Shocked, Shocked I Tell You
A bill that would make the Holy Bible the official book of Tennessee was given approval in a legislative committee on Tuesday.
I am shocked. Are you telling me that Tennessee has more than one book?
And I have proof for my distrust of the literary skills of Tennessee: they are trying to contend that this not a religious move, but a historical one. And they get that because George Washington was sworn-in on a Bible.
Well hell, boys, if we’re going with the whole historical thing, let’s name slavery the Official State Pastime. Or maybe Allowing Women to Vote could be the Official State Oddity.
Get this:
The move to make the Bible the state’s official book comes a month after Tennessee lawmakers approved a measure to make the Barrett M82 sniper rifle the official state rifle.
And that was historical because …. I dunno, look it up in the Bible.
Thanks to everybody for the heads up.
Well, it’s Tennessee.
1Meanwhile, back in Texas:
2A collection of parables about hate and mayhem seems appropriate. They can double their fun by burning copies of the NT, while installing that OT as their go to guide for dragging themselves back to the 17th century or earlier good times.
3Sorry, Tom Levenson was taken in by a fake news story at a parody site. Riddle didn’t say that.
4So could Riddle’s stand wind up in the Texas Penal Code as 22.999 Aggravated Breastfeeding?
5I can only hope that Tennessee legislators extend their Bible related laws even further, for instance:
State Inheritance Laws: Only meek parents may pass on their real estate (earth) to their children
6Tennessee does have several books. And some of them have not been colored in yet.
7And I thought the Texas legislature & higher ups had strange views on religion etc.
8Right you are, PKM, the RKlan acts as if the New Testament doesn’t exist. The message of brotherly love Jesus brought with Him has to be a tree-hugging, bleeding-heart-libtard plot, so out with the New and in with the Old fire, brimstone and rationalization for judgment and hate.
9It will be interesting to watch them fight over whose version will be the Official Wrath of God Manual.
Aw, shucks! Are they so damn sure it was actually a Bible? How about a copy of Moby Dick or War and Peace or Poor Richard’s Almanac with a biblical dust jacket! Just so the Goopers can get a good night’s sleep, ya see.
10Since we are being historical and all that, I may assume that the Bible in question is written in the original Hebrew and Aramaic?
11Well, Hell, they approved the state gun last week. You did not want them to do anything meaningful did you??? Education, roads, bridges, healthcare….all that stuff is going to fix itself.
12Would this let the state give people a reading test to prove they are Christians?
13This seems so widespread I can’t track down who said it first:
“You put your hand on the Bible and swear to uphold the Constitution. You don’t put your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.”
And that’s if you swear on a Bible. Not all of us do.
14I am shocked. I did not know that people in Tennessee could read!
15Washington did not swear on the bible in Tennessee. I don’t get the history part. He supposedly chopped down a cherry tree, Did they name the chopped cherry tree official state tree,as well?
16If I were in the Tennessee legislature, I’d propose The Origin of Species as the official state book. And I’d swear an oath with my hand on it too. A lot more facts in that book than the other one.
17They’re only proposing to make it the state book. No one will be required to read or follow it.
18Every time one of these states, like indiana, North Carolina and now Tennessee pulls something like this, I send an email to the tourist bureau telling them they are now on my do not visit list.
19It must be awful going through your entire life as scared little godalmighties.
20I’ll point out that my state legislature has lost its humanity in addition to its mind.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/religion/tennessee-bill-patients-could-be-refused-religion
21Lou in TN: because of the original topic, I was thinking evangelical vs atheist, but the article was mostly about bigot vs gay. If I were gay, I don’t think I’d want a counselor who thought I was icky, so it’s not a simple issue, even though it’s geared for the bigots. But I can see a gay person being refused by one counselor after another in a state like TN.
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