The term "Ten Commandments" came up in today's homily, and it reminded me how I simply cannot understand why anybody would object to their display? I began thinking of people I know, who get their panties bunched up over this subject, and what I think their objections would be. BTW, try doing a search for "The Ten Commandments," - I mean, just a simple list. Took me forever. I know, there are permutations, but these are what I grew up with. They're all the same after a fashion.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS | WHY THEY HATE IT |
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| 1 | I am the Lord thy God and thou shalt not have any strange gods before me. |
I have an IQ of 168, a degree in sociology, and I don't believe in Santa.. You're not the boss of me. |
| 2 | Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. | WTF? JHC! |
| 3 | Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day. |
Every day is "Lord's" day, because this - see all this? This is mine. I earned it. I am the Lord around here. |
| 4 | Honor thy Father and Mother. |
That is so excluding. What about kids who don't know who their father is? What if your mother was a cheap bastard who bought shoes from JC Penny instead of the Bass Weejuns you asked for?. |
| 5 | Thou shalt not kill. |
Oh, like the so called ''Christians" who murdered Tookie Williams? |
| 6 | Thou shalt not commit adultery. |
What consenting adults do is my business. I mean, their business. |
| 7 | Thou shalt not steal. |
Do you mean shoplifting from the Wal-Mart oppressor? Or ripping oil from the Earth Mother? |
| 8 | Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. |
That's perjury, right? Like "Holy-Boy" Bush lying about going to war for his oil buddies? |
| 9 | Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife. |
Have you seen Phil Moore's wife bend over in her garden? I didn't think so. |
| 10 | Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods. | You're not the boss of me. |
