The Ten Commandments Required

[Jolly]

@89th said in The Ten Commandments Required:

Be careful what you pray wish for.

I like the 10 Commandments. Brief and effective.

[Jolly]

@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]

@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.

[xenon]

@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.

[Copper]

@xenon said in The Ten Commandments Required:

Can we hang up Buddhist, Islamic and Sikh teachings as well?

Sure, why not?

[jon-nyc]

I think school districts should highlight in yellow the ones Trump has broken. I think it’s at least 5 or 6.

[Jolly]

Well, think in one hand and poop in the other. See which one fills up faster...

[89th]

@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.

[Jolly]

@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.

[89th]

@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.

[Jolly]

Just thought I'd help y'all be traumatized today...

[jon-nyc]

3, 4, 7, 8, 9, and 10 all broken by Trump. 6 out of 10.

[Axtremus]

In many circles, 60% is a passing grade.

[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.

[Copper]

@jon-nyc said in The Ten Commandments Required:

all broken by Trump

That's what matters.

Let's just declare all 10 obsolete.

[Mik]

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.

[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.

[Mik]

So how did they find you out, heretic?

[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.

[Mik]

I have to admit the idea of you teaching in a Catholic school is pretty funny. The possibilities for comedy sketches is huge.