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"A religion that has to force people to put up a poster to prove its legitimacy is a dead religion." (Original Post) ItsjustMe May 2023 OP
So the lady wants to go into a "different direction" CTyankee May 2023 #1
We don't do Bible Study in Public Classrooms. We do Education.. MagaSmash May 2023 #2
Aside from "don't murder" and "don't steal" teach1st May 2023 #3
Rundown localroger May 2023 #4

CTyankee

(63,926 posts)
1. So the lady wants to go into a "different direction"
Mon May 8, 2023, 01:10 PM
May 2023

I would have liked to hear what she had to say. His summation was beautiful. He strikes me as being a very good guy.

teach1st

(5,937 posts)
3. Aside from "don't murder" and "don't steal"
Mon May 8, 2023, 01:23 PM
May 2023

Aside from "don't murder" and "don't steal" (and perhaps false witness), the ten commandments violate our constitution, particularly freedom of speech. That's in addition to the constitutional separations of church and state.

localroger

(3,636 posts)
4. Rundown
Mon May 8, 2023, 03:20 PM
May 2023

1. Have no other gods before me -- particular to Christianity, unconstitutional
2. Do not make idols -- ditto
3. Do not take the name of the Lord in vain -- ditto
4. Do not work on Sunday -- ditto
5. Honor your Father and Mother -- A popular but not universal opinion
6. Don't murder -- there's a secular law against that
7. Do not commit adultery -- Popular but not universal opinion
8. Do not steal -- there's a secular law against that
9. Do not lie -- Popular but far from universal opinion
10. Do not covet -- Probably good advice, but not a universal opinion

So of the ten commandments, only two warn against actual illegal acts, four belong in an advice column, and the remaining (and FIRST) four only belong on the wall of a Christian church.

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