Louisiana mandates non-Biblical Twelve Commandments, as used by Cecil B. DeMille, posted in schools

[muriel_volestrangler]

That’s a problem, because there are a lot of different versions of the Ten Commandments, all of which are phrased and enumerated differently. The version of “The Ten Commandments” mandated by Horton’s bill is not taken from any of those. It is, instead, the version concocted in 1950 by the Fraternal Order of Eagles and Cecil B. DeMille.
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White Republican state Rep. Dodie Horton’s bill in Louisiana uses this language. The text schools would be required to post in classrooms — mandated in the text of the bill itself — is the text from Ruegemer’s posters, listing his abridged and edited version of the 11 or 12 commandments in his own pseudo-KJV language.

Yes, eleven. Or 12, depending on whether or not you’re from a tradition that treats “I am the Lord thy God” as the first commandment.
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Note that only this abridged and edited version of Exodus 20:1-17 is permitted under the proposed Louisiana statute. Schools would be violating the law if they were to post the parallel passage from Deuteronomy 5. And they would be violating the law if they were to post the full, unedited and unaltered text of Exodus 20:1-17.

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2024/05/20/louisiana-will-post-the-twelve-commandments-in-schools/

Fred Clark also points out that the Fraternal Order of Eagles, which did not allow non-white members until the 1970s, dropped the "which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage" bit. Perhaps because they didn't want to mention that this God was against slavery. Or that these Commandments were specific to one people, over 2,000 years ago.

[yardwork]

1. This is almost unbelievable.

[underpants]

3. What are the two I haven't been doing?

[ret5hd]

9. well, here's a hint:

[jayschool2013]

13. Nice 1957 vibe

Light switch cover? Seriously? That's some creepy shit right there.

[underpants]

15. Indeed

[ret5hd]

18. "...i am the light and the..." (nt)

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

20. "Let the Good Lord cum inside you" n/t

[patphil]

16. Ok, now that's an image that I won't be able to unsee. Definitely super creepy.

[Biophilic]

19. No, no that's not possible. Nobody would do that.

That’s just amazingly wrong. And, I’m not a Christian. That has got to be one of the most wrong things I’ve ever seen. With the exception of murder, rape and all the other horrible things we humans do to each other. But I keep going back looking at it and wonder, how did someone do that?

[Girard442]

2. "You must follow these words of the Lord that I just pulled out of my ass."

[underpants]

4. Oh, I understand. Louisiana law is based on the Napoleonic code which is French

and in France they use the metric system so the 10 converts to 12. I’ll see if I can find a conversion website.

[Probatim]

6. 10 Pounds 12 Degrees C? I think that's correct...

I did well enough in grade school but it's been a while since I did the conversions.

[underpants]

8. Repent!

[getagrip_already]

5. How is this even remotely non-Biblical?

They are quoting Bible sections.

[Voltaire2]

7. That god was not against slavery.

The Jewish holy books include numerous rules for the proper practice of slavery. The Christian holy books instruct slaves on how to be a good slave.

Exodus is opposed to Egypt enslaving the Israelis, but it doesn’t oppose slavery in general. Slavery was fine.

[RainCaster]

10. It's the 12 step program

It's not 12 commandments, but 12 steps to sobriety.
Duh.

[underpants]

14. 😆

[Oopsie Daisy]

11. The Lord Jehovah has given unto you these 15

[jayschool2013]

12. The Louisiana Constitution

Carries the same language as the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution:

Article I of the Louisiana Constitution contains the Declaration of Rights. Section 8 includes the right to freedom of and from religion: "No law shall be enacted respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

So what's all this, then, about the 10, 11, 12 or so Commandments?

[samsingh]

17. so much for the lie that republicans claim they believe in small government

and to keep government out of people's lives.

[Martin Eden]

21. I thought there were 15 Commandments

Then Mel Brooks accidentally dropped one of the three tablets when he came down from the mountain.