The Ten Commandments Required
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wrote on 21 Mar 2025, 20:02 last edited by
I think school districts should highlight in yellow the ones Trump has broken. I think it’s at least 5 or 6.
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wrote on 21 Mar 2025, 23:44 last edited by
Well, think in one hand and poop in the other. See which one fills up faster...
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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.
wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 02:55 last edited by@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.
wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 03:10 last edited by@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.
wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 03:27 last edited by@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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wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 09:43 last edited by Jolly
Just thought I'd help y'all be traumatized today...
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wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 13:18 last edited by jon-nyc
3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10 all broken by Trump. 6 out of 10.
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wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 13:19 last edited by
In many circles, 60% is a passing grade.
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wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 13:23 last edited by Doctor Phibes
@jon-nyc said in The Ten Commandments Required:
3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10 all broken by Trump. 6 out of 10.
I think he probably breaks 1 every time he looks in the mirror.
And we all know he's got a statue of himself somewhere, so there goes 2.
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wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 13:35 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in The Ten Commandments Required:
all broken by Trump
That's what matters.
Let's just declare all 10 obsolete.
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wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 14:03 last edited by
I never cease to be amused at people who try to hold others' failings up as some sort of evidence that the standard is invalid. It's baked into humanity. It's much like trying to judge history by today's values.
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wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 14:05 last edited by Doctor Phibes
Back in the UK, I taught in a Catholic school for a while (I know, shocking, right?)
They had graven images up all over the place, which I in turn never cease to be amused at.
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wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 14:07 last edited by
So how did they find you out, heretic?
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wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 14:08 last edited by Doctor Phibes
@Mik said in The Ten Commandments Required:
So how did they find you out, heretic?
I think it was when I suggested we celebrate Guy Fawkes Night with a live one.
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wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 14:11 last edited by
I have to admit the idea of you teaching in a Catholic school is pretty funny. The possibilities for comedy sketches is huge.
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I have to admit the idea of you teaching in a Catholic school is pretty funny. The possibilities for comedy sketches is huge.
wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 14:15 last edited by Doctor Phibes@Mik said in The Ten Commandments Required:
I have to admit the idea of you teaching in a Catholic school is pretty funny. The possibilities for comedy sketches is huge.
My lack of faith was the least of their concerns. My complete inability to teach or control the class was much more of a worry.
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@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.
wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 16:17 last edited by@89th said in The Ten Commandments Required:
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,
I agree. What if I am a devil worshipper? Should I be allowed to have something for my religion hanging in school?
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wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 16:20 last edited by
IMO, Christianity is better than Satanism.
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wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 16:24 last edited by xenon
@Horace said in The Ten Commandments Required:
IMO, Christianity is better than Satanism.
How do you figure? Satanism might be a lot funner if it turns out there’s no afterlife.
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wrote on 22 Mar 2025, 16:26 last edited by
The climate is worse, but the company and entertainment are better.
