*shudders* I'm at the AFA's website...
Dec. 13th, 2004 01:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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They want me to help make the display of the 10 Commandments legal in all places, including schools and courtrooms. By that, I'm sure they mean "mandatory". I've got three things to say on this.
1. As a basis for morality in this country, the 10 commandments falls short. The first four of the ten all have to do with God (I'm your god, thou shalt have no others before me, thou shalt not make graven images or pray before them, don't take God's name in vain, rest once a week because I said so). Of the last, we've got three that are unenforceable (honor thy parents, don't covet, don't adulturate). That leaves killing, stealing, and bearing false witness. That's not much to base a moral code on, the three commandments (though some people in this country would be well advised to quit with the false witnessing thing).
2. Fuck that. The commandments are just based off of the Code of Hammurabi anyway. Let's post that everywhere, okay? Might as well do the job properly.
3. Besides, then we don't have to ask which set to use.
They also want me to help them get In God We Trust displayed in every classroom in the country. They presumably would not finish the phrase with "all others pay cash" or "and the rest of you better keep your eyes on your own tests", but I'm sure the students would think it.
Can we get the first amendment displayed in all classrooms in America, and have students recite The American's Creed instead of the Pledge? (Hey, might as well kill two birds with one stone here) That would seem a more worthyway to waste paper thing to include in the hallowed halls of learning.
Finally, they want me to pray for them. *laughs* Well, I don't believe in God, but I do care very much for theirsouls sanity. I hope they recover quickly.
That site is scary.
They want me to help make the display of the 10 Commandments legal in all places, including schools and courtrooms. By that, I'm sure they mean "mandatory". I've got three things to say on this.
1. As a basis for morality in this country, the 10 commandments falls short. The first four of the ten all have to do with God (I'm your god, thou shalt have no others before me, thou shalt not make graven images or pray before them, don't take God's name in vain, rest once a week because I said so). Of the last, we've got three that are unenforceable (honor thy parents, don't covet, don't adulturate). That leaves killing, stealing, and bearing false witness. That's not much to base a moral code on, the three commandments (though some people in this country would be well advised to quit with the false witnessing thing).
2. Fuck that. The commandments are just based off of the Code of Hammurabi anyway. Let's post that everywhere, okay? Might as well do the job properly.
3. Besides, then we don't have to ask which set to use.
They also want me to help them get In God We Trust displayed in every classroom in the country. They presumably would not finish the phrase with "all others pay cash" or "and the rest of you better keep your eyes on your own tests", but I'm sure the students would think it.
Can we get the first amendment displayed in all classrooms in America, and have students recite The American's Creed instead of the Pledge? (Hey, might as well kill two birds with one stone here) That would seem a more worthy
Finally, they want me to pray for them. *laughs* Well, I don't believe in God, but I do care very much for their
That site is scary.
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Date: 2004-12-13 09:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-13 11:21 am (UTC)Exactly.
In all seriousness, were I to actually campaign against this I'd have to ask for the constitution to end up in every classroom, but only because it's appropriate.