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Cut Ten Commandments down to 6?

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This is about a public high school in Virginia that has posted the Ten Commandments in a hallway of the school. There were protests and the poster with the Commandments was removed, more protests followed and the poster was re-installed. Now it is in court.

Cut Ten Commandments down to 6?

Could the Ten Commandments be reduced to six, a federal judge asked Monday. Would that neutralize the religious overtones of a commandments display that has the Giles County School Board in legal hot water?

That unorthodox suggestion was made by Judge Michael Urbanski during oral arguments over whether the display amounts to a governmental endorsement of religion, as alleged in a lawsuit filed by a student at Narrows High School. After raising many pointed questions about whether the commandments pass legal muster, the judge referred the case to mediation - with a suggestion:

Remove the first four commandments, which are clearly religious in nature, and leave the remaining six, which make more secular commands, such as do not kill or steal.

Why do the hyper-religious Christians continue to wast taxpayer dollars in fighting the lawsuits which they inevitably lose in court? For example, here in Florida, this past week - Bradford County Ten Commandments monument dedicated
 
It's an interesting compromise. And it sounds like those against the display are actually not the ones complaining about it (it didn't seem very clear on that part though). If the ACLU goes for it, I say the county should take it. It really sounds like the most likely way for them to avoid a longer and more difficult legal battle which they likely will lose.
 
Didn't Carlin get it down to like three?
 
Didn't Carlin get it down to like three?

Yes he did

Thou shalt always be honest and faithful
to the provider of thy nookie.


&

Thou shalt try real hard not to kill anyone, unless of course
they pray to a different invisible man than you.


Two is all you need; Moses could have carried them down the hill in his ****in' pocket. I wouldn't mind those folks in Alabama posting them on the courthouse wall, as long as they provided one additional commandment:

Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself
.
 
This is about a public high school in Virginia that has posted the Ten Commandments in a hallway of the school. There were protests and the poster with the Commandments was removed, more protests followed and the poster was re-installed. Now it is in court.



Why do the hyper-religious Christians continue to wast taxpayer dollars in fighting the lawsuits which they inevitably lose in court? For example, here in Florida, this past week - Bradford County Ten Commandments monument dedicated

LOL - well they went form 15 to 10 so I don't see why not!
 
Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself.

Religion is like a penis. It's ok to have one. It's ok to be proud of it. It's not ok to wave it around in everyone's face.
 
This is about a public high school in Virginia that has posted the Ten Commandments in a hallway of the school. There were protests and the poster with the Commandments was removed, more protests followed and the poster was re-installed. Now it is in court.



Why do the hyper-religious Christians continue to wast taxpayer dollars in fighting the lawsuits which they inevitably lose in court? For example, here in Florida, this past week - Bradford County Ten Commandments monument dedicated

Remove the first 4 commandments? OK, I can see that. Won't be the first time that God's commandments were whittled down to a smaller number:

 
Why not just get rid of them completely and follow the law?
 
The Ten Commandments were for the JEWS, not everyone else.

when will folks understand this?
 
The Ten Commandments were for the JEWS, not everyone else.

when will folks understand this?

technically jews and christians as they both worship the same god,with the difference being jews believed jesus was a prophet and christians believed he was the messiah.
 
Why do militant atheists have to throw a fit over hanging the 10 Commandments? People are to hypersensitive, and it's a public place and should be allowed to hang.
 
Why do militant atheists have to throw a fit over hanging the 10 Commandments? People are to hypersensitive, and it's a public place and should be allowed to hang.

I'm not bothered by seeing them - I kind of like the symbolism a bit eventhough I'm not religious. But there are numerous religions: and do we want to have to represent them all?
 
Why do militant atheists have to throw a fit over hanging the 10 Commandments? People are to hypersensitive, and it's a public place and should be allowed to hang.

Same sex couples should be allowed to marry. Why are those religious getting their panties in a knot over this? Why are they so hypersensitive?
 
Same sex couples should be allowed to marry. Why are those religious getting their panties in a knot over this? Why are they so hypersensitive?

a bit off topic to the subject at hand.
 
