Posted by Willy Wonka at ool-18bf019e.dyn.optonline.net on November 24, 2001 at 16:51:40:
In Reply to: Re: kev's claims on religion posted by Mr Chronic on November 24, 2001 at 12:25:38:
: "you said that it says no where in the bible that pre-marital sex is prohibited. that is partly true; it is never directly stated that slipping the condom on before slipping the ring on is a hell-worthy tresspass."
: Since you are able to shoot Kevin's statement down, it seems you know the Bible quite well, and hold it in high regard. With that said, this should be fun:
: 1.I am the Lord, your God, you shall not have any other God besides me.
: Sins - to set any creature, person or thing as an object of worship or the source of happiness, truth or moral guide.
: Never sat and thought, if I had this or that I'd be very happy indeed. Like winning the lottery for instance?
: 2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain
: Never said "Jeez" at all?
: 3. Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day.
: I know guys who work on a Sunday, for no reason other than to pay the bills. But because they're doing this, are they going to hell? They're not working for fun, nor to purposely defy the Ten Commandments. So what gives?
: 4. Honour thy father and thy mother
: Yeah, I'll go along with that one.
: 5. Thou shalt not kill.
: Ever squashed a bug, or swatted a fly. There are millions of bugs in your bed, which live on your discarded epidermal matter. When you lie down, surely you kill a few thousand, eh? Or when you're walking down the street, perhaps you squash a few microbes you can't even see. So, what does that mean then?
: 6.Thou shalt not commit adultery.
: Yeah, but it's mighty fun. ;-)
: 7. Thou shalt not steal.
: Yeah, I agree with this too.
: 8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
: Never told a little white lie? It's still a lie.
: 9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's... wife.
: I don't know about you, but I've looked at my friend's girlfriends and thought "I wouldn't mind nobbing that".
: 10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house
: So you've never looked at anything your friend or neighbour owns and thought "I'd like one of those for myself"
: If you've broken any of these: RUN FOR THE HILLS MA BAKER, COS YOU'RE GOING TO HELL!!!!!!
: Basically what I'm saying is, the Bible is open to so many interpretations that you could turn any of it round to mean anything at all. The way I figger it, you only get one life, so fuck it!
: "We're not even allowed to go to the bathroom" Rev. Lovejoy on the Bible.
I am a Catholic but while not considering myself an exegete isn't is
"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods"?
And George Carlin said that he doesn't think much of the 4th commandment because parents should earn respect. I too believe this.