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Federal judge delays posting of Ten Commandments in Louisiana public schools
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this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2024
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I'm honestly really surprised that Catholics in this country aren't going apeshit about Louisiana mandating that the Protestant version of the Ten Commandments be displayed.
The Bible contains two summaries of the ten commandments. Unsurprisingly, what Louisiana wants to put up on a poster is not a literal translation of either of them. Catholics tend to use an interpretation that doesn’t include “no graven images.”
Two tellings of the Ten Commandments in the Bible are Exodus 20:1-17 and Deuteronomy 5:1-21.
Note that there’s stuff in there for many Catholics to be unhappy about (carved images, taking the lord’s name in vain) and many protestants (telling children about adultery, observing the sabbath, not coveting, not bearing false witness).
But those commandments are a small part of the Jewish Mosaic law; Christians are supposed to override that with “love God” and “love the people around you, even those who your social clique shuns” along with “it’s not enough to not do the commandments; if you catch yourself contemplating breaking them in your head, stop doing it.”
There's also only one set of laws the Bible itself says are called the ten commandments and it's not either of those. In fact, it's the laws Moses wrote after getting pissed off at the idolaters and decided the first set weren't explicit enough about what his god did not want people to doing.
To make it clear: no yeast in blood sacrifices and don't boil a baby goat in its mothers milk. Or else.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2034&version=NIV
(Note that the Old Testament doesn't really make it clear what the 'or else' is going to be in your own case, just that God is a big mean motherfucker and you don't want to get on his bad side.)
That's the understatement of the year if we're talking about Yahweh. That dude fucked shit up.
I was trying to be generous.
This is the best 10 Commandments.
I'm pretty sure I've never boiled a baby goat in mothers' milk!
Ever had a cheeseburger? Kind of the same thing. In fact Jewish people are not permitted to eat them based on this exact line.
But we’re not eating goat mince and goat milk.
And from what little I know of Judaism, exploiting technical loopholes are the goal.
They're all about those loopholes. Which were designed by god to be figured out. Still can't keep kosher on a cheeseburger.
Crap, I'm a sinner again.
Is there a different version by the Catholic church? I thought they were all the same. Where is the Church of Satan in all this? Wouldn't this open up the door to posting other religious texts in schools as well?
https://www.learnreligions.com/different-versions-of-the-ten-commandments-250923
Unsurprisingly, Catholics aren't big fans of the 'no graven images' commandment.
Apparently "Thou shalt not commit adultery" also doesn't count if one of the parties isn't an adult.
Or if you have this particular bible- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_Bible