Posting Those 10 Commandments in Arkansas and Elsewhere, part 1
Uhm…
Posting a copy of the 10 Commandments in classrooms of public educational institutions is a violation of the principle of separation of synagogue, church mosque and state. Moreover, it is a glaring spectacle of MAGAt hypocrisy blended with self-absorbed ignorance.
MAGAt religious luminaries, rank and file preachers and teachers, along with non-clergy types break as many of the 10 Commandments as possible as a manner of life, as the way they live out their religious (not to be confused with authentic spirituality by any stretch of the imagination) lives. Why, then, would they want what calls them out and condemns them posted where every pupil in public primary and secondary schools and every university student in state institutions of higher learning can see MAGAt rejection of the Commandments on an hour by our basis? It escapes me.
Quick review. As enumerated, the first four of the 10 have to do with the relationship of individuals and/or communities with God Godself. The last six have to do with how people relate to others in their homes, communities, and beyond.
First four. As the story went, God said to the male Israelites (applications for females would be reflected upon in other contexts):
Don’t have any gods but me.
Don’t create any physical representations of me.
Don’t connect my name to your sin and nonsense.
Don’t act like regular times to focus only on me are unnecessary or unimportant; one in every seven days is the right balance.
Next six.
5. Don’t fail to honor your parents.
6. Don’t murder.
7. Don’t commit adultery.
8. Don’t steal.
9. Don’t lie about what others have and haven’t done.
10. Don’t covet the possessions of others—including their wives, slaves, and livestock.
OMG! Seriously, oh my God. Take away all the don’t’s and you have a do-manual for daily MAGAt living. In order to be a MAGAt higher up, you have to break each of the ten weekly. daily (except the sabbath one, naturally) preferred.
Despite concerted MAGAt efforts to make them ignorant, a good number of the public school students of all ages who see these commandments posted every day are going to figure out there are some serious incongruities going on between what is posted and how MAGAts live.
Part 2, coming soon.