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R. S. Martin

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Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.

 

I don't.

 

I have no god.

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:lmao:

 

Ruby, I love it! :thanks:

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:woohoo: woohoo! Right on, Ruby! You are kickin butt on that first commandment. I'm doing okay on that one, too!

 

Just for the hell of it, I thought I'd bettter check my status on the rest of em:

 

1. I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. NO PROBLEMO! AFOREMENTIONED AFFIRMATIVE CONFORMANCE!

 

 

2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: SUWEEET! I HAVEN'T MADE A GRAVEN IMAGE AND WORSHIPPED IT IN WEEKS!

 

3. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. GODDAMMIT! A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THIS ONE.

 

4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. OH, I DON'T THINK SO. THAT'S SATURDAY. ENOUGH SAID.

 

5. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. HEY - ANOTHER ONE I'M DOING OKAY ON.

 

6. Thou shalt not kill. NO SWEAT. I CAN'T EVEN SHOOT A JACKRABBIT.

 

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery. ANOTHER SUCCESS. I ALWAYS GET DIVORCED FIRST.

 

8. Thou shalt not steal. WELL, IF YOU DON'T COUNT THE PENS I TAKE HOME FROM WORK....

 

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. NO SWEAT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW MY NEIGHBOR'S NAME. WHY WOULD I TELL LIES ABOUT THE DUDE?

 

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. WELL, I DO HAVE TO ADMIT THAT MY NEIGHBOR HAS A NICE ASS (and I'm not even gay).

 

 

HEY! 6 out of 10! That's gotta at least get me to purgatory.

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Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.

Crap. I alphabetize my gods. :(

 

mwc

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Ah, man - MWC. The only god that doesn't come before Yahweh is Zeus.

 

You're screwed.

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Ah, man - MWC. The only god that doesn't come before Yahweh is Zeus.

 

You're screwed.

That's what I'm saying...

 

Maybe I can re-order by hair color or height (I'm definitely not going by IQ...that would put me in a real pickle).

 

mwc

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You need to re-sort by which god is the meanest and most vindictive.

 

Yahweh's at least gotta be in the top 10.

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:woohoo: woohoo! Right on, Ruby! You are kickin butt on that first commandment. I'm doing okay on that one, too!

 

Just for the hell of it, I thought I'd bettter check my status on the rest of em:

 

1. I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. NO PROBLEMO! AFOREMENTIONED AFFIRMATIVE CONFORMANCE!

 

 

2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: SUWEEET! I HAVEN'T MADE A GRAVEN IMAGE AND WORSHIPPED IT IN WEEKS!

 

3. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. GODDAMMIT! A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THIS ONE.

 

4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. OH, I DON'T THINK SO. THAT'S SATURDAY. ENOUGH SAID.

 

5. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. HEY - ANOTHER ONE I'M DOING OKAY ON.

 

6. Thou shalt not kill. NO SWEAT. I CAN'T EVEN SHOOT A JACKRABBIT.

 

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery. ANOTHER SUCCESS. I ALWAYS GET DIVORCED FIRST.

 

8. Thou shalt not steal. WELL, IF YOU DON'T COUNT THE PENS I TAKE HOME FROM WORK....

 

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. NO SWEAT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW MY NEIGHBOR'S NAME. WHY WOULD I TELL LIES ABOUT THE DUDE?

 

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. WELL, I DO HAVE TO ADMIT THAT MY NEIGHBOR HAS A NICE ASS (and I'm not even gay).

 

 

HEY! 6 out of 10! That's gotta at least get me to purgatory.

 

Let me help you, Mythra. I think we can jack your grade up just a little bit. I'm looking at No. 3. You say you don't have a god. So how can you "take the name of the LORD thy God in vain"? (emphasis added). Obviously, he's not YOUR god. So it's not YOUR god whose name you are taking in vain. So that raises your score to 7 out of ten. Not bad--not bad at all!

 

But your neighbour's ass. Your neighbour's ass. You're really hung up on your neighbour's ass. I'm sure they were talking about a four-legged beast of burden. Does your neighbour have that kind of ass? Anyway, liking is not the same as coveting. You can have the liking so long as you don't covet--covet means you really very much want to own it. Is that what you want to do? Because that could be a problem....

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Ah, man - MWC. The only god that doesn't come before Yahweh is Zeus.

 

You're screwed.

That's what I'm saying...

