NEW COMMANDMENT:
Thou shalt not use your religion to take away other people’s rights.
@godpod say do you give the prosecuted trans youths that end up taking their lives from depression due to political intereference a free pass to Heaven, and if so... do you give them the body they always wanted?
@godpod You have a right to practice your religion, not enforce it.

@godpod
"NEW COMMANDMENT:
Thou shalt not use your religion to take away other people’s rights."

Hallelujah!!!

[This is retroactive, right?]
#Saturday #mastodon #saturdayvibes

@godpod I'm guessing it was on that third tablet that Mel Brooks, errr, I mean Moses, dropped on the way down Mount Sinai.

@godpod

I reminded my congregations that Billy Graham discovered on his trip to Soviet Union in 1982 that the US and USSR had the same % of population in church on an average Sunday. It worked out to be 10%. No matter that in surveys 80% would say they were believers in God, they didn't vote with their membership, with their feet, or their wallets. I doubt that the current attendance % is that high.
"Christian US Nationalism" is higher, however, but without the call to love and/or service.

@godpod “Also, no iron chariots!”
@godpod
They only pick and choose what you/your son commanded to fit their needs. Make with the lightning bolts already!
@godpod ... here I thought that was a given...
@godpod Isn't that already a commandment? The real meaning of "thou shalt not use the lord's name in vein"? Don't make it a new commandment, just clarify the old one.
@godpod The pre-made cakes are available for everyone. Buy one. #rfra
@godpod The pre-made cakes are available for everyone. Buy one. #rfra
@godpod Amen to that. Your freedom of religion begins and ends with you. And, begrudgingly, your kids.

@godpod
Amen!

Can we also have: "Thou shalt not pigeonhole people based on accidents of birth, including (but not limited to) gender, race, locality, or parentage."?

@godpod It's actually *just* a case in point outworking "Love your neighbour as yourself". There's some kind of cognitive bias that makes people think that their belief somehow trumps the obligation to put yourself in another person's place, or turn the circumstances around to understand how to act as if the other is valuable in themself.
@Andii @godpod better is “Do unto others what you wish they would do to you.”
@greeniemax @godpod
Indeed, though I'd argue that's also an instantiation of 'Love your neighbour as yourself'.
@godpod Do not change the rules while playing...
Too little too late 👹
@godpod 😂
That was on the plaque that Moises broke by accident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w556vrpsy4w
Moses Ten Commandments - Mel Brooks

YouTube
@godpod this is my favorite! Thank you, God!
@godpod Good luck with that.

@godpod

Using scary deities is the modern era's way of strong-arming the people into being a compliant religious member and/or forcing non-believers to accept their religious misconceptions and lies.

@godpod

Well, you'd know more about this than me, but I've always thought that taking away other people's rights was the point of religion.

Within a hundred years of Christianity inheriting the power of the Roman state, worship of the classical gods was banned. The Puritans had religious freedom in Holland, but couldn't stand the idea of others having it too, so they went to America to found a theocracy.

It rarely ends well when your opinions have the backing of a supernatural authority.

@godpod don’t we already have that one in the constitution??

@godpod

AKA "The First Amendment"

@godpod Unfortunately that's literally the entire basis behind religion.
@godpod hey man you need to come down here, it’s a mess
@godpod totally agree, in fact I was just thinking how black women were forced to bear children by their enslavers. And now here we are again being forced to bear children unwillingly. Like fashion, history does repeat.
@godpod tell that to the canaanites.

@godpod
That's covered in the #1stAmendment

No establishment of religion.
It's a good idea.
Someone should tell the House majority, and Pence.

@godpod @SparkleTea It's not just in an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution but it's also in Article V, the one that says "there shall be no religious test" for positions in government or in places of public trust. It's not limited to just government officials.

@godpod @claralistensprechen

Wonderful, thanks. Article V. Good to know.

@godpod Nah, you don't get it. Religions don't take away people's "rights", they just stop people doing "wrong". Nobody has the "right" to do what a religious person might consider "wrong", surely.

@godpod

Oh did you think of that just now?

@godpod Addendum: “Thou shall not establish multiple religions that makes your flock think their Lord is indecisive 🫤”. Just sayin’. ✌🏻
@godpod Way to go Dude! ✌️
@godpod Mate, nobody's following the other ten, hate to be the one to tell you.
@godpod
number one of which is Bodily Autonomy.
A person without Bodily Autonomy is the definition of a SLAVE
@godpod Apparently a lot of your fans are not listening. Let's face it many of them can't agree on your name.
@godpod
C’mon, man, that’s all anyone uses it for!
@godpod
You've been on a roll, God. Would you like a break from the grind? I have something you accidently created an environment for. You'll get to visit other creatures you created. Namely, Gadam and Sleeve. The reptile humanoid species on Delta 8.