Yikes…come on, people..First: the common misconception is that the Ten Commandments are a neat numbered list, like a PowerPoint presentation. In fact they appear twice, in Exodus and Deuteronomy, and with a lot of (non-identical) verbiage surrounding the first several ones in both places. The meaning is the same, but the divisions between them are debatable, and the first two can easily be combined into one. Believe it: no matter whose church you go to, none of them are missing..As for the images in Catholic churches and idol worship…sigh. Do you carry pictures of your spouse and kids in your wallet? Do you worship the pictures as idols, or ever mistake the pictures for the actual persons? No? Good. It’s the same in churches that have icons, statues, stained-glass windows, whatever. They’re representations, reminders, of the ones that we love — they may be admired and revered, but they are not “worshipped”. (Lord, I hope this helps.)
Ummm… I would have thought he stole much more than sermons: Tax dollars to support a lavish lifestyle, perhaps, like most rulers, politicians and bureaucrats.
Wilberforce once asked the Born Loser:“What’s the difference between religion and a cult?”“Religion is what we believe in -Cults are what other people believe in.”
“Sounds like an 19th Century George Carlin. Excellent. (I took a quick peak [sic] at Wikipedia)”Something like that. Start with The Devil’s Dictionary. Next, get of a good anthology of his stories and read “Oil of Dog”, “Chicamauga” and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (which was broadcast as an episode of The Twilight Zone
hsawlrae over 12 years ago
Go ahead, BREAK it.
Llewellenbruce over 12 years ago
The Fink even ticks the clergyman off.
Ironic Eggbeater over 12 years ago
Which 6th? Adultery or murder?
revisages over 12 years ago
i shalt not bear false witness. fink, your brand is commercial art. you’re the king of adverts. and yet, i find myself confessing to you…
Andrew Capp over 12 years ago
I also find Number Six hard to break!;-)
Hillbillyman over 12 years ago
Number six is easy for me to keep.
BigChiefDesoto over 12 years ago
“Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.” — H. L. Mencken
BigChiefDesoto over 12 years ago
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.” - Seneca
Robert Wilson Premium Member over 12 years ago
For those who have to look it up, the sixth commandment is “Thou Shall Not Kill”
JollyRoger56 over 12 years ago
Break one, you’ve broken them all!
PShaw0423 over 12 years ago
Yikes…come on, people..First: the common misconception is that the Ten Commandments are a neat numbered list, like a PowerPoint presentation. In fact they appear twice, in Exodus and Deuteronomy, and with a lot of (non-identical) verbiage surrounding the first several ones in both places. The meaning is the same, but the divisions between them are debatable, and the first two can easily be combined into one. Believe it: no matter whose church you go to, none of them are missing..As for the images in Catholic churches and idol worship…sigh. Do you carry pictures of your spouse and kids in your wallet? Do you worship the pictures as idols, or ever mistake the pictures for the actual persons? No? Good. It’s the same in churches that have icons, statues, stained-glass windows, whatever. They’re representations, reminders, of the ones that we love — they may be admired and revered, but they are not “worshipped”. (Lord, I hope this helps.)
ArfArf88 over 12 years ago
There are only ten commandments no thanks to Mel brooks.
99gagtx over 12 years ago
I wonder how many readers will google the ten commandments, to understand today’s joke?
LiviaBay over 12 years ago
Religion on a roll..
MeGoNow Premium Member over 12 years ago
I’m very devout. I’ve never set up a graven image in my life.
Phosphoros over 12 years ago
Ummm… I would have thought he stole much more than sermons: Tax dollars to support a lavish lifestyle, perhaps, like most rulers, politicians and bureaucrats.
GROG Premium Member over 12 years ago
I’d like to know what 11 thru 15 were.
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
I have noticed that people can be very religious – when it’s to their advantage to be so.
tuslog64 over 12 years ago
Wilberforce once asked the Born Loser:“What’s the difference between religion and a cult?”“Religion is what we believe in -Cults are what other people believe in.”
blackdawne over 12 years ago
“Thou shall not covet your neighbor’s house,” i.e. Thou must not plagiarize.
Okay, I just made this one up. ;P
runar over 12 years ago
Those were written by Ambrose Bierce.
Hillbillyman over 12 years ago
KISS OUR FREAKING GRITS LIBERAL!!!
adubman over 12 years ago
@ Runar:
That is hysterical (& amazingly spot on) prose! Thanks for sharing!
runar over 12 years ago
“Sounds like an 19th Century George Carlin. Excellent. (I took a quick peak [sic] at Wikipedia)”Something like that. Start with The Devil’s Dictionary. Next, get of a good anthology of his stories and read “Oil of Dog”, “Chicamauga” and “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (which was broadcast as an episode of The Twilight Zone