A Utah lawmaker is no longer pushing for public schools to display a copy of the Ten Commandments but wants to add other biblical precepts and the Magna Carta to the curriculum.

A Utah lawmaker is no longer pushing for public schools to display a copy of the Ten Commandments but wants to add other biblical precepts and the Magna Carta to the curriculum.

  • @IdiosyncraticIdiot@sh.itjust.works
    56•10 months ago

    Utah teens (grade 9-12) are already often forced (by parents) into taking a full class period for Mormon learning (called Seminary). Students have to leave the school campus to go to a Mormon church owned building, often right next door, for the class as it is not permitted to be taught on campus (for obvious reasons).

    The main reason for this is some countries require formal religious “training” before allowing someone to prosthelytize, so the Mormons start early to ensure kids can go on their “mission” at the fresh age of 18.

    Not surprised to see them trying to slowly push stuff into the regular classroom, smhmh.

  • @some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    39•10 months ago

    Well, that’s it. I hopped on Lemmy to pass some free time but I’m opting out and going to play video games or something. Lunacy in Utah, West Virginia, and Alabama. It’s one too many articles about the religious nutbags trampling our rights in their quest to bring about a theocratic state. See you all tomorrow.

  • Flying Squid
    32•10 months ago

    but wants to add other biblical precepts

    So the Ten Commandments is not enough for them?

    • WHARRGARBL
      21•10 months ago

      I just read HB 269.

      There’s a big list of hallelujah shit for Utah schools. IN GOD WE TRUST must be displayed prominently. Selecting excerpts (cherry picking for god) from the Magna Carta, the Ten Commandments, the Mayflower Compact, the pledge of allegiance, etc and displaying or distributing copies of these excerpts in public schools is an acceptable part of the curriculum. This indoctrination shall not be censored due to religious or cultural beliefs.

      To answer your question, no, the 10 C’s is just a tiny piece of the dismantling of free thought. The “non-profit” church now demands to have carte blanche influence on all kids in public schools.

  • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
    21•10 months ago

    Jokes on them. They pray to Jesus, call him the son of god and make pictures depicting both Jesus and god as white men. This is all against the first three commandments.

    • @mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world
      -13•10 months ago

      I know you don’t care but Jesus is a facet of God, a triune entity. I could go on but it really isn’t worth it to waste effort arguing theistic concepts with atheists. Might as well try and get dry aging tips from a vegan.

      But yeah, graven images is still right out.

      And Jesus was certainly not a white man.

      • @IdiosyncraticIdiot@sh.itjust.works
        1•10 months ago

        Mormon’s explicitly don’t believe this. They believe “God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost” are separate beings. This is why many don’t believe they are Christians.

      • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
        -3•10 months ago

        I’m muslim. Allah (swt) explicitly rejects the trinity, clarifies that He is beyond having a son as He is the creator of everything but confirms the virgin pregnancy of Mary in the Quran. All prophets were messengers who passed the revelation among their people, but they were nothing but humans. Humans who deserve the highest respect, but must not be worshipped or likened to god.

        I also listened to an interview with a catholic theology professor before converting (i was agnostic at the time), where he explains how these concepts came hundreds of years after Jesuses (pbh) prophethood and they mostly came for making christianity easier to approach to pagans.

        It is also not my intend to mock christians as a whole, but those who clearly abuse the message of Jesus and agressively push their religion while understanding little of it.

        I am sorry you got downvoted. i am also not a fan of the know-it-all “checkmate” atheists on platforms like reddit or lemmy and wasnt before converting.

  • @Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world
    18•10 months ago

    Didn’t Arkansas or Mississippi already get told that they couldn’t make the ten commandments government supported. There was some Court house somewhere

  • ivanafterall
    14•10 months ago

    Is there some kind of refugee status for people trying to get out of the state? Asking for a friend. Namely, myself.

  • @tsonfeir@lemm.ee
    12•10 months ago

    I’m so happy I live in a super blue state and don’t have to worry about any of this nonsense.

  • @NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
    11•10 months ago

    Utah teenagers really need to know the rights granted by King John to 25 wealthy barons (later revoked) in Medieval England, for some reason.

  • sickday
    10•10 months ago

    Yeah, this is something I’d expect to see on Moral Orel.

  • @njm1314@lemmy.world
    10•10 months ago

    Wait add the Magna Carta to the curriculum? Is that not already in the curriculum? It’s kind of important.

    • @tal@lemmy.today
      2•10 months ago

      I think it was mentioned in history class when I was in school, but the actual text wasn’t there.

    • @captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      2•10 months ago

      It’s not really that important outside of understanding what it is and the history. It’s not like our constitution, it’s just a set of laws most of which aren’t in place anymore

  • @taanegl@lemmy.world
    7•10 months ago

    Oh lord, hallowed by thine whip, and golden is your- hold up, it’s not Biggies “10 crack commandments”? Not on my watch. Time to write a stern letter to my representative.

    Erect the 10 crack commandments outside of the Utah court houses and in schools.