Are students allowed to throw tomato at it?
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.
There are two (or three) versions of the 10 Commandments in the Bible itself, before we even consider translation issues:
https://news.utexas.edu/2019/02/04/ten-commandments-in-texas-classrooms-but-what-version/
Anyway, the NIV translation uses “servant” instead of “slave”, which seems bogus to me.
Luckily that commandment is in exodus 20, and exodus 21 just happens to have the rules for selling your daughter as a “servant” for life, as well as the punishment for beating “servants” to death. You know, normal stuff.
And this is why it’s bullshit. 3 versions of a book some random person wrote to gather followers. Biggest cult in the world.
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.
Hang equivalent documents of every religion you can think of. Also, hang the logic fallacy chart.
https://thethinkingshop.org/products/logical-fallacies-wall-poster
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.
Where’s the satanic Temple when you need them
Suffering from poor leadership and infighting, unfortunately.
As a former catholic i always love seeing these types of christians that want to life by the bible but pick and choose. And even if not they never life by the one golden rule “LOVE THY NEIGHBORE AS THOU SELF” or any other doctrin of christianity
Even in Europe we give these scammers and pedo’s tons of money from the state.
I knowww
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
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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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.
Ruth is still in though, it’s right after Judges.
Holy shit, you’re right. I must have read the source wrong or I didn’t understand. Are the sexy songs still included as sexy songs?
If you’re talking about Song of Songs, yes, still there. I don’t think it ever appears in sermons though, it’s not very quotable in a public setting.
Ew, but those are about love. Not here is the u s of a buddy.
In our (religious!) school, our class did this. It started more as a prank, but we were oddly proud of the result ^^
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
*tenets
No, @[email protected] clearly meant a person renting from a landlord smh
Or 10/14, the best Doctor.
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
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.
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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.
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.
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
The mah-freedom-folks forcing people to do something (and making everyone less free) again.
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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Put it on the wall and then cover it with the periodic table because you had important things that had to go over the top
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.