 

Maybe I can re-order by hair color or height (I'm definitely not going by IQ...that would put me in a real pickle).

 

mwc

 

No you're not screwed. Who said the alphabet has to be said frontwards and not backwards? Z, Y, X, W, V,U, T, S, R, Q, P, O, N, M, L, K, J, I, H, G, F, E, D, C, B, A.

 

Now you can put Zion first and Yahweh right after.

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Let me help you, Mythra. I think we can jack your grade up just a little bit. I'm looking at No. 3. You say you don't have a god. So how can you "take the name of the LORD thy God in vain"? (emphasis added). Obviously, he's not YOUR god. So it's not YOUR god whose name you are taking in vain. So that raises your score to 7 out of ten. Not bad--not bad at all!

 

:woohoo: Oh Ruby - you are too cool. I could NEVER have reasoned it out like that. SEVEN freakin commandments!

 

But your neighbour's ass. Your neighbour's ass. You're really hung up on your neighbour's ass. I'm sure they were talking about a four-legged beast of burden. Does your neighbour have that kind of ass? Anyway, liking is not the same as coveting. You can have the liking so long as you don't covet--covet means you really very much want to own it. Is that what you want to do? Because that could be a problem....

 

OH SHIT! You mean - like a donkey? Hell - my neighbor doesn't even have a donkey.

 

I'll be goddamned. I'M UP TO EIGHT!

 

Anyone know where to find the Sainthood applications?

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Anyone know where to find the Sainthood applications?

 

Check this out, Mythra. I think it's exactly what you're looking for. :)

 

Tongue in cheek: Proceed at your own risk.

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Now you can put Zion first and Yahweh right after.

Yeah...maybe reverse-alphabetical would work. But then does YHWH, jesus and HS count as three or one?

 

This is just way too complicated. Maybe I'll just go without any gods like you?

 

(but they look so cute all lined up waiting for their offerings...I try to resist but I offer to them anyway and, wouldn't you know it, more appear). :)

 

mwc

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You know, there are a pretty good batch of gods to choose from. Here is the short list.

 

A

Abhijit

Abhijnaraja

Adapa

Adibuddha

Aditi

Aditya

Adlivun

Adonis

Agathos Daimon

Agni

Ahriman

Ahura

Ahura Mazdah

Aksobhya

Armati

Ameretat

Amesha Spentas

Amida

Amitabha

Ammut

Amoghapasa

Amoghasiddhi

Amor

Amphion

Amphitrite

Amum

Amun

Amunet

An

Anat

Angekkok

Angra Mainya

Aningan

Ansar

Anu

Anubis

Aphrodite

Apis

Apollo

Ares

Artemis

Aryaman

Asclepius

Aserah

Asha Vahishta

Ashur

Asiaq

Asklepios

Aspalis

Asratum

Astamatara

Astaroth

Astarte

Astoreth

Athena

Athirat

Atlas

Attis

Aton

Atum

Avalokitesvara

 

B

Baal

Bacchus

Balarama

Bali

Bastet

Bel

Baus

Bhaga

Bhima

Bodhisattva

Brahma

Brahman

Brujo

Buddhi

 

C

Caelestis

Camunda

Ceres

Chaos

Chaya

Children of the Sun

Consus

Corn Mother

Coyote

Cronus (or Kronos)

Cupid

Curanderos

Cyclopes

 

D

Daeva

Daksa

Damgalnuna

Damkina

Danu

Daphne

Day and night

Daya

Decima

Demeter

Devaki

Devasena

Devi

Dhanistha

Dhara

Dharani

Dharma

Dharmapala

Dharmapratisamvit

Dharmavasita

Dhrtarastra

Dhruva

Dhumavati

Dhyanibuddha

Dhyanibuddhashakti

Diablero

Diana

Diksa

Dionysus

Disa

Disciplina

Discordia

Diti

Doris

Durga

Dyaus Pitar

 

E

Ea

Eileithyia

Edusa

Egeria

Eirene

Ekajata

El

Emes

Enmesarra

Enbilulu

Endursaga

Enki

Enkimdu

Enlil

Epimetheus

Erinys

Erebos

Ereskigal

Eris

Eros

Erra

Eskimo

Esmun

 

F

Faunus

Fides

Flora

Freeing of the Spirit, The

 

G

Gaea (or Gaia)

