Religious leader wants to display Indian scriptures in Louisiana public classrooms
Religious leader wants to display Indian scriptures in Louisiana public classrooms
A spokesperson of the Hindu community is seeking to have ancient Sanskrit scriptures displayed in public classrooms alongside the Ten Commandments.
I love it. I want Louisiana classroom walls papered with every set of religious laws out there, to let kids know how ridiculous it all is. Not like they're going to read even the Ten Commandments posters.
Another part that sucks is that the schools are expected to pay for these posters themselves. None of the state's budget was allocated to implement this.
And both of those things are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this law- https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/6/21/2247667/-Here-are-9-outrageous-facts-about-Louisiana-s-Ten-Commandments-law
And yes, 'outrageous' is exactly the right word to use there, that is not clickbait. If you read that and are not pissed off about what Louisiana is doing to children, you sure as hell should be.
Try to put satanist posters in those schools
Well, yeah, because of course!
I'm waiting for the satanists to demand their scriptures with Baphomet too, come on, hurry up!
The Seven Fundamental Tenants of TST removed from any other context are pretty decent guidelines for life. #4 gets a lot of flack, but I feel like it's counterbalanced by #7.
So people don't have to Google:
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.
I'd say respecting ones freedom to offend is important.
While I can respect that someone has the freedom to say offensive shit, I don't have to respect them for exercising that freedom and can call them a fucking idiot, thus exercising my own freedom to offend.
I. One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.
No wonder Republicans don't like them.
What would be amusing is if the Satanic Temple pushes to display their tenets as well, and it's absolutely a way better list that you can show to kids compared to religious scripture. I know this is their modus operandi so I hope they take action as well.
Their tenets are amazing.
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.
I know little about the satanic temple, but I’m curious how they got to “commandments” that are basically good by any standard out of a character that has historically been viewed as a purveyor of discord and evil deeds.
E: way to downvote, people. It was a legit question. I’m atheist so I don’t read anything about individual gods or their opposing deities unless it’s in a fantasy novel.
I do request though that they add an image of Baphomet caring over some children, it really shows he cares.
I’m pretty sure they have to allow it now. Unless, of course, they secretly hate the constitution and are wholly unamerican.
Let's goooo! I call dibs on Pastafarians!
Where my Muslims, Buddhists, shamans, witchy folk at?
I’m sure the Satanic Temple is on it!
Gonna bring the after-school satan club to the entire state :)
I'm ordained in the Church of the FSM. Include me in the planning and execution stages.
Lol no not like that says every evangelical christo-fascist!
I hope they go for hindu swastikas just to mess with them.
That will just give Louisiana justification to put up the Nazi ones too. "It's just a religious symbol!"
Ooh, we should have them put up the Five Commandments of Discordianism (a.k.a. the PENTABARF) too!
THE PENTABARF
The PENTABARF was discovered by the hermit Apostle Zarathud in the Fifth Year of The Caterpillar. He found them carved in gilded stone, while building a sun deck for his cave, but their import was lost for they were written in a mysterious cypher. However, after 10 weeks & 11 hours of intensive scrutiny he discerned that the message could be read by standing on his head and viewing it upside down.
KNOW YE THIS O MAN OF FAITH!
I - There is no Goddess but Goddess and She is Your Goddess. There is no Erisian Movement but The Erisian Movement and it is The Erisian Movement. And every Golden Apple Corps is the beloved home of a Golden Worm.
II - A Discordian Shall Always use the Official Discordian Document Numbering System.
III - A Discordian is Required during his early Illumination to Go Off Alone & Partake Joyously of a Hot Dog on a Friday; this Devotive Ceremony to Remonstrate against the popular Paganisms of the Day: of Catholic Christendom (no meat on Friday), of Judaism (no meat of Pork), of Hindic Peoples (no meat of Beef), of Buddhists (no meat of animal), and of Discordians (no Hot Dog Buns).
IV - A Discordian shall Partake of No Hot Dog Buns, for Such was the Solace of Our Goddess when She was Confronted with The Original Snub.
V - A Discordian is Prohibited of Believing what he reads.
IT IS SO WRITTEN! SO BE IT. HAIL DISCORDIA! PROSECUTORS WILL BE TRANSGRESSICUTED.
Praise be to the PENTABARF!
Discord you say?
Eris you say?
Hail Eris!
I partook of no hot dog buns long before I had a copy of the Principia. That's how I knew Eris was always watching over me.
Baphomet statue as well
fuck these people, don't force your religion on people (especially children).
I hope he meant it to show how ridiculous the Louisiana law is..
These dipshits have to be stupid to not see this coming right?
I mean you don’t get to 47th in nation by chance!
I think they want to go to court now that there are compromised judges at every level; that's the only way to create the Christian nationalist utopia they desire.
You haven’t met Christian fundamentalists, have you?
Like most religious fundies… they’re extra special.
The Wiccan Rede is one line and can be trimmed to two words.
It's also a chief principle of preschool and kindergarten classes.
Which is?? C:
"An ye harm none, do what ye will"
Disclaimer: I am not Wiccan, except for the mandatory year every highschool girl experiences.
(This is not meant to be dismissive of the faith, just a joke about shared experiences. I love my pagan sisters and others)
Since apparently the teachers will have to provide the posters themselves as it wasn't added to the school budgets, I wonder if they can get away with having the 10 commandments being written in comic sans oR LiKe tHiS and have the SpongeBob meme to go with it since technically, the commandments are still being displayed.
I worship Cenobites and I want to see Lament Configurations in every class room! Let’s tear some souls apart!
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