Easy, gather the tenants off all the other faiths and put them up.
That’s actually a great idea. Have the children make them as a school assignment. Judaism is basically the same. That would be a fantastic start to accepting other people.
“The Ten Commandments” are actually Jewish. Christians who read would know that Christianity is supposed to be based on two commandments, which according to their god are more important than the ten commandments.
Christianity was a Jewish sect until at least 70 ad, so it actually is Jewish until they separated themselves out as being different.
What 2 commandments are you talking about? I actually don’t read the bible either since I’m not religious. I’m fascinated by the history of it though. Are you talking about the Golden Rule? What other one then.
I’ve read a little bit of the Jewish scriptures to see what was taken out of the old testament and rearranged, that was kind of hilarious. The Book of Ruth is sexy time. The same guy who made it so priests couldn’t marry probably got rid of that book too, but I can’t remember when it was pulled. Probably at the council of Nicene.
The two commandments he is talking about are found here: Matthew 22:36-40 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
These are what Jesus is quoted as saying in the New Testament of the Bible.
Thanks for explaining that. We were taught in my catholic school the second one as the Golden Rule and the only commandment to follow because it encompasses all of them. The “Love the Lord…” one was barely brought up, if at all. Even catholics have many different versions of being taught. My west coast friends had a totally different experience.
Ew, but those are about love. Not here is the u s of a buddy.
This is actually somewhat untrue.
Jesus wasn’t negating the Ten Commandments, he was simplifying them.
But then, also, it’s important to know that he so insisted that everything in the Law of Moses and the Prophets are still in effect and would be until everything is “accomplished”
He was, for example, perfectly okay with people turning foreigners into slaves.
*tenets
Had shoulder surgery Friday, between using my off hand for texting, pain meds and just waking up and seeing this post, it’s no wonder I got the wrong word :p
Hope you heal well and quickly!
That’s an even better idea because then they won’t be able to understand the dialog.
Good movie
All of them
THERE ARE SEVEN FUNDAMENTAL TENETS
I
One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.
II
The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.
III
One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.
IV
The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one’s own.
V
Beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one’s beliefs.
VI
People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one’s best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.
VII
Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.
~The Satanic Temple
Or put it behind a shelf… they never said it had to be visible only posted
Do both. Post other faiths and put only the 10 commandments mostly behind a shelf.
There is more than one list of 10 commandments in the Bible. Post them side by side and hilight the differences.
the tenants off all the other faiths
That’s a LOT of people, none of which the founding fathers wanted to be allowed to vote.
I mean because they’re not land owners but sure, the other reason too!
Yup cover the walls. Be inclusive rather than Christian inclusive, put up satanism, atheism, agnosticism ideals, make sure to include indigenous peoples. People will get posed and say it needs to come down but can’t justify taking one down without taking others. And sure let’s do religion month and talk about each of the tenets.
It might be different for some people, for example as an atheist I try to follow one rule only:
Don’t be an arsehole.
Other people might have different prime principles.
BTW, with my rule I’m not always successful.
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Go through them as a class.
Explain what adultery and coveting mean.
Get angry letters from parents.
Reply “you voted for this so now I have to teach it.”
“Adultery is when you have sex with someone you are not married to.” *(Bible’s definition)
8yr old: “What is sex?”
Teacher: “Ask your parents.”
Other 8 year old: “Is that what dad does with the babysitter?”
Teacher: “Ask your mom.”
8yr old: “What is sex?”
Teacher: “Ask your parents.”
LOL, no.
This is science class we’re talking about. Teach it. In full detail.
I would be surprised if Texas doesn’t have a very specific law about sex ed in schools and what can be taught at specific grade levels.
Any state that is christofascist enough to require a display of the Ten Commandments in schools is probably also prudish enough to punish teachers for honest discussions of human sexuality.
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Requiring you to post the 10 Commandments doesn’t prevent you from posting, say, the five pillars of Islam. :)
Post it facing the wall so it’s just the back of the poster.
Post it upside down.
Post it in direct sunlight so it fades very quickly.
Post it behind something big on a counter that just happens to always obstruct it.
