XponentialChaos
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Great. So the Ten Commandments are in Christianity. Like I said. Thanks for clearing up that very complicated point there.Much of the Jewish faith is also in Christianity yes. Jesus himself was an orthodox Jew. But posting the Ten Commandments is not Christian but symbolic of the JudeoChristian laws that formed the foundation of the American judicial and legal system, i.e. the laws we live by.
If you are sitting in a classroom in which the Ten Commandments are posted as the historical document that they are, tell me how you are coerced in any way, how you lose a single legal or unalienable right that you have, how it requires you to participate or contribute in anyway, how it requires you to change what you believe in any way, how it costs you or affects you in any way.
The Ten Commandments aren’t being pushed into classrooms for their historical relevance. They’re being pushed in order to promote religion. Even Trump himself said this. You’re lying to yourself if you think this is about anything other than pushing Christianity into the classroom. Trump is at least honest about it. You should give it a try.
I didn’t say that it would coerce me in any way. I just don’t believe any religion should hold any special privileges that others don’t. If you want the Ten Commandments in the classroom, fine, right along side the Quran, the Tenets of Satanism, and the Pastafarian Commandments. Surely these don’t coerce you in any way and you don’t lose any unalienable right by allowing the display of these next to your precious Ten Commandments. Again, this is not about teaching history, this is about promoting your religion while not allowing other religions the same privilege.