There are perfectly good secular justifications for outlawing murder and robbery. The other eight commandments would be unconstitutional should anyone try writing them in to law. Those eight are purely religious in nature and should not have any place in our secular government. The public schools are subdivisions of government. Not to mention the fact that posting them in the classrooms accomplishes absolutely nothing.
It amazes me how every little nuance of the unquestionably CHANGING words of the Bible written by MEN is considered as if it's anything beyond some translators likely bias, based on his mood of the day.
Right after the commandment against taking human life was issued, YHVH told Moses to carry out the deaths of all those who had bent knee to the golden calf. Moses and the Levites put 3,000 of the Chosen People to death.
11 What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings... I do not delight in the blood of bulls
or of lambs or of goats.
12 When you come to appear before me, who asked this from your hand?
Trample my courts no more!
13 Bringing offerings is futile; incense is an abomination to me.
New moon and Sabbath and calling of convocation— I cannot endure solemn assemblies with iniquity.
14 Your new moons and your appointed festivals my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove your evil deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
17 learn to do good; seek justice; rescue the oppressed; defend the orphan; plead for the widow.
Isaiah's God hated hypocrisy. Hated religious hypocrisy. He hated ceremony without compassion. He hated piety while the poor starved. He hated performative religion while injustice thrived and the people and the rulers did nothing.
They don't offer life. They don't offer real solace. They offer cover to injustice, balm to oppression. Like their forefathers who lynched young Black men on Saturday and put on their Sunday finest and praised Jesus in churches the next morning. Like the grand-ancestors who raped women and enslaved their own children, but still proudly sat in a pew.
Conservative religion in America has always been a mask to justify oppression.
Rather than leave innocent children alone, they push to corrupt them into twice the sons of Hell that they are.
Well ... that's one more useless so-called "representative" that Texas won't have to suffer the presence of. Sadly, there are likely so many more out there, still trying to foist Christianity onto the Lone Star State, though maybe more than a few of them were shown the door this past November 3rd.
It is clear that as religious as Texans can be, they mostly align with prohibiting mandatory religion. It warms my heart to see that even Tex-ass can do the right thing.
They can't help themselves but be the Biggest Hypocrites™ anyone could ever imagine. Then giggle and call it ironic when standing there breaking a commandment. The fact that people passed the bill and made it law says more about how we are failing as a supposedly free country than so many other things. Talarico is on the money when calling her out for not spending her time following the REAL teachings of Jesus. They're so busy strutting around with the 'look at me! see how christian I am!' attitude, they don't even realize they're mocking the religion they're 'so proud' of. 🤣
There are perfectly good secular justifications for outlawing murder and robbery. The other eight commandments would be unconstitutional should anyone try writing them in to law. Those eight are purely religious in nature and should not have any place in our secular government. The public schools are subdivisions of government. Not to mention the fact that posting them in the classrooms accomplishes absolutely nothing.
"Thou shall not covet" would prohibit capitalism. Their own economic desires are against their holy book.
"Thou shalt not covet" is basically creating THOUGHT CRIME.
I'm sure they would find a work-around for that, just as they do with every other inconvenient thing they run across in their magic book.
It amazes me how every little nuance of the unquestionably CHANGING words of the Bible written by MEN is considered as if it's anything beyond some translators likely bias, based on his mood of the day.
Right after the commandment against taking human life was issued, YHVH told Moses to carry out the deaths of all those who had bent knee to the golden calf. Moses and the Levites put 3,000 of the Chosen People to death.
Not an auspicious start.
"Thou shalt not kill (unless I tell you to)"
Yahweh's an asshole.
Maybe Candy can try again with the Code of Hammurabi.
Maybe she could keep her own house in order and stop mucking with people who may not agree or practice her belief set.
I thought you fine atheists might be interested in this shirt, from one of the few “message attire” sources I respect.
(It’s apparently a literary reference, but new to me. Sorry for the length….):
https://bsgeneralstore.com/products/jesus-is-lord-used-tires?utm_source=The%20Bitter%20News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=11%2F5%20-%20Tue%20-%20%28Blue%20Wave%2C%20Barbara%20%2B%20Silas%29%20%2801M6EMNRTHARYDTMV1Y2FVX2B5%29&_kx=iUkOdKy8MUuWaWcNal_l_TzUnD5vqcFJct7zkl0WoM4.VmuhCx
I’d love to have it, but it might get me in even more trouble than an anti-Trump message…
The reality is that it would most likely just confuse MAGA....
And a confused or cornered MAGA is the MOST dangerous of two-legged creatures!
The message on this shirt is just SO AUTHENTIC to the south.
Sorry, but we poor sad southern folks won't likely stop being ignorant overnight.
I went to elementary through high school in Pennsylvania. There was never a poster of the 10 commandments on our public school walls!
Now we did study religious texts as literature in history and English class, but without religious overtones.
11 What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings... I do not delight in the blood of bulls
or of lambs or of goats.
12 When you come to appear before me, who asked this from your hand?
Trample my courts no more!
13 Bringing offerings is futile; incense is an abomination to me.
New moon and Sabbath and calling of convocation— I cannot endure solemn assemblies with iniquity.
14 Your new moons and your appointed festivals my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove your evil deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
17 learn to do good; seek justice; rescue the oppressed; defend the orphan; plead for the widow.
Isaiah's God hated hypocrisy. Hated religious hypocrisy. He hated ceremony without compassion. He hated piety while the poor starved. He hated performative religion while injustice thrived and the people and the rulers did nothing.
They don't offer life. They don't offer real solace. They offer cover to injustice, balm to oppression. Like their forefathers who lynched young Black men on Saturday and put on their Sunday finest and praised Jesus in churches the next morning. Like the grand-ancestors who raped women and enslaved their own children, but still proudly sat in a pew.
Conservative religion in America has always been a mask to justify oppression.
Rather than leave innocent children alone, they push to corrupt them into twice the sons of Hell that they are.
Well ... that's one more useless so-called "representative" that Texas won't have to suffer the presence of. Sadly, there are likely so many more out there, still trying to foist Christianity onto the Lone Star State, though maybe more than a few of them were shown the door this past November 3rd.
One can hope.
See what happens when women are allowed to speak and have authority over men? They are brought low. ;)
"It's ironic, isn't it" LMAO
𝑇𝐴𝐿𝐴𝑅𝐼𝐶𝑂: 𝑆𝑜 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠.
𝑁𝑂𝐵𝐿𝐸: 𝐴𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦.
The loser.
“𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑎 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛,” 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒. “𝐼 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚.”
The winner.
It is clear that as religious as Texans can be, they mostly align with prohibiting mandatory religion. It warms my heart to see that even Tex-ass can do the right thing.
Joke's on Noble. She failed to get the ACTUAL 10 Commandments.
They can't help themselves but be the Biggest Hypocrites™ anyone could ever imagine. Then giggle and call it ironic when standing there breaking a commandment. The fact that people passed the bill and made it law says more about how we are failing as a supposedly free country than so many other things. Talarico is on the money when calling her out for not spending her time following the REAL teachings of Jesus. They're so busy strutting around with the 'look at me! see how christian I am!' attitude, they don't even realize they're mocking the religion they're 'so proud' of. 🤣