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Ten Commandments Congressman Can’t Name Them

By Jill on 6.20.2006

Haha.

Thanks to Miss Pen Name.

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    Samantha Vimes 6.20.2006 at 5:51 am |

    Hmmm… maybe it’s more politic to not be able to name them than to admit it’s about putting one religion first? “Thou shalt have no other god before me” pretty well contradicts the No establishment of religion clause. So which is it, First Commandment or First Amendment? Publicly choosing Dominionism over democracy won’t play well with a majority, at least I hope not.

    Or maybe he’s just an idiot who knows less about the religion he avows than most agnostics.

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    Beet 6.20.2006 at 7:19 am |

    What’s even more disturbing is that when Colbert asked him “can you think of any better place for the Ten Commandments than a government building?” his reply was “No.” I guess we won’t even be needing churches anymore. Religion has become completely subsumed under politics for these people.

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    Kyra 6.20.2006 at 11:26 am |

    HAAAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!

    Maybe he should have them tattooed in glowing ink on the insides of his eyelids. Or, you know, carry them around in a pocket card or a Bible (which, conservatives will be pleasantly surprised to learn, has not been banned in the Capitol) and avoid inflicting them on the rest of us. For his information:

    No other Gods before Yaweh.
    No graven images
    No “taking of the Lord’s name in vain”
    Remember the Sabbath
    Honor parents
    No stealing
    No killing
    No adultery
    No coveting your neighbor’s wife
    No coveting your neighbor’s other stuff.

    This all from the memory of a Wiccan.

    And ditto what Samantha said about first commandment vs First Amendment. I’d be tempted to sneak over to the monument under cover of darkness and cross out “no other gods before me” and write “This is America, not some theocracy. I’ll “have” any God I please before this one!”

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    Fresh 6.20.2006 at 3:41 pm |

    Well, how do you expect him to learn them all if he’s not allowed to display them? Duh!

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    piny 6.20.2006 at 3:49 pm |

    No other Gods before Yaweh.
    No graven images
    No “taking of the Lord’s name in vain”
    Remember the Sabbath
    Honor parents
    No stealing
    No killing
    No adultery
    No coveting your neighbor’s wife
    No coveting your neighbor’s other stuff.

    Actually, I’ve usually heard “covet” expressed as one commandment for both your neighbor’s wife and his other possessions,* with “adultery” as another. The remaining commandment is, “Thou shalt not bear false witness.”

    But it’s not like you entered into some agreement to observe them or anything.

    *Sigh.

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    zuzu 6.20.2006 at 4:12 pm |

    Actually, I’ve usually heard “covet” expressed as one commandment for both your neighbor’s wife and his other possessions,* with “adultery” as another. The remaining commandment is, “Thou shalt not bear false witness.”

    From what I understand, there are a couple of different versions of the Ten Commandments in the Bible. The Jews follow one set, the Christians another (there may even be a Catholic/Protestant split as well). So the Roy Moores of the world can’t even convincingly argue that whichever version they use is the “Judeo-Christian” version.

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    piny 6.20.2006 at 4:18 pm |

    I didn’t mean to imply that Kyra was ignorant. I hope I didn’t sound like it.

    And yep. It’s “Judeo-Christian” like “Hannity and Colmes.”

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    piny 6.20.2006 at 4:18 pm |

    Except, it’s actually the opposite of that.

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    Kaethe 6.21.2006 at 12:31 pm |

    Here you go, one convenient link with multiple versions of the Big Ten: Which Ten Commandments?

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