Posted on 05/26/2025 6:19:04 AM PDT by vespa300
The House has approved Senate Bill 10 even though a similar Louisiana law was deemed unconstitutional. Supporters say Christianity is core to U.S. history.
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If you put the Ten Commandments back in school you won’t need horse**** like DEI and all the other moronic liberal crap they have racists programming into our children.
Concepts such as âDo not murderâ, âDo not give false testimonyâ, âDo not stealâ, are not universal concepts.
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They certainly aren’t DC Swamp and Deep State concepts..
We saw two of those sins you listed proudly on display by the Swamp and Deep State through Trump’s 1st candidacy, 1st term, and the delay of Trump’s 2nd term, with Russia Russia Russia, hoax impeachments and a stolen election,etc.
What we haven’t done is punish those who have gotten away with it for the last 10 years.
Even if it did...I ask this to leftists all the time, never receiving an answer; which one do you disagree with? Crickets.
They’re literally the bedrock of a CIVILIZED SOCIETY, rules for not being ANIMALS. So, who in their right mind would not want them shared, and learned, with children?
They’re in *everyone’s* best interest. By trying to shutter them in the public places, all you accomplish is to advertise that you’re a dark and evil ‘thing’ that despises the foundations of law and order.
If you don’t disagree with any one of them, or are not willing to at least make an argument, then what is the problem? They’re just ‘10 things we all agree on’ to live in civility. That they’re historically tied to the Bible is irrelevant at the same time as being exactly the point.
They believe in them; but, many don't abide by them.
“Because all Christians believe in the 10 commandments right?”
“Christians” (as the pejoritive word that appears in the Bible three times and is used as the modern identification of New Testament believers in Jesus) believe the “whole counsel of God” and the complete scriptures that we are privileged to have today. This includes the small list of the “Ten Commandments,” which we believe in because, like all scripture, they point to Jesus.
The Ten Commandments are about Jesus.
Luke 24:27 NKJV
And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.
Acts 20:27 NKJV
For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
Galatians 3:24-26 NKJV
Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
“Not a single commandment has any punishment attached. And following the 10 commandments won’t get you to heaven.”
In both lists, Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5, there is judgment attached to disobedience of the commandments not to worship idols or take God’s name in vain.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2020&version=NKJV
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%205&version=NKJV
The main reason that the following the Ten Commandments does not get anyone to Heaven is that no one perfectly keeps them. In the same list, God also promises mercy to those who love Him and keep His commandments. Mercy is needed because we do not keep His commandments perfectly.
When people realize they have broken God’s laws, it is often a wake-up call to seek His mercy, and that is what the message of Christ is about.
The USSC has ruled on this exact issue more than once.
Texas will lose this impending case.
â No, but I have no problems with it being posted so that students understand the concepts. So you believe that the existence of the roman laws, the code of hammurabi, the spanish inquisition, the Crusades, Martin Luther and the Reformation, and the Declaration of Independence (that whole âendowed by their Creatorâ thing) should all be purged from public education to avoid mentioning Christian beliefs?â
Those are all being hung on the wall of each class?
But the 10 commandments were straight up to show people where they were wrong. And how to be right in God's eyes.
“I bev to differ. The 10 commandments given Moses had NO punishment.”
I don’t know where you’re coming from. Here’s what it says:
Exodus 20:4-6 NKJV
You shall not make for yourself a carved imageâany likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
That’s God speaking and not added by men. It’s sounds to me like a punishment if the recipients of the commandments worship idols. The one about taking God’s name in vain sounds the same to me:
Exodus 20:7 NKJV
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
On the other hand, Christ has redeemed believers from the “curse of the Law” which I think is essentially referring to punishment:
Galatians 3:13-14 NKJV
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, âCursed is everyone who hangs on a treeâ), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
“But the 10 commandments were straight up to show people where they were wrong.”
I agree. That’s the main purpose. They help us to understand our need for Christ’s redemption.
â I agree. Thatâs the main purpose. They help us to understand our need for Christâs redemption.â
Exactly why they shouldnât be on the wall in every classroom and shows that the âhistoricalâ argument is bs.
“Exactly why they shouldnât be on the wall in every classroom and shows that the âhistoricalâ argument is bs”
That depends. The purpose of public education has always been debated. Some people believe it should be eliminated altogether. Some people believe it serves exclusively to prepare children to be employable. Some people believe it is to prepare students for life as adults, including civic duties, personal health, etc.
Neither the Bible nor the Ten Commandments is required for learning basic skills to help students become employable. But they are relevant in the context being mentioned. I don’t hear anyone advocating for incorporating them into a Christian theological discussion in the public school as we are having here.
â I donât hear anyone advocating for incorporating them into a Christian theological discussion in the public school as we are having here.â
lol.
If itâs mandated they be displayed in every classroom, what would they be there for if not for theological reasons?
To claim otherwise is absurd.
Those pesky public schools
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I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
One Nation, under God of the Old and New Covenants, or some other God and some other Covenant Law aka the 10 Commandments?
They are not merely theological information but also have historical significance.
A consensus among many people that they should be displayed is probably just a backlash against constant attacks by anti-religious groups and advocates.
Is there some particular reason children should be shielded from the Ten Commandments? Is there some advantage to being ignorant about them?
You think this is the beginning of a white nationalist theocracy or something?
Everybody sins, and these commandment show it. That's my post.
Zealot away with wishing everyone hell.
I talk to God and pray for people to be saved, because my God is a gracious Being . I do not tell kids they are going to hell if they break a commandment.
Jesus is the last sacrifice people need.
Kids need to learn the 10 commandments to learn how to make right choices. Without the fire and brimstone. Because they love God, not because God is going to damn them for breaking a commandment.
â They are not merely theological information but also have historical significance.â
There you go again. Weâre back to a historical reasoning after youâve used the Christâs redemption argument.
â A consensus among many people that they should be displayed is probably just a backlash against constant attacks by anti-religious groups and advocates. You think this is the beginning of a white nationalist theocracy or something?â
Maybe for some, but this isnât new. Would you accept the five pillars of Islam being on the walls of childrenâs classrooms right next to the Ten Commandments? Or would that be the start of sharia?
Nations need a cohesive culture to survive. As I used to hear Michael Savage repeat: border, language, culture.
Our freedom of religion springs from our nation’s Protestant roots. Specifically, our nation primarily exists because of Christians fleeing religious persecution (usually by other “Christians”).
Most religions are not very tolerant of the concept of religious freedom.
The first public schools in America, and nearly all of our colleges, were established with the goal of equipping students with a thorough knowledge of the Bible.
Somehow, we’ve gone from that to government-enforced religion of humanism. This includes indoctrinating children politically and morally.
“Weâre back to a historical reasoning after youâve used the Christâs redemption argument”
Just because I post religious and theological views on a public forum for adults does not mean I support public schools teaching students those views. Students should have at least some knowledge of the history of Christianity, especially its role in the formation of this nation.
“Maybe for some, but this isnât new. Would you accept the five pillars of Islam being on the walls of childrenâs classrooms right next to the Ten Commandments? Or would that be the start of sharia?”
I think students should come out of school with a basic knowledge of what’s relevant. Becoming familiar with Islam and other religions is not necessarily a bad thing. But Islam played almost no role in the founding of this nation. And that education needs to accurately address things like how common terrorism, kidnapping, and slavery are part of the culture of Islam today. Such education could help young people understand that religious freedom does not entail the right to commit criminal acts.
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