The Ten Commandments Required
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The Texas Senate on Tuesday advanced bills that would require public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments and allow districts to provide students with time to pray during school hours.
Senators gave final approval to Senate Bill 11, the school prayer bill, on a 23-7 vote. It now heads to the Texas House for consideration. All Republican senators and three Democrats — Royce West of Dallas, Judith Zaffirini of Laredo and Juan Hinojosa of McAllen — voted for the bill.
Lawmakers also gave initial approval to Senate Bill 10, the Ten Commandments bill, on a 20-10 vote. Both proposals are on Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s list of priority bills this session.
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It's nice to see Texas stepping up to the plate to address gun violence, which I think we can all acknowledge is a massive problem in the US, particularly in the south.
Next time there's a school shooter they'll be able to point at the sign saying 'thou shalt not kill' and the whole thing will be taken care of'.
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@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
Did they have them 100 years ago?
Hindi kids have had them for a few thousand years. My coworker has one on his desk.
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@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
Did they have them 100 years ago?
Hindi kids have had them for a few thousand years. My coworker has one on his desk.
@xenon said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
Did they have them 100 years ago?
Hindi kids have had them for a few thousand years.
Back when Jesus was a mere twinkle in God’s eye.
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
Did they have them 100 years ago?
Hindi kids have had them for a few thousand years. My coworker has one on his desk.
@xenon said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
Did they have them 100 years ago?
Hindi kids have had them for a few thousand years. My coworker has one on his desk.
And Texas is busy taking such items away?
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@xenon said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
Did they have them 100 years ago?
Hindi kids have had them for a few thousand years.
Back when Jesus was a mere twinkle in God’s eye.
@jon-nyc said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@xenon said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
Did they have them 100 years ago?
Hindi kids have had them for a few thousand years.
Back when Jesus was a mere twinkle in God’s eye.
That's impossible, you know. Jesus existed before the foundations of the world.
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@xenon said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
Did they have them 100 years ago?
Hindi kids have had them for a few thousand years. My coworker has one on his desk.
And Texas is busy taking such items away?
@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@xenon said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
Did they have them 100 years ago?
Hindi kids have had them for a few thousand years. My coworker has one on his desk.
And Texas is busy taking such items away?
I mean - what’s a 8 year old Hindu kid supposed to think when the sign at his school says that graven images are forbidden by god.
I’m definitely in support of things like having Christmas pageants and the like, don’t get me wrong.
But hanging up the rules of one religion in a government building seems odd. Can we hang up Buddhist, Islamic and Sikh teachings as well?
I don’t get the point of this.
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@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@xenon said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
Did they have them 100 years ago?
Hindi kids have had them for a few thousand years. My coworker has one on his desk.
And Texas is busy taking such items away?
I mean - what’s a 8 year old Hindu kid supposed to think when the sign at his school says that graven images are forbidden by god.
I’m definitely in support of things like having Christmas pageants and the like, don’t get me wrong.
But hanging up the rules of one religion in a government building seems odd. Can we hang up Buddhist, Islamic and Sikh teachings as well?
I don’t get the point of this.
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I think school districts should highlight in yellow the ones Trump has broken. I think it’s at least 5 or 6.
@jon-nyc said in The Ten Commandments Required:
I think school districts should highlight in yellow the ones Trump has broken. I think it’s at least 5 or 6.
Ha I had the same thought. Certainly it’s a solid 6, likely 8. But I’m hesitant to go down that path, we all have planks in our own eyes.
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@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@xenon said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
Did they have them 100 years ago?
Hindi kids have had them for a few thousand years. My coworker has one on his desk.
And Texas is busy taking such items away?
I mean - what’s a 8 year old Hindu kid supposed to think when the sign at his school says that graven images are forbidden by god.
I’m definitely in support of things like having Christmas pageants and the like, don’t get me wrong.
But hanging up the rules of one religion in a government building seems odd. Can we hang up Buddhist, Islamic and Sikh teachings as well?
I don’t get the point of this.
@xenon said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@xenon said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
Did they have them 100 years ago?
Hindi kids have had them for a few thousand years. My coworker has one on his desk.
And Texas is busy taking such items away?
I mean - what’s a 8 year old Hindu kid supposed to think when the sign at his school says that graven images are forbidden by god.
I’m definitely in support of things like having Christmas pageants and the like, don’t get me wrong.
But hanging up the rules of one religion in a government building seems odd. Can we hang up Buddhist, Islamic and Sikh teachings as well?
I don’t get the point of this.
Maybe it will help spark a dialogue with his parents and why they believe what they believe.
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@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@xenon said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
Did they have them 100 years ago?
Hindi kids have had them for a few thousand years. My coworker has one on his desk.
And Texas is busy taking such items away?
I mean - what’s a 8 year old Hindu kid supposed to think when the sign at his school says that graven images are forbidden by god.
I’m definitely in support of things like having Christmas pageants and the like, don’t get me wrong.
But hanging up the rules of one religion in a government building seems odd. Can we hang up Buddhist, Islamic and Sikh teachings as well?
I don’t get the point of this.
@xenon said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@xenon said in The Ten Commandments Required:
@Jolly said in The Ten Commandments Required:
Did they have them 100 years ago?
Hindi kids have had them for a few thousand years. My coworker has one on his desk.
And Texas is busy taking such items away?
I mean - what’s a 8 year old Hindu kid supposed to think when the sign at his school says that graven images are forbidden by god.
I’m definitely in support of things like having Christmas pageants and the like, don’t get me wrong.
But hanging up the rules of one religion in a government building seems odd. Can we hang up Buddhist, Islamic and Sikh teachings as well?
I don’t get the point of this.
It's extremely dumb. Learn about your religion in church. Yes as a Christian I believe I am right and others are wrong, but I can also see how inappropriate it is to pick one religion and display its artifacts in a classroom. Honestly I don't care other than it's absolutely the slipperiest of slopes as what prevents all N number of faiths and belief systems to display their stuff, and then blink and you'll have 5 breaks during the day for everyone to be quiet during Salah.
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3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10 all broken by Trump. 6 out of 10.
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
