Keeping it simple and honest would mean keeping religion out of the classroom. Teaching compassion, ethics, and respect is wonderful. Religious references need to be kept out of the classroom. This is why we "allegedly" have separation of church and state.
You are a blessing. Thank you for putting into words what so many of us think. How can the GOP support someone who has broken every one of those commandments? How can they think of themselves as patriots, good Christians, or even decent (Per Oxford Languages Dictionary: Conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behavior.) Thank you for all you do to keep us sane and on the right track.
Righteous, Manuel. My I ask to which hypocrite you refer specifically? Intriguing.
"One of the first century hypocrites had this exchange with Jesus, noted in Mt 22:36-40:
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”
The GOP supports industries that pollute the environment and cause global warming— both actions destroy God’s creation. How does destruction of God’s creation prove GOP love of God with heart, soul, and mind?"
Thanks for your incisive question, Lorraine. Apparently a Pharisee, per Mt 22: 34-36. Mt 22 is a long chapter that talks about how different parties (Pharisees, Sadducee's, Herodians, etc.) tried to entrap Jesus with their questions. It was a convulsive time where there was a lot of competition by those parties to increase their following, and Jesus followers were growing and were worrisome to the religious and civil authorities. Read Mt 22: 15-18 where Jesus calls them hypocrites. Have a great weekend!
Thanks for your very thoughtful comment, David. I did a lot of research and rewrote the post several times to keep it as short as possible. My original draft was pushing 700 words.
Here is an excerpt from an earlier draft:
"Those who support the display may be fervent supporters of the literal interpretation of that ancient compendium of wisdom literature known to us as “The Bible”. Is The Bible not a metaphorical literary work? Is it not well documented that the alignment of world power with the religious hierarchy reaches back millennia before the purported event known as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments?
Do not The Ten Commandments owe their origins to the times of the Hittites and the Mesopotamian laws and treaties that date to the second Millenium BC? How ignorant is the Louisiana Lege of the Code of Hammurabi? A dispassionate read will reveal the priestly agenda in “I AM the LORD thy God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven images. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” Do those imperatives not work to keep the government and religious establishments fiscally healthy and in power?
How perplexing it is that “Christians” of the GOP persuasion put so much faith in documents written by the ancestors to the Middle Easterners that that they may now despise! Will there be a display, for example, of Qur’anic wisdom in the classrooms?”
By the way, I am a subscriber to Lorraine's Substack and I get to read a lot of her very smart posts.
Keeping it simple and honest would mean keeping religion out of the classroom. Teaching compassion, ethics, and respect is wonderful. Religious references need to be kept out of the classroom. This is why we "allegedly" have separation of church and state.
Thanks for your comment, Leanna. I agree.
“Do unto others as you would have others do unto you,” pretty simple. 😉
Thanks for your elegantly succinct reply, Karen.
You are a blessing. Thank you for putting into words what so many of us think. How can the GOP support someone who has broken every one of those commandments? How can they think of themselves as patriots, good Christians, or even decent (Per Oxford Languages Dictionary: Conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behavior.) Thank you for all you do to keep us sane and on the right track.
Thanks for your comment, Lauri. We must speak truth to power widely and frequently.
Righteous, Manuel. My I ask to which hypocrite you refer specifically? Intriguing.
"One of the first century hypocrites had this exchange with Jesus, noted in Mt 22:36-40:
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And He said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ Upon these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets.”
The GOP supports industries that pollute the environment and cause global warming— both actions destroy God’s creation. How does destruction of God’s creation prove GOP love of God with heart, soul, and mind?"
Thanks for your incisive question, Lorraine. Apparently a Pharisee, per Mt 22: 34-36. Mt 22 is a long chapter that talks about how different parties (Pharisees, Sadducee's, Herodians, etc.) tried to entrap Jesus with their questions. It was a convulsive time where there was a lot of competition by those parties to increase their following, and Jesus followers were growing and were worrisome to the religious and civil authorities. Read Mt 22: 15-18 where Jesus calls them hypocrites. Have a great weekend!
Your scholarly knowledge amazes me. Thank yo Manuel!
Thanks, Lorraine.
Always great insights and questions
Thank you, Scott.
Beautifully said!!
Thank you for your comment.
Love the Gog/Magog reference.
Thanks for your comment, Frederick.
This needed to be said. Thank you.
Thank you.
Thanks for your very thoughtful comment, David. I did a lot of research and rewrote the post several times to keep it as short as possible. My original draft was pushing 700 words.
Here is an excerpt from an earlier draft:
"Those who support the display may be fervent supporters of the literal interpretation of that ancient compendium of wisdom literature known to us as “The Bible”. Is The Bible not a metaphorical literary work? Is it not well documented that the alignment of world power with the religious hierarchy reaches back millennia before the purported event known as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments?
Do not The Ten Commandments owe their origins to the times of the Hittites and the Mesopotamian laws and treaties that date to the second Millenium BC? How ignorant is the Louisiana Lege of the Code of Hammurabi? A dispassionate read will reveal the priestly agenda in “I AM the LORD thy God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven images. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” Do those imperatives not work to keep the government and religious establishments fiscally healthy and in power?
How perplexing it is that “Christians” of the GOP persuasion put so much faith in documents written by the ancestors to the Middle Easterners that that they may now despise! Will there be a display, for example, of Qur’anic wisdom in the classrooms?”
By the way, I am a subscriber to Lorraine's Substack and I get to read a lot of her very smart posts.
Have a great weekend.
You had a great, substantive, post.