Why Judaism is Superior to Islam (quaint, but good, read)

Faithfreedom.org ^ | 4/5/2006 | Umma Allergic

[Borges]

6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
7. Thou shalt not steal.
8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Couldn't all three of these be combined in Thou Shall Not Be Dishonest?

[Gordongekko909]

We must keep towels out of the hands of Muslim extremists. Towels + water = dangerous.

[MeanWestTexan]

That, and Judaism is given to us by God, while Islam was a pack of lies put together by a pedophile who needed to hold a group of warring tribes together and false religion seemed just the ticket.

[Gordongekko909]

I'm not a big fan of number ten myself; obeying that Commandment would hamstring capitalism completely.

[MeanWestTexan]

Or better yet, the first five as "Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart" and the second five "love thy neighbor as yourself."

Some bright guy came up with that.

[MeanWestTexan]

"Coveting" is not the same as desiring.

Covet is unhealthy desire.

[Gordongekko909]

Mohammed, police be upon him, is responsible for more than his share of death and destruction.

[Gordongekko909]

Ahh. So coveting would be wanting something so much that I'm willing to steal it or something?

[Dark Skies]

lol...take it up with Moses or his Boss. I suspect the Big Guy didn't want any confusion about the definition of dishonesty.

For example, I might say to my wife, "honey, I don't want to be dishonest so let me tell you I am going to see if I can seduce the neighbor's wife...of course, I'm gonna tell him too (if he ever sobers up). Don't complain to me, little woman, I'm a rabbi/preacher/priest...I know God's law.!"

[txzman]

Great read - thank you. Already sent to many folks.

Rabbinical teaching and discussion on Genesis for me was a great eye-opener as to how Jesus would have been viewing books like Genesis, Job and others.

We think we are so smart in our current age.

[Right Wing Assault]

Did I hear Zeta?

[MeanWestTexan]

More or less.

"To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's)."

There's more to it than simple desire, anyway --- unhealthy desire, such that you sacrifice that what is good and moral to satisfy the desire.

To me, the commandment links back to "no other gods before me."

The lower-case "gods" in this context does not merely mean some false god one might worship, but also something one obsesses about (covets) and becomes, to you, more important than God --- a "god" could be money, sucess, power, women, NASCAR, whatever.

As an aside, the most mis-quoted commandment is the one that says "Thou shall not murder." It doesn't "not kill." There is a distinction there.

[Gordongekko909]

Might I direct you to Commandment number nine?

[MeanWestTexan]

I desire her amazing tracts of land.

Fortunately, her husband lives in Califonia and is thus not my "nighbor."

(Haha.)

[Dreddnafious]

there's a difference between coveting your neighbors goods and recognizing that man is at his best when he is gainfully productive.

[Dreddnafious]

wow this forum moves fast

[MeanWestTexan]

Correct.

[Jackson Brown]

Mohammed, police be upon him....


I don't know how everyone else missed this...I spit my beer all over my screen. LOLOLOLOL

[Lx]

In the Ten Commandments, what happened to Thou shalt not worship graven images?