Dear Reporters,
If you’re interviewing a theocrat who says “all our laws are based on the Ten Commandments” and you don’t immediately ask them to provide evidence and examples for that laughably stupid claim, just go ahead and quit your job.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/us/louisiana-ten-commandments-landry.html
If you’re interviewing a theocrat who says “all our laws are based on the Ten Commandments” and you don’t immediately ask them to provide evidence and examples for that laughably stupid claim, just go ahead and quit your job.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/us/louisiana-ten-commandments-landry.html
Comments
1. Germanic Pagan
2. Roman Pagan
3. Greek Pagan
4. Hebrew
5. Native North American
6. Muslim
7. Zoroastrian
8. Indian Hindu/Buddist/Jain
9. Chinese Confucian/legalism
10. Mezoamerican
The basis of our law is broad.
Add also:
The Mongol tolerance of a variety of religions,
Etc.
But then again, there’s also a lot who do that but still think they’re obeying God
I mean, so is slavery.
(Though some of them may take that as a positive example.)
is that in the actual constitution or just the bill of rights?
"We've been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture" - Rev. Ray Mummert, Dover creationist.
Checkmate, atheists.
They either cede the point because they believe it to be genuine, or because they don’t feel confident in their own ability to fact-check… when meanwhile this was never really about factual claims in the first place.
over the place. The parts of the bible that live on in law are often found in numerous traditions. It’s a big feature that allows for a zone of secular interoperation, but that’s never the end goal Xtian Fascism.