How to remember the ten commandments

National Review ^

[Asphalt]

-Snip-

"I have always remembered them using the sentence: "One idle damn Sunday, Dad killed cheating thief and lied to cover it."

"One"-don't have any other gods "idle"-don't make an idol
"damn"-don't take the Lord's name in vain
"Sunday"-honor the Sabbath
"Dad"-honor mom and dad
"Killed"-don't kill
"cheating"-don't commit adultery
"theif"-don't steal
"and lied"-don't lie
"cover it"-don't covet

[Asphalt]

Very useful, dontcha think?

[Right_at_RiceU]

uhhh.... or you could just remember it.

[Asphalt]

It was meant more for humor than seriousness. Yes, you could, and most kids do at one point or another for sunday school and then forget.

[handy old one]

bump

[Darkwolf377]

They should just post THAT in all the courthouses and be done with it. :D

[Asphalt]

i agree.

[durasell]

A Rat In The House May Eat The Ice Cream -- is how I remembered to spell arithmetic in the third grade...also, remember, the Principal is your PAL.

[Asphalt]

HOMES

The great lakes. Hurron, Onterio, Eery, Superior.

The spelling is bad, but you get it.

[Asphalt]

Michigan I left out.

[Prince Caspian]

"Sunday"-honor the Sabbath

The Sabbath of the Ten Commandments is Saturday.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

The Commandments to me are like the Greek alphabet. I know every character, but I couldn't reel them off in order.

[Asphalt]

Yes it was, but the modern day Sabbath is on Sunday.

[Vision]

It's not "don't kill", it's "don't murder"

[Asphalt]

picky picky. Yes, it is. I didn't proof read this a gazillion times. My apologies.

[k2blader]

As if "remembering" them is enough.

[Asphalt]

so long as you know them.

[Asphalt]

It is not enough, but you cannot follow them if you do not know them, and this other than being funny, can help you remember them, or you can simply momorize them.

[Labyrinthos]

uhhh.... or you could just remember it.

If people just remembered the Ten Commandments, then we wouldn't have an excuse to plaster them on the walls of our courthouses, class rooms, and other government buildings.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

[S]o long as you know them.

Not unlikely, since they comprise the foundation of my religious beliefs.

[speedy]

Thanks, Asphalt, I like it. Every Good Boy Does Fine bump. (And there used to be St. Dapiacle for remembering the cabinet positions, but there are too many now for a mnemonic device.)