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To: CynicalBear; D-fendr

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751 posted on 10/27/2011 9:36:11 PM PDT by smvoice (The Cross was NOT God's Plan B.)
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To: smvoice; CynicalBear; D-fendr
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Sometimes when the air is full of projectiles, it's just not worth the effort to step out of the way of something as light as thistledown.

CynicalBear compares and contrasts and obvious summary of the Decalogue with ONE of the TWO Biblical presentations of the Ten Commandments, though he doesn't mention the other presentation in Deut 5:4-21.

For CynicalBear to call the truncated version the Catholic ten commandments is as silly as it would be if I used his post that Protestants don't include Deuteronomy in the Bible.

In fact, it is so embarrassingly fallacious, that decent people would ignore it as one might ignore inadvertent flatulence at a tea party.

But when that gentle courtesy is thrown in our face with the suggestion that we have no answer ... well, what answer is appropriate to flatulence at a tea party?

But here, since you ask for this tedium, are "the Catholic ten commandments":

CHAPTER 20

The Ten Commandments.* 1Then God spoke all these words:

2a I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,b out of the house of slavery. 3You shall not have other gods beside me.* 4You shall not make for yourself an idolc or a likeness of anything* in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth; 5you shall not bow down before them or serve them.d For I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous God, inflicting punishment for their ancestors’ wickedness on the children of those who hate me, down to the third and fourth generation*; 6but showing love down to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.

7You shall not invoke the name of the LORD, your God, in vain.* e For the LORD will not leave unpunished anyone who invokes his name in vain.

8Remember the sabbath day—keep it holy.* 9Six days you may labor and do all your work, 10but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God.f You shall not do any work, either you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your work animal, or the resident alien within your gates. 11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them; but on the seventh day he rested.g That is why the LORD has blessed the sabbath day and made it holy.*

12* h Honor your father and your mother, that you may have a long life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.i

13You shall not kill.* j

14You shall not commit adultery.k

15You shall not steal.l

16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.m

17You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.n

And here they are from Dt 5:
The Decalogue. 6d I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt,e out of the house of slavery. 7f You shall not have other gods beside me. 8You shall not make for yourself an idol or a likeness of anything in the heavens above or on the earth below or in the waters beneath the earth; 9* you shall not bow down before them or serve them. For I, the LORD, your God, am a jealous* God, bringing punishment for their parents’ wickedness on the children of those who hate me, down to the third and fourth generation, 10but showing love down to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.

11You shall not invoke the name of the LORD, your God, in vain.g For the LORD will not leave unpunished anyone who invokes his name in vain.

12h Observe the sabbath day—keep it holy, as the LORD, your God, commanded you. 13Six days you may labor and do all your work, 14but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God. You shall not do any work, either you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or donkey or any work animal, or the resident alien within your gates, so that your male and female slave may rest as you do. 15Remember that you too were once slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD, your God, brought you out from there with a strong hand and outstretched arm. That is why the LORD, your God, has commanded you to observe the sabbath day.

16i Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD, your God, has commanded you, that you may have a long life and that you may prosper in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

17j You shall not kill.*

18k You shall not commit adultery.

19l You shall not steal.

20m You shall not bear dishonest witness against your neighbor.

21n You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.

You shall not desire your neighbor’s house or field, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

I really don't have the energy or inclination to pick through the html to remove the notes and links to notes.

I will point out, though, that when CynicalBear presented this truncation as "the Catholic ten commandments" he gave no link or citation, or any authority whatsoever for calling them that. and in the face of that absence of reference, the polite ignoring of this travesty was deemed worthy of mockery.

It is said that viewing too much pornography weakens the sexual capability of men. I would propose an analogy: reading sites like Watchman Bible Study may weaken the thought process, with results like presenting what is obviously a summary, possibly for use with children, as "the Catholic ten commandments."

Yes, this was harsh. But you mocked gentleness.

775 posted on 10/28/2011 5:16:29 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (Itwas)
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