Louisiana classrooms now required by law to display the Ten Commandments

[Michie]

My post said nothing about pledging to these organizations. I just follow the Bible. Let a man do what he wants to.

I will only pledge the Nicene Creed, and will never pledge to any nation. In fact, I do not even celebrate Halloween, as it is not Christian.

All Hallows Eve is not Christian?? PM me.

 

[Hans Blaster]

And what "anti-semites" did you have in mind? Muslims?

Their sacred text is in a Semitic language.

Other Semitic languages included that of the Canaanites and the Assyrians and the Babylonians. I wonder if those are the ancient Semitic values we should be following.

Or anybody who criticizes Netanyahu's conduct of the war in Gaza? Some of those are Jews, and Muslims revere the Ten Commandments anyway. Never mind, they aren't the real Ten Commandments, anyway, just a paraphrase on a poster. They might as well just post a picture of the tablets with Roman numerals on it. It's only a right-wing gang tag.

Yep, a gang tag.

 

[AlexB23]

All Hallows Eve is not Christian?? PM me.

It is Christian, but people ruined it with demonic stuff.

This guy explains in just over 15 minutes why Halloween is demonic:

 

[Michie]

Not what the thread is about so I sent a PM.

It is Christian, but people ruined it with demonic stuff.

This guy explains in just over 15 minutes why Halloween is demonic:

 

[AlexB23]

Not what the thread is about so I sent a PM.

Thank you. Some time in October, I will make a thread about how Halloween is the devil's holiday, and how Christians must not celebrate it. Stay tuned, my friend.

 

[Michie]

Thank you. Some time in October, I will make a thread about how Halloween is the devil's holiday, and how Christians must not celebrate it. Stay tuned, my friend.

Oh I will for sure.

 

[HARK!]

Only in the case that the state tries to defy a court decision will we have a situation like Eisenhower calling in the 101st Airborne to ensure that black children can go to public school.

I guess PBS has just become yet another Left=Wing sensationalist rag., I suppose the Republicans should defund it.

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[KCfromNC]

Oh, and which of the approximately twenty self-identified distinct religions that regard the Decalogue as a sacred text and the hundred or so others that regard it as being morally edifying would that be?

It's no more legal for the government to endorse a handful of religions over all the rest than it is to put its support behind one at the expense of the others.

 

[KCfromNC]

Where in the Constitution did the States concede their right to religious freedom to the Federal Government?

States don't have religious beliefs - they're not people, after all.

 

[BCP1928]

שמע YHWH is one. He has always been in power. He always will be.​

And somehow you have been chosen to be the one to tell us what God wants us to do.

 

[BCP1928]

The 10 Commandments are in all of my Bibles.

The version that is required to be posted is not in anybody's Bible.

 

[essentialsaltes]

ORLY?

Where in the Constitution did the States concede their right to religious freedom to the Federal Government?

As I explained in #237, when they ratified the 14th Amendment.

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States

Among those privileges and immunities are the First Amendment guarantees protecting citizens from government interference in matters of religion.

 

[bèlla]

While many desire a theocracy I don't believe we'll be better off with christians in charge. You have varying extremes in all cultures and we're no different. I don't see the happy ending many tout. It would probably be authoritarian and get increasingly oppressive as corrections and laws are handed out. And since the leaders are listening to 'God' anything is possible.

~bella

 

[HARK!]

As I explained in #237, when they ratified the 14th Amendment.

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States

Among those privileges and immunities are the First Amendment guarantees protecting citizens from government interference in matters of religion.

Posting the Decalogue doesn't interfere with religion. Citizens are not immune from free speech.

 

[HARK!]

And somehow you have been chosen to be the one to tell us what God wants us to do.

YHWH already told us what he wants us to do. I wouldn't call myself an apostle; but you may consider me a מלאך if you wish.

 

[HARK!]

The version that is required to be posted is not in anybody's Bible.

How's that?

 

[HARK!]

States don't have religious beliefs - they're not people, after all.

Do you understand that the words "belief," and "freedom," are two completely different words?

 

[essentialsaltes]

Posting the Decalogue doesn't interfere with religion.

SCOTUS (1980) disagrees.

Citizens are not immune from free speech.

Government speech is subject to greater constraints than citizen speech.

For example, even though government speech is not regulated by the Free Speech Clause, it is still subject to the Establishment Clause.

 

[HARK!]

SCOTUS (1980) disagrees.

Do you have anything more than a vague reference, and an assumption?

 

[HARK!]

even though government speech is not regulated by the Free Speech Clause, it is still subject to the Establishment Clause.

There is nothing in that article about speech.

Have you ever visited Washington D.C.?