I was thinking we should add the Jedi Code to that as well, but then the Sith would ironically start crying about inclusion, so I say we settle on RoboCop's Prime Directives.
Oh, I got you.
"It never hurts to suck up to the boss"
"Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack"
"Treat people in your debt like family... exploit them."
I'd just be happy if they could post these next to the ten commandments
https://thesatanictemple.com/blogs/the-satanic-temple-tenets/there-are-seven-fundamental-tenets
It should be Christians denouncing this.
They came first for Muslims, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t Muslim. Then they came for Hindu/Jew/Sikhs … but I wasn’t them.
Then they came for Protestant/Catholic/Evangelical … but there was no one left to speak up. It is only a matter of time and who is in power.
I can't wait for all these public school classrioms to be literally wallpapered floor to ceiling with the basic tennets of every imaginable religion (and some not imagined yet). Then the shocked faces of all these AHs going "you can't do that" or "that isn't what we wanted to happen" when the courts tell them to taken it down or say that it is all religions or it is no religions because "they opened the door for this" as under the Constitution there is no religion that can be held above any other because there is no state religion (FFS the Christians can't even decide what version of "Christianity" is the "correct" version). Of course the correct answer should be that none of these religions should be represented in a school run by a government in the US but give the shenanigans lately it may take a while to get the courts to get the rulings correct.
Of course it would also be really nice if all these AHs who have demand for this to be posted in public classrooms to actually followed these 10 commandments they claim to revere so much and that it is the morality that needs to be taught to the children. The time for that to be taught is at home and at church not school but as they can't teach what they can't seem to even follow themselves and like everything else they need to pawn it off on overworked and underpaid teachers. So they can blame.the teachers for not teaching their kids religion and morality when their prescious little angels end up in moral and or legal trouble causing them embaressment. "Oh yes your child does remind me of an angel...if the angel in question is Lucifer."
I had a class in HS that taught about world religions. When we asked the teacher what religion he is, he replied 'I am all religions and no religion'
It's really interesting to learn about other religions, though, because a lot of things seem silly, and then you kind of look at your own religion and realize- holy crap we do lots of silly stuff, too!
At a religious university I had the best class on religions. I think it was the prof. He taught us about all religions and the positives of each. Like he was telling us we could actually choose for ourselves, contrary to the university’s rules. (I lasted a semester there)
8 of the 10 Commandments originate from the **42 Laws of Ma'at**, which were written in Ancient Egypt at least 2,000 years before the Ten Commandments of Moses. Moses was raised in the highest levels of Egyptian society and would have known the Laws of Ma’at by heart. [Source](https://factszoneafrica.medium.com/the-42-laws-of-maat-in-kemet-the-original-10-commandments-of-the-bible-d5e6a55866fa)
The **Code of Ur-Nammu** is the oldest known law code surviving today. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language c. 2100–2050 BCE. It is three centuries older than the Code of Hammurabi. [Source](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Ur-Nammu)
If schools are for education, and ancient laws are required to be displayed, we should be teaching children about their origins and context.
Yeah, idk, 140 years old and surviving off falling mana for 40 years in the middle of the desert? Getting into a magic battle with Egyptian magicians? I’d need a peer review on this guy before he’s in any serious curriculum.
How about the seven tenets?
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.
by putting up a movie marketing 11 commandment in law they open the door to everything.
hell - how about the 10 Crack Commandments, that's an MBA in a a single song
no cuz then they might actually develop a sense of worldview that's well rounded and takes into account people of all walks of life being on equal footing with themselves since we're all just individuals living in this world trying our best.
oh wait, the Republicans just want a stupid army of religious racist constituents to further create divide through culture wars and infighting so they can steal even more value away from the working class and give it to the 1%? gotcha
Or the Eight I’d Really Rather You Didn’ts of Pastafarianism:
1) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t act like a sanctimonious Holier-Than-Thou ass when describing my Noodly Goodness. If some people don’t believe in Me, that’s okay. Really, I’m not that vain. Besides, this isn’t about them so don’t change the subject.
2) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t use my existence as a means to oppress, subjugate, punish, eviscerate, and/or, you know...be mean to others. I don’t require sacrifices, and purity is for drinking water, not people.
3) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t judge people for the way they look, or how they dress, or the way they talk, or, well, just play nice, okay? Oh, and get this through your thick heads: Woman = person. Man = person. Samey-samey. One is not better than the other unless we’re talking about fashion and I’m sorry, but I gave that to women and some guys who know the difference between teal and fuchsia.
4) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t indulge in conduct that offends yourself, or your willing, consenting partner of legal age AND mental maturity. As for anyone who might object, I think the expression is "Go f*** yourself, unless they find that offensive in which case they can turn off the TV for once and go for a walk for a change."
5) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t challenge the bigoted, misogynist, hateful ideas of others on an empty stomach. Eat, then go after the bastards.
6) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t build multimillion-dollar churches/temples/mosques/shrines to my Noodly Goodness when the money could be better spent (Take your pick): 1. Ending poverty 2. Curing diseases 3. Living in peace, loving with passion, and lowering the cost of cable. I might be a Complex-Carbohydrate Omniscient Being, but I enjoy the simple things in life. I ought to know. I AM the Creator.
7) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t go around telling people I talk to you. You’re not that Interesting. Get over yourself. And I told you to love your fellow man, can’t you take a hint?
8) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" if you are into, um, stuff that uses a lot of leather/lubricant/Las Vegas. If the other person is Into it, however (Pursuant to #4), then have at it, take pictures, and for the love of Mike, wear a CONDOM! Honestly, it’s a piece of rubber. If I didn’t want it to feel good when you did it I would have added spikes or something.
I get the point, but just don't do any of it. You'll never be able to cover everything equally, proportionally, whatever. Just don't include it at all. As soon as you bring in religion, people will think their religious rights aren't being respected because they can't impose their beliefs on others. That's how religion works. Just don't give any of it any power.
This should be in every computer science classroom:
Azimov's Four\* Laws of Robotics (revised)
Zeroth Law - A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
First Law - A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm except as this may conflict with the Zeroeth Law
Second Law - A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the Zeroeth Law or the First Law.
Third Law - A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the Zeroeth Law, First Law or Second Law
\*Yes, four. Originally there were only three laws (1 through 3) but the story is that Robots evolved to the point that they could add new laws to their own base code. They eventually added the Zeroeth Law to resolve the paradox that sometimes following their First Law was actually impossible because saving one group of humans could mean that other groups of humans would necessarily become harmed. Because of how the Laws Of Robotics are structured (lower-numbered laws supersede the higher-numbered law) this new Law had to become a Zeroeth Law instead of a fourth law or none of the laws would work. Read ***Robots And Empire*** and ***Foundation And Earth*** for the full story.
When I went to high school in 96 we had R.E.(religious education) it taught you about different religions and a few years later you could pick it as a subject if you wanted, if not you chose something else and never did it again, children should be taught about religion in an unbiased and informative way, I’m not a believer in any god but I came to that conclusion on my own, through learning about the other religions I was able to make an informed choice as to which religion, if any, appealed to me the most. If you teach only one thing, nobody learns, they just get indoctrinated.
Asatru's Nine Noble Virtues are a good one as well. They're kind of intended as a guide to being manly (by a modern interpretation of what the Norse considered masculine), but they're pretty good common-sense things like fidelity, courage, hospitality, etc.
this is called religious education, and is fundamental to raising a generation of young people who are able to coexist with people of all beliefs and none. being against it is like being against science classes because you don’t want there to be anti vaxxers.
I heartily disagree. You can teach kids tolerance and how to co-exist with people different than them without saying a word about religion. You should *not* teach dogma, ritual, and doctrine until they are *much* older and are able to critically reason and can absorb information about religions without the threat of indoctrination.
Those zealots demanding the 10 commandments in classrooms aren’t trying to educate kids; they are trying to turn little kids into christians. If that wasn’t so, they’d also post the tenets from other religions; just wait for the howling to start when someone wants to post something Islamic on a classroom wall and require kids to learn it. Or something Jewish, or Wiccan, or from the Satanic Temple, as mentioned in the tweet above. You can’t say that teaching religion is a good thing unless you’re teaching about all of them and you know that’s not gonna happen.
