Anthony Georgeff: I think it was my Ethics class where they said try to imagine a society that was opposite to the Ten Commandments, and this wasn't to say that they were perfect but rather they were commonplace to human values. So there's a weird fusion of Christian, and American, exceptionalism going on here.

So, even within Christianity, the Ten Commandments aren't precisely the same across traditions — the text is translated and even *numbered* differently. This law appears to mandate the KJV version — a Bible translation entire Christian traditions reject. apnews.com/article/loui...

The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into lawapnews.com Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom. Republican Gov.

“If you want to respect the rule of law, you’ve got to start from the original lawgiver, which was Moses” Hammurabi has entered the chat

And Hammurabi actually existed, with archaeological evidence to prove it, which you can't really say for Moses. Much older than either is Noah, the mythical ancestor of us all, who got a set of Seven Commandments from God after the floodwaters receded. And unlike the Ten Commandments...

...they aren't just meant for Jews, but also Righteous Gentiles. The Noahide Laws aren't set forth in the canonical Bible, only the Talmud, but I think Louisiana should consider them

I think it was my Ethics class where they said try to imagine a society that was opposite to the Ten Commandments, and this wasn't to say that they were perfect but rather they were commonplace to human values. So there's a weird fusion of Christian, and American, exceptionalism going on here.

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