Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 03, 2018

The Ten Commandments —

Coulda gone with “Thou shalt not rape”

Coulda gone with “Thou shalt not kidnap”

Coulda gone with “Thou shalt not own slaves”

Coulda gone with “Thou shalt not commit genocide”

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Decided on “Thou shalt not covet” (undermining the foundation of future capitalist marketing, but scripturally illiterate “Christians” won’t care).

http://danizier.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/the-blasphemy-of-bibleolatry/

Wiley Commandment Number One:Thou shall not whitness false bears.

All that stuff about “me” does make one wonder who really was the scribe trying to take control and obedience from his tribe.

Good Lord! So that is how fingering started, is it!?!

Instead of having everything written in stone, they should have gone with a first draft.

Is that the origin of “carved in stone”

Moses didn’t carve the tablets, they were written by the finger of god. Exodus 31:18

Humm…wonder why there weren’t any ‘Thou shalt’s?" Nothing but negatives. And we all know how that works.

Moses didn’t carve the Ten Commandments, they were written by the Finger of God. Genesis 31:18 and Deuteronomy 9:10!

The Greatest:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Commandment#References

Exodus Chapter 20: God gives his chosen people the Ten Commandments.

Exodus Chapter 21: God gives his chosen people instructions on how to treat their slaves.

Commandment Number 6: Thou shall not kill.

Included in god’s instruction on how to treat slaves includes when it is OK to kill them.

Don’t forget the 11th. Commandment: “Thou shalt not underestimate the power of Sarcasm!”Puts a whole new perspective on the first ten.

So, Wiley learned the first 4 commandments are about God, the rest about us. Must have gone to Bible school?

The biggest fallacy of interpreting The Bible is the presumption that it is written as fact. The Bible was written by Men Of Faith and not men of science.

Actually, half the commandments apply the Israel’s relationship with God and half apply to each Israelite’s relationship with each other (now I know I’ll be flamed by Wiley fans for saying something positive about religion, especially Israel, especially by atheists who cherry pick the Bible without having actually studied it…or people spamming GoComics by hawking their books).

How did we ever manage to survive for the 2,000,000 yrs before we had those commandments?

“Fourth”, Wiley, not “Fifth”.

But what about: “Thou shalt not send offensive tweets”?

Remember the Election Day and vote. Thou shalt not elect any false Presidents. Thou shalt not commit adultery before becoming President. Honor thy father’s money.

A bit irreverent but I suppose if you’re God, you’d have a lot to talk about.

Willey is either way ahead celebrating Administrative Professionals’ Day or he’s way behind.

Why do I look at this and think “Pull my finger!”

Thou shalt not covet does not deal with capitalism. It deals with wanting to wrongfully take something that is someone else’s. Capitalism is about selling some thing or service to others, at a price dictated by the marketplace (i.e., what most people will pay for it).

Good job Whyle you got them going again

I have fun with my Evangelical “friends” (I consider them friends, I’m not sure it is reciprocal). I ask them how many gods the believe in and they emphatically tell me “ONE!” Then I point tothe first commandment, “I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt not have strange gods before me.” This tells me that there are other “strange” gods and I can worship them as long as Jehovah is number 1. I’m partial to Vishnu and Oden.

Also whenever one of their favored politicians plays “The Jesus Card” I ask them if that isn’t taking the Lord’s name in vain. Vote for me; it’s what Jesus would do.

Yes, I am a Christian. I just don’t get caught up in the details like a lawyer or Pharisee. I concentrate on the spirit of the law rather than the letter of the law.

THIS is the way it REALLY NEEDS TO BE!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE8ooMBIyC8&t=149s

@Kim Roberts In the early 1970s my sister converted to the Latter Day Saints. When I asked her about their views on blacks, she just said, “Whatever the church says is right”. Lost respect for her then.

… and the story continues with Moses coming down from the mountain, finding his people worshiping a golden calf.

America’s evangelical christians are worshiping the Golden Calf incarnate and don’t know it or just don’t care…

Gold buildings, gold rooms, gold toilet, gold hair… it’s not like he’s making a secret of it …. so obvious, and yet…

Need a, Thou shalt not be Democrat.

Just a thought, but couldn’t it all be summed up by “do unto others, etc.”? BTW, I am a definite non-believer.

God chuckled this morning, and by the way Mr. Danizier all that you mention IS contained in the Ten Commandments when you understand the heart of the Law and interpret the Law…the ancient Jewish people added 613 commandments to do so…before on criticizes, one should read the source

Don’t forget “Thou shalt not commit pedophilia, pollute or bully”. Oh yeah, the “Big Ten” definitely need an upgrade. Everything is upgraded these days except the things that really matter.

I get all my preachy theological musings from GoComics.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whistleblower-says-buffalo-bishop-knew-of-sexual-abuse-allegations-but-did-nothing-60-minutes/ Maybe he was thinking of this.

Back when I was a history major, I was privileged to see a draft copy of the 10 Commandments, with pencilled notations in God’s own handwriting in the margins. Seems the Big Guy was undecided until the very last moment whether to go with “Thou shalt treat women and dark-skinned people as equals.” but finally decided to devote that particular slot to the vexatious and insidious problem of graven images.

According to Moses Maimonides (may his name be praised) there are 613 mitzvoth in Tanakh, 365 negative (“thou shall not…”) and 248 positive. Since the destruction of Herod’s Temple only 77 positive and 194 negative commandments can be observed today, 26 of which apply only within the land of Israel.

That’s why both Jesus and George Carlin were both able to condense it all down to Just One that pretty well covered everything.

How about…“Thou shalt not be a trumphead!”

Ten Commandments are a few too many. Three would have been enough:1-4: It’s all about Me.5-9: Be nice.10: Don’t even think about it.

We know good ole Bill Clinton has been accused of number one, but as a liberal he gets a pass and his accuser was ignored and never given a chance to tell her story! But as a bunch hypocrites the libtards don’t care. Personally I think it’s time to give all of the liars the boot!!!!

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It all comes down to Love God and Love thy Neighbor. If you don’t want to believe in a God, fine, still Love thy neighbor as you love yourself (do unto others as you would have them do unto you). Serve them, help those that are in need, visit the poor, the widow/widower…

Was all covered in two commandments: Love God, love your neighbor. If everyone would just follow those, the others wouldn’t be necessary.