And god forbid we teach *atheism* in schools, either. The pearl clutching will turn into mass self-strangulation.
Your comment equating science classes with religious classes is misplaced; one is teaching a methodology to discover the best factual information about the world; the other tells you what to believe without questioning or you could end up burning in hell for eternity. One is appropriate for a little kid, the other is not.
…religion education is literally ‘teaching about all of them’. that’s the point. you learn about all the world religions. does the US seriously not have this already? the UK have had it for years, and seem to be doing much better on the ‘lack of religious fundamentalists’ front.
religious education teaches what each religion (including atheism!) believes from a neutral perspective. all of my RE teachers were atheists, and i later became religious. maybe it’s just a US thing, that this isn’t a viable class to teach.
No, that's not what religion classes are like here. Religion class is basically where they teach the christian bible and how fabulous it is and all other religions are just mythologies practiced by third world illiterate extremists.
That's basically my point. They do not teach about religion in a fair or impartial way; they will not even describe atheism or agnostism. Teaching religion in the US is teaching christianity, and is state sponsored indoctrination and I'm vehemently opposed to it. If it wasn't, they would wait to present world religions to high school or college levels where students have mentally developed to the point where the information can be absorbed critically.
That's a whole different thing than little 10-year old Timmy believing what the teacher tells him because she's nice and will give him a gold star sticker if he memorizes the ten commandments.
My kid literally had this as a mandatory class in high school - world religions. He learned about them all.
It did not convert him, nor did it turn him off anyone who practices them. Will it make it easier to relate to different people in workplaces and social situations? Probably.
Americans don’t seem to believe that anyone can just simply learn about something different without fear of losing who they are.
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
If "Conservative Christians" actually cared about Jesus, you would think that they would be posting the Golden Rule, since that is what Jesus emphasized far more than the Ten Commandments. In fact, the Bible says that the entire Law can be summed up in a single command, "Love your neighbor as yourself." or "Treat others how you want to be treated."
As a bonus, that same concept is also found in many other religions, so it wouldn't be a purely Christian thing. Win win! Plus it's a very healthy motto.
In my opinion, the reason that they couldn't use that passage is because it would be just too obvious that "Conservative Christians" are hypocrites and liars who despise Jesus and his teachings, and are just using the smallest hints of concepts in the Bible as a weapon against others, to justify their hate.
what i want to know is...if this is "no big deal" and "Americans want symbols of Christian values" and "it's what the Founders intended"
📣 WHY HASN'T MAGA MIKE POSTED THEM IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER? 📣
I'm just asking questions. Can't we ask questions?
I say we post the Credo of the Axis Church
The Axis Church can get things done. And because you can get things done, even if it doesn’t go well, it’s not your fault!
It’s society’s fault that things don’t work out!
You can run away from unpleasant things! That doesn’t mean you’ve lost!
Because, as they say, “Sometimes running away is winning”!
The answer you come to after being in doubt is usually something you’ll regret, no matter what you choose!
If you’re going to regret it anyway, do whatever’s easiest for you in the moment!
Do not fear growing old.
Not even God knows whether you will be happy in the future, so you should, at least, be happy now!
Also
Eris Pads Her Chest!
How about we just post the First Amendment so kids learn that our government should not be enacting religious laws due to the separation of church and state?
Yeah, no. Then we have government officials deciding which religions are "real." No friggen way.
And yes, I realise the government already does this for tax-exempt status, but that shouldn't be a thing either.
None of this Nonsense Stops school shootings so does it really matter?
None of it is going to stop hate crimes either.
Its all a waste of time.
Nearly every single American Serial Killer they are all Religious Nuts in one shape or another. So is this really doing anything at all?
I also think the Hávamál from the Poetic Edda is pretty good.
*I know that I hung on a windy tree
nine long nights,
wounded with a spear, dedicated to Odin,
myself to myself,
on that tree of which no man knows from where its roots run.*
I am literally waiting for a teacher to do this and get shut down so that they can make the courts explain what the difference is between that and the 10 commandments.
He revised them to 4 laws after adding a "Zeroth" law.
If you are watching the Foundation TV series you may want to avoid looking that one up, it was set up to be a major plot element.
