Let she who is without sin …
Except we’re talking about FLORIDA, Zoe, not South Dakota, and these people are white but they’re also… gasp!.. poor! Believe it or not, it happens. Believe it or not, it isn’t always rich white slobs crushing poor brown people under their heels. Sometimes it’s more complicated.
And apparently I’m going to be a raging bitch today. Shoulda stood in bed.
Not only did I have a typo, but I also said I was amazed they spelled anything right, which was the opposite of what I intended. Also, by the strict letter of the law, I, myself am an adulterer.
Then again, I don’t go around putting 10 Commandments in courthouses.
And as far as throwing stones, I couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn with a barn. That is what happens when you live enough, you realize that sometimes the desire to be good gets outweighed by the desire to be bad.
I wonder if they plan on enforcing the biblical punishments for violating the Commandments? At least four of them require death:[ul][]Taking the Lord’s name in vain (Leviticus 24:16)[]Working on the Sabbath (Exodus 31:15)[]Cursing a parent (Exodus 21:17)[]Adultery (Leviticus 20:10)[/ul]
One of the Ten Commandments (the first or second, depending on which version you use) forbids worshipping any gods other than the God of the Bible. But the First Amendment to the Constitution, by allowing freedom of religion, allows exactly that.
Wouldn’t it be cool if things actually did vanish in a puff of logic because of contradictions like that? I’d want them to put up more Ten Commandments monuments if they did, just to see it happen…
There are different numbering schemes? Enlighten this very very very very non-practicing ev.luth., please?
Here and here are sites that discuss the various numbering schemes.
A funny aside to that: I got some material about my Swedish ancestors from my uncle. One of them had had a child out of wedlock, and was mentioned as being “forgiven for breaking the sixth commandment”, meaning forgiven for committing adultery. I think of the commandments in the Jewish listing, so to me the sixth commandment is “you shall not murder” :eek:
An earlier post of mine on the decalogue.
I guess you could look at a monument like that as a good thing - it’s an obvious warning about what kind of people you’re dealing with here.
This caught my eye, from the first link -
So, if we took up a collection on the Dope here and had a nice non-Christian monument (perhaps the afore-mentioned Pink Unicorn) made up and placed beside the Ten Commandments, that would be kosher, I assume? Actually, placing a monument beside that one, and seeing the reaction would be absolutely priceless. It would set off a shitstorm, I’m guessing, whether it stayed or went.
(Is it just me, or does anyone else keep thinking about Heinlein and how prophetic he was about the way religious things are going?)
The IPU is not historical (though it is hysterical). Better to put up a Masonic monument or a copy of Jefferson’s bible with all the miracles cut out to make Jesus look non-divine. We don’t want the fundies fighting us, we want them fighting each other.
It’s not just you, featherlou. Heinlein himself wrote on that very subject in an afterword to his story, If This Goes On. IIRC, he specifically condemned the fanatical bent of Christianity rearing its ugly head.
Yes, yes, but you left out the 11th Commandment, “Thou Shalt Not Schtup a Schiksa.”
Anyone ever see that Colbert Report where he was interviewing some guy about this issue? He asked the guy what the ten commandments were. A sudden completely puzzled look came over the guy’s face and he asked you want me to say the ten commandments? Stephen said yes and the guy couldn’t do it. Pretty eye opening. This guy who was so adamant about having them in public didn’t even know what they were.
Here is the clip I was talking about:
Whereas I’ve heard Colbert recite the whole Catholic Creed in about thirty seconds.
I guess the “false witness” commandment would be a good one to keep in mind in a courtroom. As for coveting your neighbor’s ass – maybe you should just keep that to yourself.
Forgot to add – is it possible that “Phil Dirt” is somebody’s porno name? (What’s mine, you ask? Al’s the name. . . Al Dente.)
Wow. You must not think very highly of reporters.
I like this idea. I’ve often thought that it would be nice to see a government building decorated with monuments of the Ten Commandments, Buddha’s Eightfold Path to Enlightenment, the philosophy of Wicca, and all other equivalent messages from all religions (including the Church of Satan). One space would be left blank, however, and the monuments rearranged regularly, so that the atheists can always have their monument, the Empty Space Where The Ten Commandments Used To Be. With this method, everyone is included and can feel free to pause at their respective monuments and have a little time to reflect on what is important.
Undoubtedly, someone would soon found the Church of Nekkid Chicks.
Well, there’s, like, TEN of 'em. If they are not posted in public, how is anyone supposed to remember them?
Good question, tomndebb. I propose that, given their obvious importance, we establish a chain of structures to be built all over the land. And since they’re so important, the people will have no problem with funding those buildings privately and without using tax money. I further propose we staff these buildings with certain members of the general public, persons whose employ at these special structures also will not be funded by taxes.
So, what should we call these structures and these persons?
I dunno, but see my Post #5.