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.
Ever since the lawsuit was filed in September amid heated community reaction, school officials have said the display is not religious because it also includes historical documents such as the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence.
“If indeed this issue is not about God, why wouldn’t it make sense for Giles County to say, ‘Let’s go back and just post the bottom six?’” Urbanski asked during a motions hearing in U.S. District Court in Roanoke.
“But if it’s really about God, then they wouldn’t be willing to do that.”
Reminds me of the joke in Mel Brooks’ “History of the World part 1” where Moses comes down the mountain with three tablets and starts to announce the fifteen and then ten commandments as he drops one tablet.
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I doubt Salvage would accept even that. Nobody would accept the seventh, not in this day and age.
Maybe they would like to do some editing on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, while they are about it.
Of course not, the 10 Commandments is religious speech and has no legal business on public land. I can’t believe there are people still confused about that.
And it’s bizarre that your god equates demands to worship it with murder, is it really that egotistical? A strange quality for an omnipotent being to possess.
Salvage,
I’m praying for you.
(((Jeannne { 05.14.12 at 10:50 am } Salvage,
I’m praying for you.)))
Jeannne, I certainly hop that you’ll pray for me also cause truth be known “IT” is not only Jack who is in need of prayer cause me, myself and i also must salvage what we can until we are officially born again, sort of speak.
God Bless,
Peace
Rather than praying Jeanne why don’t you answer my question? Why does your god demand that you worship it? Is not worshipping it as bad as murder?
Three questions for salvage:
1) What do you think “worshipping” is?
2) Why should Jeanne obey your requests rather than God’s?
3) Why should Jeanne, or anyone else, answer your questions? After all, you don’t answer questions you consider silly either (such as mine…)
Roberto I know you are desperate for my attention but in a previous thread here:
http://www.splendoroftruth.com/curtjester/2012/05/dont-feed-the-trolls/#comment-51849
You exposed yourself as a terrible liar and until you address that properly I have no interest in anything you have to say.
(((You exposed yourself as a terrible liar and until you address that properly I have no interest in anything you have to say.)))
That a tell him Jack and as far as “I’M” concerned this Roberto is just as bad as some of Victor’s 3% “Jesus Cells” who are nothing more then make believe and “I” also don’t read Victor’s posts very often because he seems wobbly in the sanity department if you know what “I” mean? As a matter of fact, most of his older brother Joe’s reality brain cells didn’t really care much for Victor either because like Roberto, his holy- her-than-thow-fruit cells were nothing but a bunch of liars.
All these imaginary so called god cells born on April 17 who are trying to educate U>S gods are really nothing and after me and you are finish setting them on the Straight and narrow way, they won’t even know what h “IT” them if you get my drift? We both know Jack that this U>S does not really stands for (usual sinners) and that’s what this so called imaginary god named “Jesus” would want U.S. to think and if truth be known this Katholic so called God “Hates Everything” http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=+Country+song.+I+hate+everything&docid=4774754361737279&mid=138F39695A9EC7C367AA138F39695A9EC7C367AA&view=detail&FORM=VIRE1
and if he didn’t, why would he not accept all the other gods who are just as powerful and as real as he is. When we finish with their kind Jack, we atheist , will have this Victor and his imaginary cells know that Science is # “ONE” because theirs really is nothing like “IT” if your brain cells know what “I”…….
sinner vic STOP “IT” RIGHT NOW because I don’t care what science says “I’M” not spending more time at another mental hospital just because you and Jack think I should!
Darn Jack, no body wants to salvage any more! 🙂
Peace
sinner vic, here’s a little something that might help you and Jack out of “IT”. 🙂
http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/2012/05/12/anti-science-anti-liberal/
Good Luck
Hey Jack! We are incharge NOW!
Wake UP Victor You LIAR!
Same-sex marriage reaffirmed in Canada
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_reaffirmed_in_Canada
Victor! We your gods know the truth NOW and you’re still wearing our wedding ring around your finger when you said that you would cut “IT” off if Canada were 100% in favor! Is that not so? What do you have to say for yourself?
If I cut my finger off will you silly people come to your senses?
No! NO! Don’t cut your finger off Victor! Just your ring and wear “IT” around your neck like you said you would.
Victor! Victor! Victor! Did you really think that once we gods put Harper in power that he would eventually get rid of the legalization of same-sex-marriages in Canada?
Wake UP and take a deep breath cause your Canada would have a better chance if The Vampires of Alaska took control of this cunt tree. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08QH3rVqokw
STOP “IT” RIGHT NOW sinner vic cause “I’M” not DEAD YET and you can’t take over this 3% “Jesus Temple Cells” until “I’M” really dead, so quit while you’re still ahead before “IT” truly is too late for all of U>S, if ya know what is sin cerely right?
Please continue to pray for this A.S.S. cause God knows that he’s his own worst enemy.
Peace
Good job taking care of your blog Jeff and God’s Angels know that I’m not being sarcastic when me, myself and i say these words .
Thank you folks for your continued prayers and believe me they really do work.
Peace
salvage, thank you for pointing that out, so more people can see who is the liar. But I am not seeking your attention. Just helping other people see the stupidity of your claims.
And I pray for you every day too.