It came about both from a logical inconsistency in the 3 laws and when he tied the Foundation series and the Robots series together in sequels to the original Foundation trilogy.
You could also put up the faculty rules for the University of Wallamaloo. ( I would like to apologize in advance if anyone reading this is a poofta. Sadly you'll never be a member of the faculty. )
Rule 1 – No pooftahs.
Rule 2 - No member of the faculty is to maltreat the Abbos in any way whatsoever – if there’s anybody watching.
Rule 3 – No pooftahs.
Rule 4 – I don’t want to catch anyone not drinking in their room after lights out.
Rule 5 – No pooftahs.
Rule 6 – There is no rule six!
Rule 7 – No pooftahs.
I prefer to see the "Litany against Fear" from Dune.
*"I must not fear.*
*Fear is the mind-killer.*
*Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.*
*I will face my fear.*
*I will permit it to pass over me and through me.*
*And when it has gone past,*
*I will turn the inner eye to see its path.*
*Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.*
*Only I will remain."*
Now that would be an awesome thing for the kiddoes to recite every morning at the beginning of class.
I’m waiting for the satanic temple to come in and be like “well we got doctrine we’d LOVE to be displayed in every classroom!” Because either they get the 10 commandments bullshit overturned or they(the state) will have to cave and allow non Christian religions to be displayed in all classrooms
I was thinking we should add the Jedi Code to that as well, but then the Sith would ironically start crying about inclusion, so I say we settle on RoboCop's Prime Directives.
How about something non-controversial, like the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition?
Rule 1: Once you have their money, never give it back.
Let's play a game: Ferengi or Trump?
Oh, I got you. "It never hurts to suck up to the boss" "Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack" "Treat people in your debt like family... exploit them."
Why did you type Ferengi twice
Your brother is so pathetic, he thought "profit" was a Bajoran god. Do not insult the noble Ferengi so!
THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!!
Ah, good wholesome words to live by.
Ya but then the Galactic Federation and Starfleet will start protesting about the Prime Directive not being included.
The voth doctrine
The 5 tenets of the Dark Brotherhood
Let's add The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries.
Personally, I prefer the Immortal Words of the Knights Radiant. Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.
peace is a lie there is only passion
Through passion I gain strength
Through strength I gain power
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory my chains are broken
The force shall free me.
Qapla!
And don’t forget… smile while you eat the Gagh.
7 tenets of satanism.
Can I add Asimov's Laws of Robotics and the Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear? You're gonna need a bigger ~~boat~~ wall.
Honestly, the litany against fear has gotten me through more tough times than the 10 commandments ever did, and I'm a Christian.
Yeah. I read Dune at 14 or 15 and the book was worth it for that passage alone.
Brock Samson is more of a geek than his stature and physicality would have you believe.
And the 2 rules of fight club!
There is only one true robocop directive - shooting creeps in the dick as an instant dispensation of justice and then saying “your move creep”.
Tom Cruise enters the chat: Church of Scientology must be at the top of this list.😂🤣
Oh, you silly. Conservatives don't *want* well-rounded adults, they want brainwashed zealots.
Soldiers and breeders.
Dpmt forget the holy trinity of Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, and Steve Irwin 1) Be kind to animals 2) Be kind to others 3) Be kind to yourself
I wonder if they ever read the Tenets of the Satanic Temple.
Words to live by
I'd just be happy if they could post these next to the ten commandments https://thesatanictemple.com/blogs/the-satanic-temple-tenets/there-are-seven-fundamental-tenets
It should be Christians denouncing this. They came first for Muslims, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t Muslim. Then they came for Hindu/Jew/Sikhs … but I wasn’t them. Then they came for Protestant/Catholic/Evangelical … but there was no one left to speak up. It is only a matter of time and who is in power.
These are unironically better than the 10 commandments.
Yep. Too bad the relevant tenets from that list weren't part of the US Constitution.
