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[–] Tac0caT@lemmy.world 149 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Easy, gather the tenants off all the other faiths and put them up.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 68 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's actually a great idea. Have the children make them as a school assignment. Judaism is basically the same. That would be a fantastic start to accepting other people.

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-ten-commandments

https://www.wikihow.com/10-Rules-of-Islam

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 21 points 1 week ago

In our (religious!) school, our class did this. It started more as a prank, but we were oddly proud of the result ^^

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (7 children)

"The Ten Commandments" are actually Jewish. Christians who read would know that Christianity is supposed to be based on two commandments, which according to their god are more important than the ten commandments.

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[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 week ago (5 children)
[–] lena@gregtech.eu 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, @Tac0caT@lemmy.world clearly meant a person renting from a landlord smh

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[–] iii@mander.xyz 16 points 1 week ago

All of them

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 week ago

THERE ARE SEVEN FUNDAMENTAL TENETS

I

One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.

II

The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.

III

One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.

IV

The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own.

V

Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs.

VI

People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.

VII

Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.

~The Satanic Temple

[–] joekar1990@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or put it behind a shelf... they never said it had to be visible only posted

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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 97 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Go through them as a class.

Explain what adultery and coveting mean.

Get angry letters from parents.

Reply “you voted for this so now I have to teach it.”

[–] potoo22@programming.dev 56 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Adultery is when you have sex with someone you are not married to." *(Bible's definition)

8yr old: "What is sex?"

Teacher: "Ask your parents."

Other 8 year old: "Is that what dad does with the babysitter?"

Teacher: "Ask your mom."

[–] grue@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

8yr old: “What is sex?”

Teacher: “Ask your parents.”

LOL, no.

This is science class we're talking about. Teach it. In full detail.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

I would be surprised if Texas doesn't have a very specific law about sex ed in schools and what can be taught at specific grade levels.

Any state that is christofascist enough to require a display of the Ten Commandments in schools is probably also prudish enough to punish teachers for honest discussions of human sexuality.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 65 points 1 week ago

Requiring you to post the 10 Commandments doesn't prevent you from posting, say, the five pillars of Islam. :)

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 60 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hang them up. You're obliged to anyway. Then post pictures of lawmakers next to them who broke those commandments and write how and why they did. Make it a game for the children to find more.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm not sure the wall has enough space.

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[–] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Post it facing the wall so it's just the back of the poster.

Post it upside down.

Post it in direct sunlight so it fades very quickly.

Post it behind something big on a counter that just happens to always obstruct it.

If it's a science classroom, somewhere where potentially caustic chemicals might frequently, accidently damage it.

Post it on the floor as a door mat so it gets walked on.

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Believe it or not there are rules about how it is allowed to be posted.

(1) include only the text of the Ten Commandments as provided by Subsection (c) in a size and typeface that is legible to a person with average vision from anywhere in the classroom in which the poster or framed copy is displayed; and (2) be at least 16 inches wide and 20 inches tall.

[–] peetabix@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hang it with the printed side against the wall.

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[–] PlaidBaron@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

I put posters Im required to have in my classroom but dont want behind the door. The door is always open so the poster is always hidden from sight. Students dont even know its there.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Find one with the full text of the commandments. They're a lot more interesting. My favorite is number 10.

You shall not covet your neighbour’s house; you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.

Those handy little posters only mention coveting wives and goods, but it's important that they know God says slavery is totally fine, just don't covet your neighbor's slaves.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

it should also be noted that that's about coveting other people's possessions. that's what that list all has in common. wives are not an exception to that category, as far as the author was concerned. (and the people insisting these stupid things go up.)

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[–] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just go down the list each day and match each commandment with the one of our politicians deeds.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. And he took the calf the people had made and burned it in the fire; then he ground it to powder, scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it.

He said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you led them into such great sin?”

“Do not be angry, my lord,” Aaron answered. “You know how prone these people are to evil. They said to me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.’ So I told them, ‘Whoever has any gold jewelry, take it off.’ Then they gave me the gold, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf!”

Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock to their enemies. So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me.” And all the Levites rallied to him.

Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.’” The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died. Then Moses said, “You have been set apart to the Lord today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this day.”

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[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Post a sign above them that says: "which of these would you replace and what would you replace it with that offers better moral guidance?"

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[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Can you post other religious creed alongside?

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Put it right next to all other religious texts you can find?

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[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Surely there’s a malicious compliance way to do so. Post it in 6pt font. In disappearing ink. In the original Hebrew. In Elvish. Backward. Behind the flag.

[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago

Original Hebrew is my favorite. If you're not reading it in the language God intended, do you even have faith bro?

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[–] Bubblebath@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Have then in the oldest English you can find. Old enough that it can't be read by most people.

If you got told which format, use it as a study. critical thinking is good

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Font was not specified? It's time for

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[–] Nooodel@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

What disturbs me a bit is that we're in an atheism community and 99% of the answers hinge around 'put up more religion'. Sure, if one then treat them all the same. But then also treat us the same. We don't believe that any of that has a room in a science class room. Where is the respect for our believe?

Hang them up. Then once explain to your students why none of this belongs in a science class room. Ask who would like to have the honors of tearing them down at the end of the class as a proactive lesson on science. Explain to them why this will be a daily ritual now.

This way they're on display every day, so you are strictly speaking compliant. But it makes it very clear that this has no place here. Your students will become more comfortable with the idea of resisting religious BS. Until the day you are fired for it. Then they learn that freedom has a price.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 22 points 1 week ago (9 children)

atheism isn't a belief system though. it's the absence of belief. if the teachers are forced to do stuff based on belief, the only malicious compliance that works within the rules is to treat all belief systems equally. science is also not a belief system.

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[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

It's not supposed to make everyone comfortable. It's supposed to indoctrinate children to the insane ideals of this fascist govt.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 week ago

Put it on the wall and then cover it with the periodic table because you had important things that had to go over the top

[–] APassenger@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dan Dennet proposed teaching all major religions, with their history, in public schools.

I think he believed it would innoculate.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I’ve taught world religion to high schoolers before. I’m 100% in favor of it - I think it helps immensely with empathy and understanding the world. It’s a lot less easy to believe that all Muslims are swarthy murderous masses itching to kill infidels if you know the basic tenets of the religion. And most Christians don’t understand the Bible either. I am absolutely delighted to teach about the history of the texts and their interpretations.

Something like having all of the different religious tenets put up would make perfect sense in a high school world history classroom. However, none of that has any business being a in a middle school science classroom.

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Put up a Klingon translation

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Put it in something almost no one speaks or wrotes, like Toki Pona, or as another commentator said that I think is good, put Texas Republican state politicians/ Trump next to each commandment they broke

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Start a discussion on how society would be different if people actually followed those commandments?

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[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I prefer TST’s Seven Tenets, but if someone is posting religious material in a classroom, I’d absolutely support the Satanic Rules being posted alongside them.

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

I. One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.

II. The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.

III. One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.

IV. The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own.

V. Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs.

VI. People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.

VII. Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.

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