mean, that's capitalism right there.
On top of which, Paxton himself obviously thought it was a fine and good thing to covet his neighbors' wife.
Which will have as little effect on Kenny as posting the 10Cs on classroom walls will have on children.
Maybe that's projection on my part but I grew up with the Ten Commandments posted all around me and I noticed something. The adults seemed to ignore all of them. They paid lip service but there was still killing, stealing, coveting, extramarital affairs, working on Sunday, etc. Everybody violated at least one or two. My conclusion, if adults didn't take them seriously then I needn't bother either.
A slight swerve, the Minister of Health in the UK has said, "So I would just say to people watching, donโt pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine. In fact, donโt even take my word for it, as a politician โ listen to British doctors, British scientists, the NHS".
Keep calling me woke, you Nazi monsters. You are telling me loud and clear how you are far to the wrong side of history. I often worried that I was not 'woke' enough but these Christian Nationalists show me that I am far more moral than they can ever be. Did I equate morality with 'woke'? Yep, and I'll wear woke as a badge of honor for the rest of my days.
The people hell-bent on posting the Ten Commandments in the public schools cannot show even one objective benefit to it. They are the same people who would go out of their tiny little minds at the mere suggestion any religion other than their own be represented in the classrooms. It is NEVER the job of our secular government to backstop Christianity or any other religion, and the public schools are sub-divisions of government.
Exactly my approach. Hemant usually publishes around 9:02 or 9:03, and here I am at my desk, repainting the tab every so often until the new piece shows up.
โFrom the beginning, the Ten Commandments have been irrevocably intertwined with Americaโs legal, moral, and historical heritage,โ said Attorney General Paxton."
Citation needed. What's the sentence for adultery in the OT ? When was the last time a woman* was executed for it since the foundation of the USA ?
* We all know men are pure victims every time they dip their cookie in the wrong cup of tea.
From the beginning (of western European expansion), Texas was part of Mexico. Catholic, ya evangelical chumps. Saying the rosary is more historically Texan than the SBC.
* Post them in Aramaic and read them right to left
* Post an English translation of those commandments and watch as people scratch their heads over how to Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, The Festival of Weeks and the Festival of the Ingathering (and wait until they see that last commandent about not boiling a kid goat in its mother's milk).
Guess what? Every single commandment of the real Ten Commandment violates the Constitution.
I reckon that Genesis 19:33โ36 should get a place somewhere somehow in the 10 commandments placard, and not just by reference โฆ but the full story. Then thatโd get all the kids and parents reading and yacking about it and asking interesting and valuable questions.
Go god go ! Do it, do it.
I wonder if Arch-Criminal US President DUMOLD Jesus Trump knows all about that part of Genisis. He should, as he knows everything about everything.
I'm sure he doesn't since he can't read more than a paragraph if he's not mentioned in it. Then again, it's about a man sleeping with his daughters so that should interest the Pedo-in-Chief.
Someone wanna tell Paxton that we fought a revolution on these shores to escape a Christian empire and a king who believed he had a divine right to rule us from 3000 miles away.
And while we're at it, let's also tell him that the country was not founded on his religion and that religion of any kind was not given a place at the table of governance.
Joe, why did you have to send such an honest reply to my rhetorical question? ๐ But we have now seen what withholding our money can do to Tesla and Disney. I say go for the gusto and have Blue States refuse to contribute to fed. The criminals ARE feeling our heat. Trump lost the game of dictating to a media stationโฆHe will be throwing ketchup at the wall. And maybe pop a blood vessel.
To xtians who wan to flagrantly violate secular law...
Your own damn book says to OBEY all earthly laws and authorities. Either do what that scripture tells you in Romans 13:1-5 or stop calling yourselves Christians.
What does a list of commandments meant for the ancient Israelites alone have to do with the US, Kenny? We didn't even exist at the time and those Israelites had no idea there was another hemisphere.
โ๐น๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ โ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐.โ
๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ, ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป.