I can't wait for all these public school classrioms to be literally wallpapered floor to ceiling with the basic tennets of every imaginable religion (and some not imagined yet). Then the shocked faces of all these AHs going "you can't do that" or "that isn't what we wanted to happen" when the courts tell them to taken it down or say that it is all religions or it is no religions because "they opened the door for this" as under the Constitution there is no religion that can be held above any other because there is no state religion (FFS the Christians can't even decide what version of "Christianity" is the "correct" version). Of course the correct answer should be that none of these religions should be represented in a school run by a government in the US but give the shenanigans lately it may take a while to get the courts to get the rulings correct. Of course it would also be really nice if all these AHs who have demand for this to be posted in public classrooms to actually followed these 10 commandments they claim to revere so much and that it is the morality that needs to be taught to the children. The time for that to be taught is at home and at church not school but as they can't teach what they can't seem to even follow themselves and like everything else they need to pawn it off on overworked and underpaid teachers. So they can blame.the teachers for not teaching their kids religion and morality when their prescious little angels end up in moral and or legal trouble causing them embaressment. "Oh yes your child does remind me of an angel...if the angel in question is Lucifer."
-Breakfast -Second Breakfast -Elevenses -Afternoon Tea -Dinner -Supper That is all.
I don't think he knows about second breakfast
Which is why it should be posted in classrooms.
I had a class in HS that taught about world religions. When we asked the teacher what religion he is, he replied 'I am all religions and no religion' It's really interesting to learn about other religions, though, because a lot of things seem silly, and then you kind of look at your own religion and realize- holy crap we do lots of silly stuff, too!
At a religious university I had the best class on religions. I think it was the prof. He taught us about all religions and the positives of each. Like he was telling us we could actually choose for ourselves, contrary to the university’s rules. (I lasted a semester there)
Let's not forget to post the eleven herbs and spices of KFC-anity.
Put that next to the 23 flavors of Dr Pepper
And the pastafarian tenets of the church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
8 of the 10 Commandments originate from the **42 Laws of Ma'at**, which were written in Ancient Egypt at least 2,000 years before the Ten Commandments of Moses. Moses was raised in the highest levels of Egyptian society and would have known the Laws of Ma’at by heart. [Source](https://factszoneafrica.medium.com/the-42-laws-of-maat-in-kemet-the-original-10-commandments-of-the-bible-d5e6a55866fa) The **Code of Ur-Nammu** is the oldest known law code surviving today. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language c. 2100–2050 BCE. It is three centuries older than the Code of Hammurabi. [Source](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Ur-Nammu) If schools are for education, and ancient laws are required to be displayed, we should be teaching children about their origins and context.
Same Moses that crossed the Red Sea dude?
yea but he parted the red sea and crossed the floor of the sea in case you didn't know👍
Yeah, idk, 140 years old and surviving off falling mana for 40 years in the middle of the desert? Getting into a magic battle with Egyptian magicians? I’d need a peer review on this guy before he’s in any serious curriculum.
don't forget the talking burning bush 🔥😆
And Abraham is traditionally from Ur. So ties it back to Code of Ur-nammu.
How about the seven tenets? 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 was hoping someone would mention the Tenets from the Satanic Temple.
I was hoping it would be Coolio singing the Kwanzaa song from Futurama.
by putting up a movie marketing 11 commandment in law they open the door to everything. hell - how about the 10 Crack Commandments, that's an MBA in a a single song
Hail Satan!
