"...in theological terms, Christianity should have Six Commandments, not Ten. Jesus deliberately snipped out four of the commandments, endorsing only six. The six he favored are moral standards that could readily be posted in any public structure, without violating the line between church and state."
i guess it is possible all these Ten Commandment lovers are Jewish but i somehow doubt that.
The first thing someone should have asked him is to name them all. When Rep Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) came on The Colbert Report after submitting a bill to have the 15, oops, 10 Commandments posted in all federal buildings, Colbert asked him to name all ten. He only managed two.
I feel like that whole thing about “that’s why we tolerate other religions” was mentioned recently in another Substack. Something to do with fake Patrick Henry quotes and a deeply racist magazine from 1956 and Josh Hawley. Did anyone else read that?
I have no problem with the GQP forcing teachers to put up the Ten Commandments, just as long as their is an asterisk next to each one that the proven rapist Defendant Trump has violated within the last few years.
Remember that the Israelites, who possessed the actual Commandments, didn't stick them up on the wall. The put them in a box and killed anyone who tried to look at them.
I believe there was a bill in the Texas Senate, SB Bill 1515 requiring elementary and secondary schools to post the ten commandments on the wall in every classroom of every public school, at the school's expense. And those signs had to be a a certain dimension. It failed to pass, even with a Republican majority.
The entire capitalist system that rightwingers consider as sacred as anything else, wouldn’t function without coveting. If people didn’t covet stuff, there’d be no markets at all.
If we were to consider that the 10 Commandments came down from Mount Sinai with Moses, and think about the first commandment in that light: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you safe out of Egypt, and you shall have no other gods before me”, I would say an originalist reading of the first commandment forbids the worship of Jesus.
Brilliant summary--led directly to my subscribing--so thanks. For my own, admittedly less witty take on the subject, see https://open.substack.com/pub/edbuckner/p/if-only-the-ten-commandments-were?r=3urcz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Brilliant summary--led directly to my subscribing--so thanks. For my own, admittedly less witty take on the subject, see https://open.substack.com/pub/edbuckner/p/if-only-the-ten-commandments-were?r=3urcz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Ta, Robyn. I can't abide Domionist trash, all the more when said piece of trash is an insurrectionist.
Is that Marjorie Taylor Greene in the red pickup behind Jackson?
"It's a garden gnome
with her mouth a-foam
slowin' down to take a look at me."
that asshat is from my state--damn it
"...in theological terms, Christianity should have Six Commandments, not Ten. Jesus deliberately snipped out four of the commandments, endorsing only six. The six he favored are moral standards that could readily be posted in any public structure, without violating the line between church and state."
i guess it is possible all these Ten Commandment lovers are Jewish but i somehow doubt that.
https://www.beliefnet.com/news/2002/11/hang-six.aspx
I do believe that pretending to be a legitimate elector when you clearly are not qualifies as bearing false witness.
In Biblical terms it may qualify as leprosy.
The first thing someone should have asked him is to name them all. When Rep Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) came on The Colbert Report after submitting a bill to have the 15, oops, 10 Commandments posted in all federal buildings, Colbert asked him to name all ten. He only managed two.
Or ask him which version he prefers. There are three in the Bible.
i heard Colbert do that to my fellow Georgian way back when--good point, Cliff
I feel like that whole thing about “that’s why we tolerate other religions” was mentioned recently in another Substack. Something to do with fake Patrick Henry quotes and a deeply racist magazine from 1956 and Josh Hawley. Did anyone else read that?
I have no problem with the GQP forcing teachers to put up the Ten Commandments, just as long as their is an asterisk next to each one that the proven rapist Defendant Trump has violated within the last few years.
Magna Carta!
Code of Hammurabi!
By-laws of the Howell High School D&D Club, circa 1978!
Remember that the Israelites, who possessed the actual Commandments, didn't stick them up on the wall. The put them in a box and killed anyone who tried to look at them.
This bit of obvious had escaped me till you. pointed it out. For my part you win the internets for the weekend.
If they aren't going to get upset when a classroom of kids gets shot up, they sure aren't going to worry when the kids' faces melt off.
Code of Hammurabi, beechezzzzzz.
I believe there was a bill in the Texas Senate, SB Bill 1515 requiring elementary and secondary schools to post the ten commandments on the wall in every classroom of every public school, at the school's expense. And those signs had to be a a certain dimension. It failed to pass, even with a Republican majority.
The entire capitalist system that rightwingers consider as sacred as anything else, wouldn’t function without coveting. If people didn’t covet stuff, there’d be no markets at all.
And where would Donald Trump be without adultery? Happily married?
Still Ivana's widower
Our founding documents are much more closely based on the governing principles of the Iroquois Six Nations.
True!
If we were to consider that the 10 Commandments came down from Mount Sinai with Moses, and think about the first commandment in that light: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you safe out of Egypt, and you shall have no other gods before me”, I would say an originalist reading of the first commandment forbids the worship of Jesus.
It also confirms that there were other Gods beside Yahweh, and Yahweh was insecure enough to require a loyalty oath.
Actually, you are free to worship Jesus, Krishna, and Thor as long as you keep Yahweh numero uno.
And that would probably be tabulated by some revenue distribution system.
Don’t forget Crom.