# They are trying it again- Ten Commandments

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**Created:** [June 20, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-trying-it-again-ten-commandments/1003134 "2024-06-20T20:54:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-trying-it-again-ten-commandments/1003134/188 "2026-04-09T19:20:53Z")

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> [@ParallelLines](#):
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> NOT defending Texas, because I am perfectly capable of reading their intent, rather than their excuses, but in _better_ hands it makes sense, and (for our evil snarky stuff) I’d love said class to require a disclaimer that the Bible is a unverified work of fiction, and _cannot_ be treated as _literally true_.

The Bible is a work of Literature, some parts are actual history. It is not fiction, but some parts are Myth and other parts are legend- and the older the “book” the more likely it is Myth or legend. We dont call the Greek Myths “fiction”.

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