| Author | Message | ||
     Crusty |
Some people have trouble with all those 'shall's' and 'shall not's' in the Ten commandments. Folks just aren't used to talking in those terms... So, in middle Tennessee they translated the 'King James' into 'Jackson County' language..... no joke, (posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Gainesboro , TN) (1) Just one God (2) Put nothin' before God (3) Watch yer mouth (4) Git yourself to Sunday meetin' (5) Honor yer Ma & Pa (6) No killin' (7) &nbs p; No foolin' around with another fellow's gal (8) Don't take what ain't yers (9) No tellin' tales or gossipin' (10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff Now that's plain an' simple. Y'all have a nice day. | ||
| Not_purple_s2 |
I'd love to see the whole book done that way. You heard the sayin' "An eye for an eye, an a tooth for a tooth.' But I say to ya'll, don't fight back. If yer ole lady slaps you across the face, turn yer other cheek at her. And if someone wants to sue you and take yer mud-ridin' truck, let him have yer fo-wheeler as well. If someone forces ya to go to the liquor store with him, go with him also to the tobacco shop. Give to the one who axe you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow yer lawn mower. —Matthew 5:38-42, | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
When we were in Hawaii, there was a Hawaiian Pidgin Bible: Da Boss Above, he take care me, Jalike da sheep farma take care his sheeps. He goin give me everyting I need. He let me lie down wea da sweet an soft grass stay. He lead me by da water wea I can rest. He give me new kine life. He lead me in da road dat stay right, Cuz I his guy.  | ||
| Spatten1 |
One correction: Number six should read: No murderin'. People sometimes get this one confused because they read it in English. The Hebrew book clearly indicates that you can kill any f'er that deserves it. I am proud of this part of my heritage and will not give up my guns. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Aye that! | ||
| Buellinachinashop |
"(7) &nbs p; No foolin' around with another fellow's gal" Should be edited to read, " ...with your own sister". | ||
| 2008xb12scg |
Number six should read: No murderin'. You have nbo idea how many times I've had to argue that point. | ||
| Blake |
Yep, no murdering not "killing". (7) Should be... No foolin' around with anyone but your spouse. A married person fooling around with someone other than his/her spouse is committing adultery. adultery (noun) | ||
| Spatten1 |
Not to get too serious here, but number 7 was a really big deal when Moses delivered it. People freaked out and wanted to rebel. The idea of monogamy was a totally new concept at the time, and only the Jews were compelled to practice it. Before Sinai, the Jews were OK to sleep around like everyone else. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Interesting. I do know that 1 and 2 were broken before the ink was dry. | ||
| Nik |
Not to get too serious here, but number 7 was a really big deal when Moses delivered it. People freaked out and wanted to rebel. The idea of monogamy was a totally new concept at the time, and only the Jews were compelled to practice it. Before Sinai, the Jews were OK to sleep around like everyone else. Polygomy was still practiced after that (King David had something like 8 wives). According to Rashi's commentary adultery is defined as sexual intercourse between a man and a married woman who is not his wife. From that a man can have many wives, and can have sexual intercourse with an unmarried woman who is not his wife. It's not until you get into the big list of 613 mitzvot where the importance of marriage first is stressed. And even then its not a negative commandment (don't do that) but an opposing positive commandment (get married, make babies, yay!) | ||
| Blake |
Not "before the ink was dry", more like before the stone chips hit the ground.  | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
"Adultery is the application of democracy to love." H.L.Mencken. "Where there's Marriage without Love, there will be Love without Marriage." Benjamin Franklin. "Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?" Wynn Catlin. "I have good looking kids; thank god my wife cheats on me." Rodney Dangerfield. | ||
| Spatten1 |
Nik, Good call. The 613 Mitzvot were delivered at Sinai too, after the 10 commandments, so should have been in effect. However, you are right, plenty of examples of concubines, etc. after that. I think it may be Talmudic commentary about the bitching about the adultery rules, I can't remember for sure, and I'm a lousy student of religion. I do, however, remember in a Torah study reading about how pissed some of the people were because it was a completely foriegn concept delivered out of the blue. | ||
| Oldog |
King Soloman had many many wives, in the end they led him astray. why sould the 10c be considered offensive in schools and public places ? | ||
| Spatten1 |
why sould the 10c be considered offensive in schools and public places ? Good question, especially when the same institutions are now installing foot washing stations..... |
