More on the Ten Commandments

[ragnarok_2012]

I've been having fun telling friends about the Ten Commandments interview between Colbert and Westmoreland.

I've also been asking them to name as many commandments as possible. I got 8. So did Stony. Mike Smash, an atheist, got 7. Bouncing Boy got 7. And Spike-X got 8.

So far, everyone has done much better than Westmoreland's three.

Comments

[dark_blade]

Well, part of the trick is different faiths group them slightly differently.. I'll give it a go here.

-Jehova comes first. No gods before him. (Mind you, this specifies nothing about other ones along side or after, heh.)
-Also? Ixnay on the idols.
-Names are important! Don't take Jehova's in vain.
-Honor your mother and father.
-Don't lust over your neighbor's stuff. Or spouse.
-Don't DO it with your neighbor's spouse. (i.e. adultury)
-Keep the sabbath.
-Don't lie
-Don't steal
-Don't murder

I think Catholics and.. one or two groups of Protestants group the idoltry thing in with No gods before me, and separate out the lusting after stuff and wife.

P.S.

[dark_blade]

The above are listed in no particular order, except for he first three.

P.P.S.

[dark_blade]

And to expound on the "in vain" thing, don't use his name when you're lying and know it or can't fulfill the promise, etc. Kinda like sayin "Lord strike me if I'm lyin'" when you are. Big nono.

Re: P.P.S.

[ragnarok_2012]

Way to go, Rin!

You're the first person I've found thus far who could name all 10 Commandments from memory.

[spike_x]

A pagan (should that be capitalised?) knows more about the Commandments (and, more importantly, the intent behind them), than a so-called Christian.

Man, you can't make this stuff up.

[ragnarok_2012]

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Unless we're talking about Grant Morrison's stuff.

For that matter, an atheist still managed to beat the fundamentalist by 4 commandments.