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[QUOTE]Originally posted by TSN: [QB] Hm... I wonder how many I've broken...? <blockquote>"I am Yahweh your god, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me."</blockquote> Well, I don't believe the first bit. But since I hold all gods in the same regard, I don't put any [i]before[/i] Yahweh, so I guess I'm alright here. <blockquote>"You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I, Yahweh, your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments."</blockquote> I've made images before and likenesses of things, so I've broken that bit. But I don't worship them, so I've only broken half this one. Incidentally, the bit about punishing people for the misdeeds of their great-great-grandparents was the thing that first made me realize something was a bit awry, and put me on the road to atheo-agnosticism. :-) <blockquote>"You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain; for Yaheweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain."</blockquote> Well, I've said things like "Oh my god!" and "Jesus Christ!" before. Interestingly, I've only [i]stopped[/i] breaking this commandmaent since I stopped believing in it... *L* But, I've never actually used the name "Yahweh" in vain, so I should be good. <blockquote>"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to Yahweh your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it."</blockquote> I go to church on Sundays, but only 'cause I still live w/ my parents and they force me to. But I've feigned illness to get out of it before, so I'm out on this one, too. Not to mention that I've never observed the "no work" bit. I'd guess even Omega's screwed on this count, unless he's managed to be totally lazy once a week every week of his life... <blockquote>"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you."</blockquote> Ha! <blockquote>"You shall not kill."</blockquote> Assuming we're talking about people here, I'm okay. <blockquote>"You shall not commit adultery."</blockquote> According to the current definition of "adultery", I'm good. But if it includes fornication, I'm screwed (pun only half-intended). <blockquote>"You shall not steal."</blockquote> I prefer not to, but I probably have in the past. <blockquote>"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."</blockquote> If "bearing witness" only applies to court-like situations, I'm okay. But, if it applies to any situation in which you lie about someone, I've done that. <blockquote>"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's."</blockquote> Of course I covet. As I've pointed out, everyone does. It can't be helped. So, looks like I've broken from 4.5 to 6.5 of them. Fascinating... [/QB][/QUOTE]
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