Demonstrate, with documentation, that the 10c were intertwined with the founding of the country. Demonstrate, with documentation, that this intertwining was intended to be irrevocable. Demonstrate, with documentation, that this irrevocable intertwining is part of our legal system. Demonstrate, with documentation, that it is also the foundation of all Americans' morality. This documentation must be verifiable by actual historians. This documentation must also be corroborated, meaning not just the opinions written by one person sometime before today.
I know I have set an impossible bar for you to clear to back up your assertion that there is a historical basis for making Christianity mandatory in this country in direct opposition to the Establishment Clause. But Mr Paxton, that is what you must do to prove that the millions of children in your public schools who are not Christians should be forced to pretend that are.
One would thought that someone who graduated in law would know that.
Oh, he almost certainly knows that. He ALSO knows which side of the bread the butter goes, and in this case, it's the side with the Christian voters he wants to cootchie-coo.
Paxton is a corrupt ideologue and fanatic. He will go wherever the dollars and power are.
As a Christian, Paxton makes a compelling case for atheism.
That's a tall order considering eight of the Commandments would be unconstitutional if anyone tried writing them into law.
Well, that's this week. When our Lord & Savior Dumbold J. Trump gets through gelding the Constitution we will have a new set of rules that will make America great again. Just you wait and see.
I'm pretty sure "the virtues and values that built this country" include thou shalt covet thy neighbor's house, wife, maidservant, manservant, ox, ass, and everything is that is thy neighbors'. I mean, that's capitalism right there.
On top of which, Paxton himself obviously thought it was a fine and good thing to covet his neighbors' wife.
I propose a law that says the First Amendment and Article VI be posted in Paxton's office.
Which will have as little effect on Kenny as posting the 10Cs on classroom walls will have on children.
Maybe that's projection on my part but I grew up with the Ten Commandments posted all around me and I noticed something. The adults seemed to ignore all of them. They paid lip service but there was still killing, stealing, coveting, extramarital affairs, working on Sunday, etc. Everybody violated at least one or two. My conclusion, if adults didn't take them seriously then I needn't bother either.
Who are you going to listen to -- judges or Christian nationalist serial adulterer Ken Paxton?
Paxton is corrupt and evil. Perfect fit for the NatCs.
"Who are you going to listen to"
A slight swerve, the Minister of Health in the UK has said, "So I would just say to people watching, donโt pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine. In fact, donโt even take my word for it, as a politician โ listen to British doctors, British scientists, the NHS".
I am expecting tariffs on the UK to go up to 500%
Keep calling me woke, you Nazi monsters. You are telling me loud and clear how you are far to the wrong side of history. I often worried that I was not 'woke' enough but these Christian Nationalists show me that I am far more moral than they can ever be. Did I equate morality with 'woke'? Yep, and I'll wear woke as a badge of honor for the rest of my days.
Beats the snot out of being ASLEEP!
Comatose.
I donโt know. I love me a little siesta in the afternoon. :D
Yeah, I heard that. I indulge in such now and then, too! ๐
The people hell-bent on posting the Ten Commandments in the public schools cannot show even one objective benefit to it. They are the same people who would go out of their tiny little minds at the mere suggestion any religion other than their own be represented in the classrooms. It is NEVER the job of our secular government to backstop Christianity or any other religion, and the public schools are sub-divisions of government.
Hey you ! Are you alright ?
I am, but for some reason I stopped getting email alerts and things just slipped by me.
I don't wait for the email alert. At 0900 eastern time (my current time zone) i start mashing the refresh button until the new article shows up.
Exactly my approach. Hemant usually publishes around 9:02 or 9:03, and here I am at my desk, repainting the tab every so often until the new piece shows up.
Would this help?
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I do that when I remember to. lol
โFrom the beginning, the Ten Commandments have been irrevocably intertwined with Americaโs legal, moral, and historical heritage,โ said Attorney General Paxton."