Ganesa

Ganga

Gayomart, The myth of

Geb

Ghost Dance, The

Guaymi cosmology

Gula

 

H

Hansa

Hanuman

Hara

Harakhte

Hardual

Hare

Hari

Hari-hara

Hariti

Harmakhis

Haroeris

Harpokrates

Harsiese

Harsomtus

Hasta

Hathor

Haurvatat

Hayagriva

Hebe

Hecate

Heh

Hehet

Hekate

Heliopolitan Theological System

Helios

Hephaestus

Hera

Hercules (or Heracles)

Hermes

Hermopolitan Theological System

Hesat

Hestia

Himavan

Horus

Horus Behdety

Hours

Hu

Huacas

Hyacinthus

Hygieia

Hyperion

Hypmenaios

Hypnos

Hypsistos

 

I

Il

Inanna

Inca Divine Origins

Indian deluge myths

Indra

Infinity

Inuit Shaman, The

Irdlirvirisissong

Isa

Isara

Ishtar

Isimud

Iskur

Isis

 

J

Janus

Jason

Jesus

Juno

Jupiter

 

K

Kalanemi

Kali

Kali Ma

Karttikeya

Karttiki

Kasyapa

Kaumari

Kek

Keket

Khsathra Vairya

Ki

Kisar

Klotho

Kore

Kotar

Krishna

Kybele

 

L

Laksmi

Land of Day

Legend of the Peyote

Leto

Leukothea

Liber Pater

Locana

 

M

Maat

Madhukara

Mafdet

Magna Dea

Mahes

Mahabala

Mahacinatara

Mahadeva

Maha-Ganapati

Maha-Nile-Sarasvati

Mahavidyas

Mamaki

Manco Capac

Mandulis

Manabozho

Manibozho

Manu

Marduk

Marici

Mars

Mata

Matara

Matarisvan

Medicine of Telisforo

Mehen

Mehet-Weret

Melqart

Mellonia

Mena

Mercury

Meretseger

Messor

Meter

Metis

Midewiwin

Milkastart

Min

Minerva

Mithra

Mithras

Mitra

Molech

Montu

Moon-god, The

Mors

Morta

Mot

Mother of the Caribous

Mother of the Walruses

Mut

 

N

Nabu

Naksatras

Namasangiti

Nammu

Namtar

Nanna

Nanse

Napaeae

Narkissos

Nara

Narasinha

Narasinhi

Narayana

Nartsuk

Naunet

Navadurgas

Navashaktis

Neith

Nephthys

Neptunus

Nereides

Nereus

Nergal

Nike

Ningal

Ningikuga

Ninhursaga

Ninkurra

Ninlil

Ninmah

Ninsikil

Ninsubur

Ninsun(a)

Nintu

Ninurta

Nona

Nun

Nut

Nyx

 

O

Ohrrmazd

Okeanides

Okeanos

Old Woman under the sea

Olympus

Osiris

 

P

Padmapani

Palaemon

Pales

Pan

Pandara

Paramasva

Paris

Pariskaravasita

Parvati

Perse

Persephone

Phanes

Phorkys

Phosphoros

Peyote religion

Phul Mata

Pinga

Pitari

Piyusaharana

Plutos

Polydeukes

Pontos

Poseidon

Posis Das

Prabhasa

Pracanda

Prajapa

Pranidhanaparamita

Pranidhanavasita

Prasuti

Pratisamvit

Prometheus

Prthivi

Prthu

Psyche

Ptah

Pusan

 

Q

Quanah Parker

 

R

Rashnu

Ratnaparamita

Ratnasambhava

Ratnolka

Ratnosnisa

Raven

Re

Rhea

Rohini

Rsabha

Rudra

Rudracantra

Rudracarcika

Rudrani

 

S

akyamuni

Sani

Sanjna

Santana

Saptamatara

Sarasvati

Sati

Saturn

Say

Sedna

Sefkhet-Abwy

Selene

Sepset

Seshat

Seth

Sezmu

Shakti

Shiva

Sia

Sibu

Siddhi

Sila

Silvanus

Skanda

Soma

Spenta Mainyu

Spider

Sraosh

Styx

Su

Sukias

Sun Dance, The

Surya

Surya

 

T

Tanit

Tasmetu(m)

Tefnut

Tent earth, The

Tethys

Thanatos

Thea

Theseus

Thetis

Thoth

Thraetona, The myth of

Tiahuanaco

Time and the Zurvan myth

Tobacco

Tornarsuk

Torngarsoak

Totem

Trickster

Tulungusaq (Crow)