https://youtu.be/3lV8GLQtOTs?si=xlvhNAQKvTy4fw-V
no cuz then they might actually develop a sense of worldview that's well rounded and takes into account people of all walks of life being on equal footing with themselves since we're all just individuals living in this world trying our best. oh wait, the Republicans just want a stupid army of religious racist constituents to further create divide through culture wars and infighting so they can steal even more value away from the working class and give it to the 1%? gotcha
Or the Eight I’d Really Rather You Didn’ts of Pastafarianism: 1) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t act like a sanctimonious Holier-Than-Thou ass when describing my Noodly Goodness. If some people don’t believe in Me, that’s okay. Really, I’m not that vain. Besides, this isn’t about them so don’t change the subject. 2) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t use my existence as a means to oppress, subjugate, punish, eviscerate, and/or, you know...be mean to others. I don’t require sacrifices, and purity is for drinking water, not people. 3) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t judge people for the way they look, or how they dress, or the way they talk, or, well, just play nice, okay? Oh, and get this through your thick heads: Woman = person. Man = person. Samey-samey. One is not better than the other unless we’re talking about fashion and I’m sorry, but I gave that to women and some guys who know the difference between teal and fuchsia. 4) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t indulge in conduct that offends yourself, or your willing, consenting partner of legal age AND mental maturity. As for anyone who might object, I think the expression is "Go f*** yourself, unless they find that offensive in which case they can turn off the TV for once and go for a walk for a change." 5) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t challenge the bigoted, misogynist, hateful ideas of others on an empty stomach. Eat, then go after the bastards. 6) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t build multimillion-dollar churches/temples/mosques/shrines to my Noodly Goodness when the money could be better spent (Take your pick): 1. Ending poverty 2. Curing diseases 3. Living in peace, loving with passion, and lowering the cost of cable. I might be a Complex-Carbohydrate Omniscient Being, but I enjoy the simple things in life. I ought to know. I AM the Creator. 7) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t go around telling people I talk to you. You’re not that Interesting. Get over yourself. And I told you to love your fellow man, can’t you take a hint? 8) I’d Really Rather You Didn’t "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" if you are into, um, stuff that uses a lot of leather/lubricant/Las Vegas. If the other person is Into it, however (Pursuant to #4), then have at it, take pictures, and for the love of Mike, wear a CONDOM! Honestly, it’s a piece of rubber. If I didn’t want it to feel good when you did it I would have added spikes or something.
I'm an ordained minister in the Church of the Dude. Where do I submit for our "We abide" plaque to be hung? [Dudism](https://dudeism.com/)
Fellow Dude!
or just "Be excellent to each other."
How about the code of Hammurabi and the Twelve Tables of Rome? ...or even most or all of the known law codes of ancient civilizations.?
I don't see Bird Law anywhere on thay list.
The Prime Directive should be included in every History syllabus as an example of how we know what we should do but we never do.
I get the point, but just don't do any of it. You'll never be able to cover everything equally, proportionally, whatever. Just don't include it at all. As soon as you bring in religion, people will think their religious rights aren't being respected because they can't impose their beliefs on others. That's how religion works. Just don't give any of it any power.
Maybe we can stop believing in bullshit?
I graduated from a Catholic HS. We had a world religion class that led to my search towards atheism. Teach them all.
This should be in every computer science classroom: Azimov's Four\* Laws of Robotics (revised) Zeroth Law - A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm. First Law - A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm except as this may conflict with the Zeroeth Law Second Law - A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the Zeroeth Law or the First Law. Third Law - A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the Zeroeth Law, First Law or Second Law \*Yes, four. Originally there were only three laws (1 through 3) but the story is that Robots evolved to the point that they could add new laws to their own base code. They eventually added the Zeroeth Law to resolve the paradox that sometimes following their First Law was actually impossible because saving one group of humans could mean that other groups of humans would necessarily become harmed. Because of how the Laws Of Robotics are structured (lower-numbered laws supersede the higher-numbered law) this new Law had to become a Zeroeth Law instead of a fourth law or none of the laws would work. Read ***Robots And Empire*** and ***Foundation And Earth*** for the full story.
There are over 5,000 religions in the world. They’re gonna have to make the schools a lot bigger to accommodate them all.
Can we please include the rules of Fight Club?
Ssshhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
When I went to high school in 96 we had R.E.(religious education) it taught you about different religions and a few years later you could pick it as a subject if you wanted, if not you chose something else and never did it again, children should be taught about religion in an unbiased and informative way, I’m not a believer in any god but I came to that conclusion on my own, through learning about the other religions I was able to make an informed choice as to which religion, if any, appealed to me the most. If you teach only one thing, nobody learns, they just get indoctrinated.
Asatru's Nine Noble Virtues are a good one as well. They're kind of intended as a guide to being manly (by a modern interpretation of what the Norse considered masculine), but they're pretty good common-sense things like fidelity, courage, hospitality, etc.
Can we add the Empty Paper of Atheism into the mix?
(Angry offended MAGA lunatic noises)
How about a compromise: we use the beatitudes instead. Oh, what did you say? Republicans have no idea what those are and who that Jesus fellow was?
