many states still have laws against commerce on Sundays, including banking and liquor sales.
and bearing false witness sounds like perjury to me. And in Britain, as well as some other European countries, taking the Lords name in vain IS a crime (as is most disrespect to any religion) On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 11:37 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > bwahaha....i'd never seen it broke down like this.........the 10 > commandments actually kinda suck. > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 10:34 AM, zaphod <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > really? Let's see > > > > 1. You shall have no other gods before me. --- nope, no laws about that > > 2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image --- wow, hope there's > > not any laws against that .Catholics would all be in prison > > 3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy god in vain --- goddamn > > right! > > 4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy --- you heard it right -- > get > > your ass to church or be arrested. > > 5. Honour thy father and thy mother -- Emancipation, screw that, it > > doesn't exist > > 6. Thou shalt not kill --- DING DING DING -- only six in before we get to > > a real law err wait, we have exceptions. > > 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery. -- again, not many adulterers in jail > > let alone being stoned. > > 8. Thou shalt not steal -- DING DING DING -- we got another! > > 9. Thou shalt not near false witness against thy neighbor --- Hmmmm we > > might be able to say this fits some law somewhere > > 10. Thou shalt not covet. --- This is the whole basis of the American > > economy. I don't think they'd ever make this illegal > > > > So, out of 10, we've got 2 definitely and 1 possible. Let's face it, the > > bible isn't the first place that came up with the idea of 'you shouldn't > > kill' and 'you shouldn't steal' > > > > > > On Feb 12, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > "The bible is not relevant to the workings of today society. Trying to > > > apply lessons from it is usually fruitless, on top of the notion that > you > > > can find support for any position you want to defend in the bible." > > > > > > Everyone whose paying attention knows this can't be true. > > > > > > The Ten Commandments are the bases for a lot of legal system in the > > world. > > > > > > > > > J > > > > > > - > > > > > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad > > reputation. > > > - Henry Kissinger > > > > > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the > tunnel, > > > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360873 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
