Texas will require public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments under bill nearing passage

[Bradskii]

Not really, "In God We Trust" and that's not the Muslim Allah

Don't go spreading this around but...it's the same deity. You and the Muslims share him with the Jewish faith.

 

[A2SG]

Come September, every public school classroom in Texas could be required to display the Ten Commandments under a requirement that passed a key vote in the Texas legislature Sunday — part of a larger push in Texas and beyond to increase the role of religion in schools.

Texas will require public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments under bill signed by governor

Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 10, even though a similar Louisiana law was deemed unconstitutional. Supporters say Christianity is core to U.S. history.

www.texastribune.org

Out of curiosity, will that display include the fact that, under US law, all but two of the commandments are entirely legal, and several are rights protected by the Constitution? Heck, our entire economic system is based on coveting stuff.

-- A2SG, okay, maybe two and a half of the commandments....perjury may be illegal, but other forms of bearing false witness aren't.....

 

[FAITH-IN-HIM]

Not really, "In God We Trust" and that's not the Muslim Allah

It's surprising that some Christians aren't familiar with basic Christianity or children's Bible stories. Abraham had two sons, Isaac and Ishmael. Isaac's descendants are Jews, while Ishmael's descendants are Arabs and later Muslims.

 

[wing2000]

It's time we instill proper morals, and not just laws without reason. The American Golden Age is now.

....and you honestly think posting the Ten Commandments will "instill proper morals"?

 

[wing2000]

It's surprising that some Christians aren't familiar with basic Christianity or children's Bible stories. Abraham had two sons, Isaac and Ishmael. Isaac's descendants are Jews, while Ishmael's descendants are Arabs and later Muslims.

I'm not surprised at all. After all, many Christians support a leader who has broken many of the Ten Commandments....repeatedly.

 

[Truth7t7]

It's surprising that some Christians aren't familiar with basic Christianity or children's Bible stories. Abraham had two sons, Isaac and Ishmael. Isaac's descendants are Jews, while Ishmael's descendants are Arabs and later Muslims.

Almighty God found in my KJV Holy Bible isn't the false god found in the Muslim Quran

 

[BCP1928]

Almighty God found in my KJV Holy Bible isn't the false god found in the Muslim Quran

God is found neither in your Bible or in the Quran. They are books. God does not live in a book.

 

[FAITH-IN-HIM]

Almighty God found in my KJV Holy Bible isn't the false god found in the Muslim Quran

Consider reading versions such as NIV or ESV, or a Hebrew Bible.

 

[essentialsaltes]

It's time we instill proper morals

I thought we were supposed to stick to the three Rs in schools, and not have all of this indoctrination about being nice to each other.

 

[Landon Caeli]

I thought we were supposed to stick to the three Rs in schools, and not have all of this indoctrination about being nice to each other.

But these morals are tried and true, and have been in use for thousands of years... The new "woke" morals, seem to be causing bad side-effects... Also, following laws, without knowing why, makes them seem paper thin, and unworthy of our truest reasoning to follow them.

...Stealing, for instance, is not just a law to keep order. It should be considered immoral on a deeper level, as well as vandalizing other people's property, as the two are closely related... Yet we have groups destroying monuments, and spray painting things in property that's not their own... Something has to be done.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

I'm not surprised at all. After all, many Christians support a leader who has broken many of the Ten Commandments....repeatedly.

That's what I taught my kids during the first Trump Administration, if the President dose it, don't do it.

 

[RileyG]

God is found neither in your Bible or in the Quran. They are books. God does not live in a book.

Ooooh, this reminds me of something, not to go off topic. It IS related.

A verse many Sola Scriptura Protestants love to quote:

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness

2 Timothy 3:16

IE God speaks to us through the Scripture...from a Christian perspective

 

[Bradskii]

...Stealing, for instance, is not just a law to keep order. It should be considered immoral on a deeper level...

'Sir, Jenkins took my pen!'
'Did you, boy?'
'No sir. I was going to, but now you've put up all those commandments I realise that it would be wrong to do so'.

Was that a real argument you were making? I can't tell.

 

[RileyG]

'Sir, Jenkins took my pen!'
'Did you, boy?'
'No sir. I was going to, but now you've put up all those commandments I realise that it would be wrong to do so'.

Was that a real argument you were making? I can't tell.

Do you think many students would actually care about the 10 commandments? I dunno. I’ve never been to Texas. I think there is plenty of Catholics, Baptists, and Evangelicals. I don’t know how devout they are.

 

[Bradskii]

Do you think many students would actually care about the 10 commandments?

No. And to even suggest that pinning them up on a wall would instill a sense of moral duty in any school kid is beyond preposterous.

 

[Landon Caeli]

'Sir, Jenkins took my pen!'
'Did you, boy?'
'No sir. I was going to, but now you've put up all those commandments I realise that it would be wrong to do so'.

Was that a real argument you were making? I can't tell.

Well, I wouldn't take a pen... Of course, we attended Mass daily at my Catholic school, so I was at church 6 days a week for my entire childhood.

But yeah, maybe having the 10 commandments would be helpful a little.

 

[BCP1928]

Well, I wouldn't take a pen... Of course, we attended Mass daily at my Catholic school, so I was at church 6 days a week for my entire childhood.

But yeah, maybe having the 10 commandments would be helpful a little.

Ooooh, this reminds me of something, not to go off topic. It IS related.

A verse many Sola Scriptura Protestants love to quote:

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness

2 Timothy 3:16

IE God speaks to us through the Scripture...from a Christian perspective

If so, God also speaks to Jews and Mulslims through that same scripture--the OT at least for Jews and the OT plus the Synoptics for Muslims.

 

[Landon Caeli]

If so, God also speaks to Jews and Mulslims through that same scripture--the OT at least for Jews and the OT plus the Synoptics for Muslims.

Jews, largely yes. Muslims, no... Islam is a made-up religion, based on the false testimony of a sociopathic liar named Mohammed.

...We know Mohammed was an evil sociopath because he ordered the execution of around 13 people simply for writing poetry about him that he didn't like.

Here's one example:

Abu 'Afak - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[BCP1928]

Jews, largely yes. Muslims, no... Islam is a made-up religion, based on the false testimony of a sociopathic liar named Mohammed.

Who produced a book which he claimed was divinely inspired, a book which is largely a commentary on the Old Testment and the Synoptics. You may think that Muslims don't worship the same God you do, but they think they do. They believe Jesus to be a prophet sent by the God of Abraham and who will return at the last trump to "judge both the quick and the dead" as it says in our own Creed.

 

[Landon Caeli]

Who produced a book which he claimed was divinely inspired, a book which is largely a commentary on the Old Testment and the Synoptics. You may think that Muslims don't worship the same God you do, but they think they do. They believe Jesus to be a prophet sent by the God of Abraham and who will return at the last trump to "judge both the quick and the dead" as it says in our own Creed.

If Mohammed were alive today, he would be locked up in prison for life, for murder, conspiracy to commit murder, robbery, grand theft, rape, and human trafficking/ kidnapping.

Mohammed was a horrible man, whose *interpretation* of actual holy texts, are completely stained by the evil that he truly was.

...There can *NEVER* be anything Quranic posted in any classroom in this country.