How do you feel about the Ten Commandments being posted in public?
Personally, I'm against it. It gives off the illusion that you have to follow god to be a moral person when in reality morality is not dependent on religion.
I think that they should be taken down from public places and displayed in the homes of people who want to see them and in churches.
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"Personally, I'm against it. It gives off the illusion that you have to follow god to be a moral person when in reality morality is not dependent on religion."
I agree, but I don't care if I have to see them or not. They aren't binding, breaking most commandments that aren't laws (like the 1st) aren't crimes so I don't care.
Can't do it. Its a religious symbol or could be regarded as one.
I think the The Ten commandments are a good basic set of rules for human behavior and should be advertised more so. If they took the religious context away and put it into general slang English it would be totally acceptable.
I think they have as much a place as the flag, the eagle symbol, or any other symbol in a public place. It is silly to ban the Ten Commandements from public buildings. There is no real purpose to such a ban.
Personally, I have no objections. There are some around here on bill boards. If someone wants to pay for it, that's their privilege.
There's also a whole bunch of bill boards in which the message is allegedly directly from God, not the sponsoring church. I think a kind of clever use of outdoor advertising, that is far better than those tiny signs in front of churches where they have some simpler message.
When the public place is inside a public building, like an airport, school, city government building etc. I feel that other religions ought to have equal space to post their stuff, and there should be some disclaimer attached that the government agency that manages the site takes no responsibility for this message, that the public should feel free to ignore it ... you know like when there are those infomercials on TV, there is a disclainer from the TV channel that the message does not represent the TV station, or when freelawanswer.com let's politicians ask questions here, YA staff have text saying that they are not taking sides in the political campaign, are just giving them all access to this resource.
I think we could be a heck of a lot better informed if we could see what the different religions have to say about public morality. For example, here is bin Laden's open letter to Americans as to how come he is waging war against us.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/worldview...
I sure would like to see this in a public place, then alongside the answer from US muslim religious leaders where they disagree with his message.
I dont see what the problem is. It is not like the commandments are suggesting that you do something that is wrong or not moral. There are so many crazies out here, maybe they need something to look at to remind them to stay in their place and not get out of line, meaning, dont go and kill someone, etc.
I agree with you to a certain extent. I don't believe that God asks anyone to follow. I believe that God leads by example. I believe that God gave us choices and God does not demand that anyone do anything.
Well, Asker, how do you feel about the First Amendment? A person has a Constitutional right to display the Ten Commandments in public (by renting a billboard, for example), subject to regulations as to time, place, and manner. What's the logical end of what you are saying? Are you against people wearing crucifixes in public? One's First Amendment rights do not evaporate simply because their exercise may make someone feel bad.
Displaying religious messages ON PUBLIC PROPERTY -- which is different than displaying them "in public" -- or having the government pay for the display, is another matter.
It is okay if done within the historical context of laws. It would be of equal stature with the Magna Carta, the Code of Hammurabi, the Napoleanic Code, the Salic law of the ancient Franks, etc. They have such a display in the Dauphin County courthouse in Harrisburg, PA, and it is my understanding that viewing matters in a historical context will trump any religious objections.
I don't have a problem with it, personally. The judge doesn't base his or her decisions on the Bible, and the ten commandments reflects rules of life for both Christian and secular audiences.
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