Not MY 10 Commandments!

Last week I posted my 12 commandments. Within days the high courts of this land have again been rumbling about protecting the display of The 10 Commandments in courtrooms.

Why do the 10 Commandments not belong in courtrooms? Simple. They aren't MY 10 commandments, but they are MY courts. Keep them out. Courts should be a place of evidence and facts, not beliefs. Decisions need to be handed down on concrete proof and not at all based on what someone thinks about innocence or guilt. Most of all, decisions certainly should not be made based on myths and ancient stories handed down from an invisible man in the clouds. That's so 1200.

If God was doing his job he'd be stopping crime before there was a victim and/or doling out appropriate punishment on his own. Why should people be hurt, die or suffer loss because of crimes HE could prevent? He obviously doesn't care, why should we display the flimsy rules even he decides not to enforce? Witnesses perjure themselves daily after putting a hand on a bible and stating "so help me God". God ain't always helping! If he doesn't care, why should we?

God himself doesn't belive in the 10 Commandments. If you think otherwise then I've got some beach property in Thailand to sell you. If you think he made the earth then he made a defective rock that makes big waves that kill 0.1 million people. I smell a class-action negligence suit!

On the face the 10C's are a reasonable blueprint for civilization, but why promote them as the basis of law when politicians themselves can't adhere to? The 10C's are the "steadfast cornerstone of our judiciary, based on the unwavering commands of God to the Jews" but also come with a complete set of asterisks that may be attached for convenience as presidents, politicians and holy people see fit. Thou Shall Not Kill seems like a good idea on paper, but there's all those evil doers out there that need a good ass whoopin' and jails full of criminals that need to be put to sleep.

Furthermore, I don't think too many people are being convicted of not remembering the sabbath, so maybe we should just post nine. In my mind when I forget the sabbath it means I just play the Ozzy solo stuff.

We could argue "church and state" as long as the day is, but the best reason to not post them is that the proponents of display can't honestly say that they live within their direction. It is a classic case of hypocristianestesia, the want to impose one's beliefs so badly that they don't even realize that they don't live by the same rules. But as important, a courtroom, judge and jury should only be subject to one brand of discussion, factual dialogue based on evidence and experimentation, NOT what a president, hillbillies, CEOs and right-wing goons believe.