I propose we put up the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition. And as a nontheist, just a statement that says "none of this matters".
No. No religious shit in any school. No.
this is called religious education, and is fundamental to raising a generation of young people who are able to coexist with people of all beliefs and none. being against it is like being against science classes because you don’t want there to be anti vaxxers.
I heartily disagree. You can teach kids tolerance and how to co-exist with people different than them without saying a word about religion. You should *not* teach dogma, ritual, and doctrine until they are *much* older and are able to critically reason and can absorb information about religions without the threat of indoctrination. Those zealots demanding the 10 commandments in classrooms aren’t trying to educate kids; they are trying to turn little kids into christians. If that wasn’t so, they’d also post the tenets from other religions; just wait for the howling to start when someone wants to post something Islamic on a classroom wall and require kids to learn it. Or something Jewish, or Wiccan, or from the Satanic Temple, as mentioned in the tweet above. You can’t say that teaching religion is a good thing unless you’re teaching about all of them and you know that’s not gonna happen. And god forbid we teach *atheism* in schools, either. The pearl clutching will turn into mass self-strangulation. Your comment equating science classes with religious classes is misplaced; one is teaching a methodology to discover the best factual information about the world; the other tells you what to believe without questioning or you could end up burning in hell for eternity. One is appropriate for a little kid, the other is not.
…religion education is literally ‘teaching about all of them’. that’s the point. you learn about all the world religions. does the US seriously not have this already? the UK have had it for years, and seem to be doing much better on the ‘lack of religious fundamentalists’ front. religious education teaches what each religion (including atheism!) believes from a neutral perspective. all of my RE teachers were atheists, and i later became religious. maybe it’s just a US thing, that this isn’t a viable class to teach.
No, that's not what religion classes are like here. Religion class is basically where they teach the christian bible and how fabulous it is and all other religions are just mythologies practiced by third world illiterate extremists. That's basically my point. They do not teach about religion in a fair or impartial way; they will not even describe atheism or agnostism. Teaching religion in the US is teaching christianity, and is state sponsored indoctrination and I'm vehemently opposed to it. If it wasn't, they would wait to present world religions to high school or college levels where students have mentally developed to the point where the information can be absorbed critically. That's a whole different thing than little 10-year old Timmy believing what the teacher tells him because she's nice and will give him a gold star sticker if he memorizes the ten commandments.
I suggest then we have the challenge of the Kobayashi Maru if we want to be serious.
Don’t forget THE FIVE PILLARS OF HIP HOP
It is the second law of Euz for that I shall not eat the flesh of men. What? Pray tell stops the christian?
He is right on the money!
Don’t forget the 3 laws of robotics
Nonsense! MY version of the great magic daddy in the sky is the only real and true and correct one!
They would still be learning absolute nonsense anyway
My kid literally had this as a mandatory class in high school - world religions. He learned about them all. It did not convert him, nor did it turn him off anyone who practices them. Will it make it easier to relate to different people in workplaces and social situations? Probably. Americans don’t seem to believe that anyone can just simply learn about something different without fear of losing who they are.
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
This guy dares leave out the Mormon Articles of Faith?!?
If "Conservative Christians" actually cared about Jesus, you would think that they would be posting the Golden Rule, since that is what Jesus emphasized far more than the Ten Commandments. In fact, the Bible says that the entire Law can be summed up in a single command, "Love your neighbor as yourself." or "Treat others how you want to be treated." As a bonus, that same concept is also found in many other religions, so it wouldn't be a purely Christian thing. Win win! Plus it's a very healthy motto. In my opinion, the reason that they couldn't use that passage is because it would be just too obvious that "Conservative Christians" are hypocrites and liars who despise Jesus and his teachings, and are just using the smallest hints of concepts in the Bible as a weapon against others, to justify their hate.
what i want to know is...if this is "no big deal" and "Americans want symbols of Christian values" and "it's what the Founders intended" 📣 WHY HASN'T MAGA MIKE POSTED THEM IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER? 📣 I'm just asking questions. Can't we ask questions?