Same sex couples should be allowed to marry. Why are those religious getting their panties in a knot over this? Why are they so hypersensitive?
What does this have to do with SSM? I think the hypersensitive ones are those who cannot stomach having the 10 Commandments displayed or want to oppress religious beliefs and freedom of expression by trying to warp the law into stating that you can't display these things in a public place/

I'm not bothered by seeing them - I kind of like the symbolism a bit eventhough I'm not religious. But there are numerous religions: and do we want to have to represent them all?

No, but if a student or faculty want to display something in public schools they should be able to. It's shouldn't be a religion free zone.
 
What does this have to do with SSM? I think the hypersensitive ones are those who cannot stomach having the 10 Commandments displayed or want to oppress religious beliefs and freedom of expression by trying to warp the law into stating that you can't display these things in a public place/


No, but if a student or faculty want to display something in public schools they should be able to. It's shouldn't be a religion free zone.

Well - court rulings keep deciding otherwise.

I support allowing *all* faiths to be represented if they're going to allow any - I don't support just one being allowed and none others.
 
This is about a public high school in Virginia that has posted the Ten Commandments in a hallway of the school. There were protests and the poster with the Commandments was removed, more protests followed and the poster was re-installed. Now it is in court.



Why do the hyper-religious Christians continue to wast taxpayer dollars in fighting the lawsuits which they inevitably lose in court? For example, here in Florida, this past week - Bradford County Ten Commandments monument dedicated


Why do extremist whack job atheists continue to files these lawsuits that in the long run cost tax payers money fighting these extremist whack job atheists? There is nothing in the constitution that says you can put up religious decorations on public property.
 
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The Ten Commandments were for the JEWS, not everyone else.

when will folks understand this?


So everyone else can murder, steal, lie against your neighbor, disrespect your parents, convent other's stuff, cheat on your spouse?


You do realize that these also apply to Catholics, Christians,Mormons, and Jehovah's Witnesses and any other religious that follows the new testament?

Mathew 19:18-19:19
19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19:19 Honor thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.

Luke 4:8

Matthew 4:10

4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.


Mark 7:22-23
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
 
What does this have to do with SSM? I think the hypersensitive ones are those who cannot stomach having the 10 Commandments displayed or want to oppress religious beliefs and freedom of expression by trying to warp the law into stating that you can't display these things in a public place/



No, but if a student or faculty want to display something in public schools they should be able to. It's shouldn't be a religion free zone.

You called people who don't want to have to read the 10 dictates of some religion hypersensitive. It's the same as those religious people being against same sex marriage. It is hypersensitive. It has a lot to do with as the examples relate the same feelings from both perspectives.
 
It fits Digs post.

I would have stuck to, "why do you feel the need to have the 10 Commandments posted in _________? Why do your sensitivities need to be promoted so superficially and frequently in public?" It at the very least flips the question rather than going off topic.
 
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You called people who don't want to have to read the 10 dictates of some religion hypersensitive. It's the same as those religious people being against same sex marriage. It is hypersensitive. It has a lot to do with as the examples relate the same feelings from both perspectives.

i can tell you are foaming at the mouth over this simply because it is religious and i can tell religion has not been on your side.

just take a breath and think about the argument at hand
 
Why do militant atheists have to throw a fit over hanging the 10 Commandments? People are to hypersensitive, and it's a public place and should be allowed to hang.

The very same thing could be said about the other side here digs, why do religious people have to be so hypersensitive about not being allowed to display the 10 Commandments in a public school building? It's a public school building and people shouldn't be allowed to hang up whatever they want to. It should be for learning and unless they are willing to put up all manner of religious teachings, including Muslim laws and Hindu laws, Buddhist principles and the many old school religious teachings, Wiccan rules, plus things that express atheist and agnostic ideals, not to mention probably many more just to ensure that you actually do represent as many people as possible, then it is best just to leave the 10 Commandments (as a banner at least) where they belong on church or private property, not as a public school house decoration.
 
Why do militant atheists have to throw a fit over hanging the 10 Commandments? People are to hypersensitive, and it's a public place and should be allowed to hang.

Because, if we can't maintain separation of church and state, then the Necronomicon and other fictional works have just as much right to hang outside the courthouse as the 10 commandments.
 
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