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Religious leader wants to display Indian scriptures in Louisiana public classrooms

2 years ago by Potatos_are_not_friends to c/atheism

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A spokesperson of the Hindu community is seeking to have ancient Sanskrit scriptures displayed in public classrooms alongside the Ten Commandments.
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phoenixz 24 points 2 years ago

Well, yeah, because of course!

I'm waiting for the satanists to demand their scriptures with Baphomet too, come on, hurry up!

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brognak 21 points 2 years ago

The Seven Fundamental Tenants of TST removed from any other context are pretty decent guidelines for life. #4 gets a lot of flack, but I feel like it's counterbalanced by #7.

So people don't have to Google:

I. One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.

II. The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.

III. One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.

IV. The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own.

V. Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs.

VI. People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.

VII. Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.

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NikkiDimes 12 points 2 years ago

I'd say respecting ones freedom to offend is important.

While I can respect that someone has the freedom to say offensive shit, I don't have to respect them for exercising that freedom and can call them a fucking idiot, thus exercising my own freedom to offend.

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AstridWipenaugh 10 points 2 years ago

4 is essentially paraphrasing Voltaire. Belief that offending someone is a violation of their rights leads to authoritarianism and censorship. 4 says you can be a dick; 1 says you really shouldn't be and 6 says you should apologize when you are.

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brognak 3 points 2 years ago

Most of the shade I have seen thrown at IV is based on somewhat overly Libertarian quotes from the founder Lucian Graves. The organization as a whole leans extremely left, so some were caught a bit off guard. I'll have to dig it up, it was years ago, but also Lucian is not a perfect individual (nor is anyone).

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CileTheSane 9 points 2 years ago

I. One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.

No wonder Republicans don't like them.

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TheOakTree -1 points 2 years ago

Tenet 4 has to exist to cover their own asses. TST exists as a means to build a counterpoint to the reach of other religions within public services, so the snowflakes perceive it as "existing to offend" religious (christian) people.

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Delta_V 2 points 2 years ago

TST exists as a means to build a counterpoint to the reach of other religions

False.

TST is just as real and valid as any other religion.

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