Question about 10 Commandments in the classroom

What part of thy shall not kill, steal, lie, is difficult for a teacher to discuss

"Which god is the one that is my lord and that I can't have other gods before?"

Instead of dealing with a distraction like this they should be focusing on reading, math, history and science. I am a Christian but this should be taught at home or in church. Doing this opens the door to other stuff.

A lot of kids are dumb as dirt and we should be spending time and money on making this not dumb.

Which version of the Ten Commandments are going on the walls?

The Talmud
The Samaritan Pentateuch
The Catholic
The Augustine
The Lutheran
The Anglican Book of Common Prayer

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What part of thy shall not kill, steal, lie, is difficult for a teacher to discuss

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First off, young children are only capable of concrete thinking. Black and white thinking. So when little Johnny asks the teacher: Does hunting make God mad? or Should we not kill a mosquito? Go ahead and throw in capital punishment or war.

Given the way you responded I can see you telling a child “Killing mean kill nothing”. After all, what part of killing is difficult to discuss.

Interesting that you picked the seemingly easy ones. You’re okay with any public school teacher explaining what “graven image” is or “is taking the Lords name in vain only restricted to saying the word “G..D…”?


I sorta liked it when Jesus said “I know this written, but I say….”

So no, adultery does just relate to married people. Jesus said that even if you look at another with lust. He spent more time telling us what to do (see The Sermon on the Mount) rather than focusing on what we shouldn’t do.