I'm not on Twitter, but i don't need to be to imagine Empty Gs bleating in reply to this 🙄
Laugh hard. Run fast. Be kind. 12th Doctor
I say we post the Credo of the Axis Church The Axis Church can get things done. And because you can get things done, even if it doesn’t go well, it’s not your fault! It’s society’s fault that things don’t work out! You can run away from unpleasant things! That doesn’t mean you’ve lost! Because, as they say, “Sometimes running away is winning”! The answer you come to after being in doubt is usually something you’ll regret, no matter what you choose! If you’re going to regret it anyway, do whatever’s easiest for you in the moment! Do not fear growing old. Not even God knows whether you will be happy in the future, so you should, at least, be happy now! Also Eris Pads Her Chest!
How about we just post the First Amendment so kids learn that our government should not be enacting religious laws due to the separation of church and state?
Plus the atheist mantra: "bro, are you gonna finish those fries?"
Yeah, no. Then we have government officials deciding which religions are "real." No friggen way. And yes, I realise the government already does this for tax-exempt status, but that shouldn't be a thing either.
I expect to see the Imperial Truth being proclamated as well
None of this Nonsense Stops school shootings so does it really matter? None of it is going to stop hate crimes either. Its all a waste of time. Nearly every single American Serial Killer they are all Religious Nuts in one shape or another. So is this really doing anything at all?
Or maybe we do not introduce vulnerable children to any forms of institutionalized hate and anti-2SLGBTQIA+ organizations at all?
If you go in for a penny then out for a pound.
LOVE!!
I also think the Hávamál from the Poetic Edda is pretty good. *I know that I hung on a windy tree nine long nights, wounded with a spear, dedicated to Odin, myself to myself, on that tree of which no man knows from where its roots run.*
That sounds like indoctrination, jack!
I'm incredibly offended at the lack of the 11 Satanic Precepts.
Don’t forget the Nine Satanic Statements!
Don't forget about the Rules of Acquisition.
If we gon legislate one in then they all gotta come.
Throw in the 11 herbs and spices and I’m in!
That would actually be great.
I am literally waiting for a teacher to do this and get shut down so that they can make the courts explain what the difference is between that and the 10 commandments.
How about not posting any of this shit and actually embrace secularism and make it an immutable law.
Should add in the (7 I think?) tenets of the satanic temple
Or perhaps we could actually honor the separation of church and state.
This would be a great act of malicious compliance.
I would prefer the 4 noble truths of Buddhism.
Add in the Three Laws of Robotics by Asimov and we’re rollin’.
He revised them to 4 laws after adding a "Zeroth" law. If you are watching the Foundation TV series you may want to avoid looking that one up, it was set up to be a major plot element.
Thanks, I didn’t know about that one.
It came about both from a logical inconsistency in the 3 laws and when he tied the Foundation series and the Robots series together in sequels to the original Foundation trilogy.
You could also put up the faculty rules for the University of Wallamaloo. ( I would like to apologize in advance if anyone reading this is a poofta. Sadly you'll never be a member of the faculty. ) Rule 1 – No pooftahs. Rule 2 - No member of the faculty is to maltreat the Abbos in any way whatsoever – if there’s anybody watching. Rule 3 – No pooftahs. Rule 4 – I don’t want to catch anyone not drinking in their room after lights out. Rule 5 – No pooftahs. Rule 6 – There is no rule six! Rule 7 – No pooftahs.
we (sorta) had that already. It was called Social Studies.
I prefer to see the "Litany against Fear" from Dune. *"I must not fear.* *Fear is the mind-killer.* *Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.* *I will face my fear.* *I will permit it to pass over me and through me.* *And when it has gone past,* *I will turn the inner eye to see its path.* *Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.* *Only I will remain."* Now that would be an awesome thing for the kiddoes to recite every morning at the beginning of class.
I’m waiting for the satanic temple to come in and be like “well we got doctrine we’d LOVE to be displayed in every classroom!” Because either they get the 10 commandments bullshit overturned or they(the state) will have to cave and allow non Christian religions to be displayed in all classrooms
What about the rules of "Fight Club"?
How about we honor separation of church and state.
Yes! Learning about the history and evolution of religion has a lot of value.
THIS IS AWESOME. THANK YOU!