The Ten Commandments - How Are We Doing?

[Sandman]

I stole some of my flatmate's ketchup to put on a bacon sandwich the other day. And I stole some lollipops from a pub once.

[DanielXY]

you are a very bad boy sandman

[Sandman]

The Devil made me do it!

[JohnT]

[i]I am the LORD thy God...thou shalt have none other gods before me.[i]

I've might've put God on the backburner, but I never cared enough to actually contemplate believing in another God, so I'm OK here.

Thou shalt not make thee any graven image...thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them

Well, I was raised Catholic. But seriously, yeah, sure, whatever. So what's with all the crosses?

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain

Guilty.

Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it

GUILTY!

Honour thy father and thy mother

And I will argue that reciprococity (sp?) is a principle that must be applied here.

Thou shalt not kill

Gotcha.

Neither shalt thou commit adultery

Natch.

Neither shalt thou steal

I served my time!

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour

Why lie when well timed revelations of the truth is more effective?

Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's

[blatant troll] Fortunately for me, I live in a capitalistic society where I can earn the things that I desire, without bothering my neighbor in the least. Thank you God for your help in creating a society where wealth can be earned and not just stolen. [/blatant troll]

[Bereta_Eder]

I am the LORD thy God...thou shalt have none other
gods before me.

SAys who? Be relevant please.

Thou shalt not make thee any graven image...thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them

I don't bow generally, bad things may come of it. But I di respect thy own Icons now and then. (hehe, get it "thy" to sound more biblical in anglais)

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain

I'm so guilty about that and I apologize.


Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it

what?

Honour thy father and thy mother

of course

Thou shalt not kill

no i shall not

Neither shalt thou commit adultery

eh, ok

Neither shalt thou steal

check

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour

if my neigboor breaks my balls I'll burry him anyway, sorry


Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's

definitely not his ass

For I am the LORD thy God; come, tally me banana
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[Dr Strangelove]

Well, about 23% of those who have answered the poll didn't check off the "Thou shall not kill" box. I'm curious to hear the stories behind their answers.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Well, about 23% of those who have answered the poll didn't check off the "Thou shall not kill" box. I'm curious to hear the stories behind their answers.

See St Leo's answer, for example.

[JohnT]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Well, about 23% of those who have answered the poll didn't check off the "Thou shall not kill" box. I'm curious to hear the stories behind their answers.

I'd tell ya'... but then I'd have to kill ya. See the bind I'm in?

[MrFun]

Originally posted by St Leo


Thou shalt not kill

This one's rather hard. Either my immune system murders bacteria or bacteria murder my immune system. Very hard to avoid killing.

Yep -- and I have also killed lord knows HOW many insects over the years.

[Q Classic]

well, ****. if you'd asked this yesterday, i would have been able to check off the not killing one.

****, how do get rid of this blood? **** **** **** **** ****.

[Immortal Wombat]

I am the LORD thy God...thou shalt have none other gods before me.
This also includes money and so forth as Gods. It technically means putting God first and foremost in your life at all times. The no other beings of worship comes under point two. So all the people who made comments about not paying God attention etc... SINNERS! (oh yeah, and this includes me.)

Thou shalt not make thee any graven image...thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them
Check Idolitry isn't one of my sins, except once or twice in jest.

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain
Kept this one faithfully 'til I was about 16 I guess, then wavered a little bit. Try to keep to it though, since I find proper swear words much more effective. Oddly, I use it more in type than in speech.

Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it
I spent the last two years working Sundays.

Honour thy father and thy mother
Yeah, pretty much. Couple of crying incidents, but nothing that'll send me hellbound.

Thou shalt not kill
I always read this as "thou shalt not kill another human". So no, never tried that. In fact, I would think the largest thing I've killed is probably a mosquito. Maybe a stickleback. I still feel guilty about that grasshopper though. If only I'd let him out the window, maybe his corpse wouldn't have ended up lying on my desk.

Neither shalt thou commit adultery
Would that the oppor... er... No.

Neither shalt thou steal
I've stolen very little actual things. Several Gigs of music cripple me on this one though.

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Lying... Hmm. Yes, of course I've lied. Although I don't recall doing so maliciously, and very rarely as a genuine attempt at deception. Usually I tell the truth within the span of the same conversation as the lie, apologising and admitting my lie more or less straight away.

Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's
Envy. Sure, a little. Not material goods usually, but traits or opportunities. Or do I covet a wife,house,field,manservant,ox,ass of my own like the one my neighbour has? I don't want to deny my neighbour these things just because I want them as well. I don't know. My shallow teenage materialism is mostly out of my system now anyway.

[SlowwHand]

Re: The Ten Commandments - How Are We Doing?

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Inspired by Veyasen's "Does God Hate Me" thread, I thought I'd check in and see how well Apolyton's doing with God's Law. Me, I've made it to the ripe old age of 40 managing to keep only numbers 2, 6, and 9 (and maybe 1; technically, I haven't put any other gods before God, but it's not like I pay a lot of attention to Him, either). How 'bout you?

Oh, and I know the Commandments vary from text to text; I'm using the King James Bible here, because that's what God gave Charlton Heston.

What do you care? You're going to Hell anyway.

[Zkribbler]

Ah. I see you're using the Protestant version of the Ten Commandments. Which Ten Commandments

[SlowwHand]

Never heard nor seen anything about the alleged 2nd tablet.
That must be the one the Palestinian's stole.

Nope. Not around then.

[grumbler]

I don't have a problem with having no 'gods' before the Y-man, but I did swat a fly today.