Tungrangayak

Tyche

Tvastar

 

U

Ugar

Uma

Underworld, The

Uranus (or Ouranus)

Uras

Usnisa

Utu

 

V

Vac

Vairocana

Vajradaka

Vajradhatvisvari

Valli

Varuna

Vasita

Vasudeva

Vasus

Vasyu

Vata

Vaya

Venus

Vesta

Victoria

Vishnu

Visvakarman

Vohu Manah

Vrtra

Vulcan

 

W

Wadj Wer

Wakan Tanka

 

X

No entry

 

Y

Yahweh

Yama

Yazatas

 

Z

 

Zagreus

Zarpanitu(m)

Zeus

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What about the other 10 commadments?

 

I especially love #10:

 

Exodus 34: 10: 10. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.

 

Lovely! ^_^

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First Tables of Stone (Exodus 20)("which Moses didst break") and the Second Tables of Stone (Exodus 34) ("the words that were on the first")

 

Note: God re-wrote but forgot what was on the first Tables of Stone which Moses didst break. <_<

 

 

1. I am the Lord 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.

 

1. Thou shalt worship no other god (For the Lord is a jealous god).

 

 

2. You shall not make for yourself a graven image. You shall not bow down to them or serve them.

 

2. Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

 

 

3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.

 

3. The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep in the month when the ear is on the corn.

 

 

4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

 

4. All the first-born are mine.

 

 

5. Honor your father and your mother.

 

5. Six days shalt thou work, but on the seventh thou shalt rest.

 

 

6. You shall not kill.

 

6. Thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end.

 

 

7. You shall not commit adultery.

 

7. Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread.

 

 

8. You shall not steal.

 

8. The fat of my feast shall not remain all night until the morning.

 

 

9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

 

9. The first of the first fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God.

 

 

10. You shall not covet.

 

10. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.

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Things have been happening here since I looked in last. I thought I had it all figured out nice and simple. Now you've all gone and complicated it with looonnnggggggg "short lists" of gods. Mwc wants to keep at least a few gods because they're so cute so he can offer things to them. (Maybe you can find a Nativity Set in a Salvation Army store when it gets closer to Christmas.) And South2003 has questions about seething children in their mom's breast milk--I thought folks got seething mad or seethed with rage; I don't understand seething with milk. It's all terribly complicated if you ask me. Or maybe South is talking about baby goats and some cooking method like I read a long time ago. Such as using the milk of the mother goat to cook the meat of the baby goat. I can see that this might seem rather crude from a goat's perspective. From a cook's perspective it seems like a really tricky thing to cook meat in milk without burning it. Water or fat would be so much simpler.

 

You see, I had a really complex post all written out about how I am so in tune with God and then I deleted it. I'll pull some of it together again.

 

Paul Tillich, a theologian writing in the middle of the 20th century wrote about God as the Ground of All Being. He is famous for his book The Courage to Be, in which he addresses the horror of non-being. Abraham H. Maslow, also writing in the middle of the 20th century, wrote about the self-actualized person in the Psychology of Being. When I stopped trying to be what the church and Bible told me to be, I found myself being what Jesus and Paul described in the NT, and it fitted Maslow and Tillich's descriptions, too. Then there are Christians and others who hold that God is all and all is God.

 

I conclude that having peace with oneself and with humanity and the world is the way God (if god exists) wants us to be, and that this is honouring god as only humans can honour god. Thus, this IS keeping the First Commandment.

 

If I am any judge of human nature, and I think I am pretty good (sometimes I err by giving people too much credit), then I would say the carefree abandon with which people responded to this thread proves that they have peace with themselves and god the the world. ALL OF YOU ARE KEEPING THE FIRST COMMANDMENT. Thus speaks RubySera.

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Ruby,

 

Since the topic was about the first commandment, I was inclined to throw in both sets of commandments (See above).

 

Fundies love to throw the first set of commandments in our heathen faces, but to mention the other set...........What other set of commandments! and they'll give you a blank stare. :Look:

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I know. Maybe someone will read this thread and look it up. Is that wishing for the moon???

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Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.

 

WHAT? No cheeseburgers?

 

So much for god being all-knowing.

 

Only a complete dumb-ass god would come up with a no cheeseburger rule.

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