My coffee is hot, but not as hot as it is outside. Over coffee this morning, it hit me. Texas is trying to pass a bill that would mandate posting The Ten Commandments in all public schools. Assuming that not all the teachers are Christian, I wonder how they will handle questions posed by the students. Here’s a little story I made up.
Once upon a time, the Texas government mandated that every public school post The Ten Commandments in clear view of the students.
While perusing the new poster that was just placed in the classroom, Little Susie asked her teacher, “What does it mean to Honor Your Father and Honor Your Mother?”
“Well, Susie, it means that you should respect your parents and not talk back to them.”
Susie, scrunching her face, said, “My father was hitting my mother the other night, and I got upset and yelled at him to stop! Did I not honor my father?
“According to the Bible, no, you did not honor your father.”
“So, what does the Bible say should happen to me because I disobeyed that commandment?”
“It means that your parents will be stoning you to death. That’s what it says in Leviticus 20:9.”
Susie broke into tears and went back to her desk.
Keep in mind that I just made up this story. Just wondering how an atheist teacher might handle any questions about the Bible.
Time for another cup!
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Nice story, Vic! The dumb-ass Texans don’t realize that putting up Christian dogma on the walls of public schools violates our Constitution, which is unAmerican to do so. I wonder if they know that parents can send their child to christian schools? If you were of a non-christian religion or an atheist, and your child were in a Texas school, how would you react to this law? Wouldn’t you protest?
Yes, I would protest and argue that they should post The Four Nobel Truths of Buddhism and The Nine Beliefs of Hinduism.
of course christians have that problem with Jesus saying to hate your mother and father too, yet one more lovely biblical contradiction.
and that 1st commandment, now which version of this god is to be followed since Christians have ever so many? There’s also the problem where this god says it will punish the descendents of people who piss it off, and then it goes and claims it would never so such a thing in Ezekiel 18.
#5 is a problem since christians don’t agree on when the “sabbath” is or if it’s even really to be called the sabbath, since they don’t like being reminded they should be killing people if they work on it.
#6 is a problem since this god murders, e.g. kills David’s son for what david did. It’s a great example of how Christian morality is entirely subjective, depending on who does something, rather than any objective morality associated with an action.
#7 is one of those that requires murdering adulterers later on in the far more than just 10 commandments
#8 is a problem since this god has no problem with mind controlling people so its “chosen” can steal (Exodus 3)
#9 is a problem since Christians do this all of the time.
#10 has women as simply property.
and there are so many more commandments, not just the first 10. Christians really don’t like when it’s pointed out that their jesus says to follow *all* of them. They do go into backflips to try to figure out excuses why they don’t.
And I wonder which version of the Ten Commandments they will post – Protestant, Catholic, or Hebrew? And will it be the Ten Commandments from Exodus 20 or Exodus 34? Moses smashed the original tablets and god rewrote them in Exodus 34, which is entirely different than the original version. And this version is the one that went into the Ark of the Covenant. Ha!
exactly. it’s such a ridiculous mess of a cult.
hey, Vic, what sect of christianity did you follow? I was reading your about page.
It’s “funny” how their bible says “thou shalt not kill,” and in the next few pages it says, unless “you disobey your parents…then you should kill your children,” and other christian laws that say “kill this person if they violate this law.” Kill, kill, kill, but you’re not supposed to kill or you will be put to death (killed). So which is it, do not kill, or kill under this condition?
yep. Christians often try to claim that it “really” means murder, but funny how their god does that too.
I wasn’t raised as a Christian. My Japanese mother was Buddhist. My Caucasian father from the hills of Kentucky wasn’t religious. I was baptized in a Methodist church in my 20s after I married (requirement). I attended a Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, for about 12 years. After my only child died at the age of three, I realized that either god didn’t listen to our prayers or he just didn’t care. So, I left Christianity.
understood. I was raised Presbyterian, wandered more toward free will chrsitanity and then figured out that all religions were nonsense.
You seem to be a coffee fan 🙂 I’ve just found out I have fatty liver disease and three cups a day are recommended. Any brands/roasters you like?
Just about any dark roast- less bitter. I like Starbucks Italian blend.
so do I. I also like Peet’s Major Dickson blend.
If they nailed the commandments onto the wall, the Supreme Court would have to step in and tell them to remove them, since it’s unconstitutional, but then you know what our SCOTUS or is it SCrOTUS, looks like. Where did our “democracy” go? Nobody seems to care! Our society is apathetic; they proved it in Nov. 2016.