If it’s a science classroom, somewhere where potentially caustic chemicals might frequently, accidently damage it.
Post it on the floor as a door mat so it gets walked on.
Believe it or not there are rules about how it is allowed to be posted.
(1) include only the text of the Ten Commandments as provided by Subsection © in a size and typeface that is legible to a person with average vision from anywhere in the classroom in which the poster or framed copy is displayed; and (2) be at least 16 inches wide and 20 inches tall.
Hang it with the printed side against the wall.
Post the ten commandments written in Arabic and watch the racists lose their shit
Or microdot size
Find one with the full text of the commandments. They’re a lot more interesting. My favorite is number 10.
You shall not covet your neighbour’s house; you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
Those handy little posters only mention coveting wives and goods, but it’s important that they know God says slavery is totally fine, just don’t covet your neighbor’s slaves.
Knowledge that the Bible says slaves are OK will not be beneficial.
It’s a perfect stepping stone for a lesson on how the Bible is completely incompatible with modern morals.
‘Modern morals’ only exist on paper and are at best only selectively followed.
same is true of the bronze age morals.
David had a dude killed so he could bang the dude’s wife.
There’s a whole list of things that should get you killed according to those nice books.
it should also be noted that that’s about coveting other people’s possessions. that’s what that list all has in common. wives are not an exception to that category, as far as the author was concerned. (and the people insisting these stupid things go up.)
I put posters Im required to have in my classroom but dont want behind the door. The door is always open so the poster is always hidden from sight. Students dont even know its there.
Put it right next to all other religious texts you can find?
Exactly. If there are people from other faiths to be made comfortable, include them. If there are atheists, choose a moral framework that’s line with your/their/the school’s values and put that up there too.
Have then in the oldest English you can find. Old enough that it can’t be read by most people.
If you got told which format, use it as a study. critical thinking is good
Font was not specified? It’s time for
I can still read that. Use the same font as death metal bands
There is a whole family of those fonts. Many of the free ones are quite good.
Names, links? The font looks cool.
Sadly, the law has taken this kind of stuff into account.
It was Moses that received them. Contrary to popular belief. Moses did not speak English. I think it would be entirely appropriate to have the 10 commandments in their original language. Which I will assume was Classic Hebrew
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Post a sign above them that says: “which of these would you replace and what would you replace it with that offers better moral guidance?”
“which of these would you replace and what would you replace it with that offers better moral guidance?”
Thou shalt not kill; replace it with “thou must lubeth up before thy mandatory anal sex” /s
BrOnZe AgE iDeAlS dOnT wOrK
What disturbs me a bit is that we’re in an atheism community and 99% of the answers hinge around ‘put up more religion’. Sure, if one then treat them all the same. But then also treat us the same. We don’t believe that any of that has a room in a science class room. Where is the respect for our believe?
Hang them up. Then once explain to your students why none of this belongs in a science class room. Ask who would like to have the honors of tearing them down at the end of the class as a proactive lesson on science. Explain to them why this will be a daily ritual now.
This way they’re on display every day, so you are strictly speaking compliant. But it makes it very clear that this has no place here. Your students will become more comfortable with the idea of resisting religious BS. Until the day you are fired for it. Then they learn that freedom has a price.
The idea isn’t to spread religious dogma, the idea is to put up non-christian, non-secular sources of what most would consider to be wisdom and watch the hypocrites who made the stupid law in the first place lose their minds that teachers are “putting [Islam, Buddhism, Satanism, etc] in schools”. of course, to prevent the teacher from doing that, they would have to sue and potentially have the law that requires teachers to post up the 10 commandments in the first place be declared unconstitutional in order to also remove other sources of religious references.
Cheers, your viewpoint is much appreciated and enabled me to see a new facette to the discussion!
Surely there’s a malicious compliance way to do so. Post it in 6pt font. In disappearing ink. In the original Hebrew. In Elvish. Backward. Behind the flag.
Original Hebrew is my favorite. If you’re not reading it in the language God intended, do you even have faith bro?
Can you post other religious creed alongside?
Put up a Klingon translation
It’s not supposed to make everyone comfortable. It’s supposed to indoctrinate children to the insane ideals of this fascist govt.
