Does anyone on here believe in The 10 Commandments being displayed in classrooms?

[CurlewKate]

And if so, why? And if so, why The 10 Commandments, not The Beatitudes?

They don’t belong on classroom walls in state schools unless part of a display of multiple religions in a religious studies or social studies classroom. No one religion should receive endorsement even above the absence of religion. That includes religious schools funded by the state since children and families often have no choice in attendance. The religious aspect should be kept siloed and truly optional.

at a privately funded religious school, they can do whatever they want. I feel bad for the children who attend those schools based on my experience with family who choose them, but that is a subject for a different thread.

Ten Commandments are Jewish Laws passed down to Moses and later adopted by Christians…..

Why the sarcasm? Doesn’t really feel like you are entering into discussion in good faith.

Says the person who wrongly assumed my motivation, and also assumed that the 10 Commandments would be new to people joining into a discussion about them….

Clearly not because, again, the 10 Commandments talk about keeping the Sabbath holy. "The Lord's Day" is a later corruption.

yes !

I'm Catholic and i take the name of the lord God in vain constantly. In speech and in text. The idea that that is on the same standing to thou shalt not kill is ridiculous to me. I don't think other gods are 'false' just another version of the same thing. I also have an issue with not coveting wife or goods. Our entire society is based around coveting, it's the very basis of consumerism. I think we need to strive to not do this but the 'coveting' itself is not a bad thing because its a feeling, it's how you deal with it that counts. I hate the male centric language too.

So no I don't think they should be displayed in their current form. However a modernised version might be OK. 'Try to not be jealous of people, try to accept others have different things and don't envy them, don't use bad language etc

No.

Well I couldn't remember all ten commandments so @SimoneHere saved me a Google, thanks.

I do not think that they should be up in classrooms unless it's part of an RS lesson.
I don't like religion in schools at all unless you choose to send your kid to a church school.
I do think RS lessons are important though and my child really enjoys them despite being an atheist.

I did have to Google beatitudes and I don't think they should be displayed either.

But how do people know them? Many of us do having been taught about them at school or maybe Sunday school.

Future generations won’t if schools go along with you wish for them not to be displayed…… (or as many would advocate even taught at school at all!)
Posting them on this thread was an entirely sensible and logical thing to do.
How many of us can recite them by heart and in order? Can you?

In the context of US public schools, no, there absolutely should not be any display of a religious document even if placed alongside and equal to documents from other religions.

In a church school, i would understand. Secular school-no.

This is a great summary.

But there are church schools so you can’t ban religion from all schools. Ten Commandments are a key piece of scripture for many religions and Church schools do often display scripture like this on their walls.