tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post8758064386641217543..comments2023-08-10T14:58:46.329+07:00Comments on Authority!: The Ten Commandments in TN: It’s Not About Religion – It’s HistoryTimothy J Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10634355920003282809noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post-91234385768843859322012-04-06T02:21:15.028+07:002012-04-06T02:21:15.028+07:00the interesting thing is, if you read the Ten Comm...the interesting thing is, if you read the Ten Commandments as things that an enlightened being would do as a matter of course (the last five with respect to other humans, the first five as a show of respect for whatever one holds as a guiding spiritual principle (with the "sabbath" representing some portion of life where we stop running on the treadmill and just sit and contemplate the wonders around us?)... you get the Ten Commitments from the Neale Donald Walsch books.<br /><br />I fully agree that this effort is not intended to promote higher level thinking of this sort, but it could have the same effect.Steve Trinwardhttp://www.trinwords.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5313916164911265633.post-19997151349101234342012-04-05T17:41:16.347+07:002012-04-05T17:41:16.347+07:00If it's only a history book, then it has no mo...If it's only a history book, then it has no more authority than any other book from the past. We might as well get our moral guidance from the Iliad or the Dialogues. Analysis also should be just as critical. Somehow I don't think many Christians will appreciate their children being taught the Bible that way.<br /><br />People that do things like this think they're using some kind of back door to get their religion into the schools, when all they're doing is trivializing it.geoihhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228052543574335663noreply@blogger.com