andros_rex@lemmy.world to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoSchools in Texas are forcing teachers to put the 10 Commandments up…lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up1468arrow-down14
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minus-squareshane@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThere are two (or three) versions of the 10 Commandments in the Bible itself, before we even consider translation issues: https://news.utexas.edu/2019/02/04/ten-commandments-in-texas-classrooms-but-what-version/ Anyway, the NIV translation uses “servant” instead of “slave”, which seems bogus to me.
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoLuckily that commandment is in exodus 20, and exodus 21 just happens to have the rules for selling your daughter as a “servant” for life, as well as the punishment for beating “servants” to death. You know, normal stuff.
minus-squarescala@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAnd this is why it’s bullshit. 3 versions of a book some random person wrote to gather followers. Biggest cult in the world.
There are two (or three) versions of the 10 Commandments in the Bible itself, before we even consider translation issues:
https://news.utexas.edu/2019/02/04/ten-commandments-in-texas-classrooms-but-what-version/
Anyway, the NIV translation uses “servant” instead of “slave”, which seems bogus to me.
Luckily that commandment is in exodus 20, and exodus 21 just happens to have the rules for selling your daughter as a “servant” for life, as well as the punishment for beating “servants” to death. You know, normal stuff.
And this is why it’s bullshit. 3 versions of a book some random person wrote to gather followers. Biggest cult in the world.