I wonder if public schools in Louisiana will display *all* of the Ten Commandments? Including the part quoted below (Exodus 20:2-11)...
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I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
You shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates; for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.
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I faintly heard they are using the version in the 1956 movie The Ten Commandments! Lawsuits to follow of course, as the US is not beholden to any God or religion, however much the hypocrites wish it to be. What's interesting to compare are the Seven Laws of Noah, or Noahidism.
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DeleteMy original comment disappeared, but I faintly heard they are using the version of the 1956 film The Ten Commandments! Lawsuits will follow of course as the US is not beholden to any God or religion, no matter how much the hypocrites wish it to be.
DeleteWhat is interesting is to compare the Seven Laws of Noah, or Noahidism, symbolized by the rainbow of the covenant, which allegedly pertain to non-Jewish believers, whereas the Decalogue is for the Hebrews.
Exactly. Note also the bizarre fact that while the Ten Commandments are compulsory, they are to be financed by "private donations"?! In other words: fundie Christian Churches?
ReplyDeleteWeirdly, the original post reappears! The problem is that federal monies cannot be used to support religion(s). Perhaps States can do so, but again, it will go to the Supreme Court which is leaning to the religious right at present. Of course we are to enjoy freedom *from* religion as well as freedom to choose our own path. The attempts to install and remove monuments to the Ten Commandments have been going back and forth for decades. Let's explain to kindergartners what adultery means while were at it!
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DeleteThe Charlton Heston aspect is surely the most hilarious...
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