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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
4 is essentially paraphrasing Voltaire. Belief that offending someone is a violation of their rights leads to authoritarianism and censorship. 4 says you can be a dick; 1 says you really shouldn't be and 6 says you should apologize when you are.
Tenet 4 has to exist to cover their own asses. TST exists as a means to build a counterpoint to the reach of other religions within public services, so the snowflakes perceive it as "existing to offend" religious (christian) people.
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.
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.