Citation needed. What's the sentence for adultery in the OT ? When was the last time a woman* was executed for it since the foundation of the USA ?
* We all know men are pure victims every time they dip their cookie in the wrong cup of tea.
I donโt recall a single skirmish in the American Revolution being dubbed The Battle of The Ten Commandments.
I think that was the one where Washington crossed the Unaware river.
You don't remember that one? That was the battle where the Continental Army liberated all the 18th century airports!
From the beginning (of western European expansion), Texas was part of Mexico. Catholic, ya evangelical chumps. Saying the rosary is more historically Texan than the SBC.
Put up the 10 C? Sure. But do it right.
* Post the correct 10 C (Exodus 34:12-28)
* Post them in Aramaic and read them right to left
* Post an English translation of those commandments and watch as people scratch their heads over how to Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, The Festival of Weeks and the Festival of the Ingathering (and wait until they see that last commandent about not boiling a kid goat in its mother's milk).
Guess what? Every single commandment of the real Ten Commandment violates the Constitution.
If you wanted to reflect American history, you should post the verses about slavery and genocide.
I reckon that Genesis 19:33โ36 should get a place somewhere somehow in the 10 commandments placard, and not just by reference โฆ but the full story. Then thatโd get all the kids and parents reading and yacking about it and asking interesting and valuable questions.
Go god go ! Do it, do it.
I wonder if Arch-Criminal US President DUMOLD Jesus Trump knows all about that part of Genisis. He should, as he knows everything about everything.
There is that lovely quote in Ezekiel about horses and donkeys...
I'm sure he doesn't since he can't read more than a paragraph if he's not mentioned in it. Then again, it's about a man sleeping with his daughters so that should interest the Pedo-in-Chief.
Ken Paxton is a shameless lying hack.
An editorial cartoon from 1890 by Watson Heston.
https://ibb.co/jP2mQMQJ
As I noted the other day, it is 6-words-simple:
"Public school is not Sunday school."
Someone wanna tell Paxton that we fought a revolution on these shores to escape a Christian empire and a king who believed he had a divine right to rule us from 3000 miles away.
And while we're at it, let's also tell him that the country was not founded on his religion and that religion of any kind was not given a place at the table of governance.
Be nice if Paxton would listen. Somehow, I don't think he'd want to.
How many laws can republicans break without consequence?
Umm.. With the current regime, all of them?
Joe, why did you have to send such an honest reply to my rhetorical question? ๐ But we have now seen what withholding our money can do to Tesla and Disney. I say go for the gusto and have Blue States refuse to contribute to fed. The criminals ARE feeling our heat. Trump lost the game of dictating to a media stationโฆHe will be throwing ketchup at the wall. And maybe pop a blood vessel.
From your lips to the Invisible Pink Unicorn's ears.
To xtians who wan to flagrantly violate secular law...
Your own damn book says to OBEY all earthly laws and authorities. Either do what that scripture tells you in Romans 13:1-5 or stop calling yourselves Christians.
Xtians insist on putting up 10 Commandments despite the fact that, in doing so, they violate the 2nd Commandment.
Iโm surprised no-one tells them that theyโre trying to put up a list that the bible itself doesnโt call the 10 Commandments.
If the 10cโs must go up, then at least they should use the set that the story says actually made it into the Ark of the Covenant
The Ark contains those wacky commandments found in Exodus 34. And THOSE commandments were actually CALLED the Ten Commandments.
If I remember correctly, those are the ones that make cheeseburgers illegal. When is the Feast of Weeks again?
Feta cheeseburgers are okay, though.
You sure those were commandments and not suggestions? ๐คช
What does a list of commandments meant for the ancient Israelites alone have to do with the US, Kenny? We didn't even exist at the time and those Israelites had no idea there was another hemisphere.
They had no idea the British isles or China existed.
I wonder if the schools will be required to test students on the Ten Commandments? Which are mandatory? Which have penalties associated?
Then organize a student party to stone Paxton to death.