Ten commandments

defanatic · Post by **defanatic** » 2007-01-15 01:47am

I sometimes hear of Christians complaining that the Ten commandments can't be put up on courthouses or some such thing. They claim that western morality is based upon it. But how many of those people can list the ten commandments? How many could tell you that there are two sets of ten commandments? How many could list both sets?

Does anyone know the figures on these?

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2007-01-15 01:49am

That'd be pretty funny. If you want to have an opinion on display of the Ten Commandments, you have to pass a test to determine if you even know what they fucking ARE. I mean, my grade 9 history class had a chuckle over the 'loyalty to god is more important to minor things like murder, theft etc' element.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-01-15 01:52am

Steven Colbert humiliated a Bible thumping congressman by doing precisely that: asking him to name the Ten Commandments.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2007-01-15 01:58am

Darth Wong wrote:Steven Colbert humiliated a Bible thumping congressman by doing precisely that: asking him to name the Ten Commandments.

That was one of the guys who lost re-election, wasn't he?

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2007-01-15 02:34am

Bow and worship:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiE_xq-2-n8

Singular Intellect · Post by **Singular Intellect** » 2007-01-15 02:38am

Enforcer Talen wrote:Bow and worship:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiE_xq-2-n8

I really need to start watching that show regularily.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2007-01-15 02:40am

Youtube has a good number of them. I usually introduce people to him with the correspondence dinner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTWDnPi7W1o

Singular Intellect · Post by **Singular Intellect** » 2007-01-15 02:50am

Enforcer Talen wrote:Youtube has a good number of them. I usually introduce people to him with the correspondence dinner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTWDnPi7W1o

Forgive my ignorance, but that didn't really happen, did it?

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2007-01-15 02:53am

Bubble Boy wrote:
Enforcer Talen wrote:Youtube has a good number of them. I usually introduce people to him with the correspondence dinner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTWDnPi7W1o
Forgive my ignorance, but that didn't really happen, did it?

Yes, it did. That really happened.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2007-01-15 02:55am

Be sure to watch part 2 and 3 as well. Its the highlight of my day when I see it.

Singular Intellect · Post by **Singular Intellect** » 2007-01-15 02:56am

Alyeska wrote:
Bubble Boy wrote:
Enforcer Talen wrote:Youtube has a good number of them. I usually introduce people to him with the correspondence dinner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTWDnPi7W1o
Forgive my ignorance, but that didn't really happen, did it?
Yes, it did. That really happened.

Stepthen Colbert actually chewed out the admistration and president on live television with the president sitting right next to him? Wow.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2007-01-15 01:19pm

Outside of Christian academia you'll find that atheist generally know the Bible bettter than most Christians.

Admiral_Icehawk · Post by **Admiral_Icehawk** » 2007-01-28 08:50am

I'm a part time athiest (which means I only attack your religion if you try to shove it down my throat). I only know like three of the commandments and their postions. I know the most of the others but not their positions.
1st, learn't it from SG-1
5th, learn't it from Simpsons
8th, learn't it from Simpsons

Most of the commandments can be learned from TV, these days.

My friend though he's a professional athiest, he knows most of the bible and the commandments. If a Jehovah's witness enters his house an athiest will probably leave.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-01-28 11:16am

Admiral_Icehawk wrote:I'm a part time athiest (which means I only attack your religion if you try to shove it down my throat). I only know like three of the commandments and their postions. I know the most of the others but not their positions.
1st, learn't it from SG-1
5th, learn't it from Simpsons
8th, learn't it from Simpsons

Most of the commandments can be learned from TV, these days.

My friend though he's a professional athiest, he knows most of the bible and the commandments. If a Jehovah's witness enters his house an athiest will probably leave.

What the fuck? Since when did atheism become a job position? Either that or this is some pathetically lame attempt at humor.

Grandtheftcow · Post by **Grandtheftcow** » 2007-01-28 03:29pm

General Zod wrote:
Admiral_Icehawk wrote:I'm a part time athiest (which means I only attack your religion if you try to shove it down my throat). I only know like three of the commandments and their postions. I know the most of the others but not their positions.
1st, learn't it from SG-1
5th, learn't it from Simpsons
8th, learn't it from Simpsons

Most of the commandments can be learned from TV, these days.

My friend though he's a professional athiest, he knows most of the bible and the commandments. If a Jehovah's witness enters his house an athiest will probably leave.
What the fuck? Since when did atheism become a job position? Either that or this is some pathetically lame attempt at humor.

Maybe he gets better dental? I'd like him elaborate further though cause I'm not quite following him on this.

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2007-01-28 04:09pm

Molyneux wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Steven Colbert humiliated a Bible thumping congressman by doing precisely that: asking him to name the Ten Commandments.
That was one of the guys who lost re-election, wasn't he?

Unfortunatly, no. Colbert made a big deal about how every Congressman he interviewed for Better Know a District was reelected. ("Now I'm not calling myself a king maker, but...") He even replayed the part of the interview in question and then the word "Re-elected" appeared on the screen.

Melchior · Post by **Melchior** » 2007-01-28 04:20pm

General Zod wrote: What the fuck? Since when did atheism become a job position? Either that or this is some pathetically lame attempt at humor.

It could just be poor English: his "profession of faith" is atheism, he professes atheism, he is openly an atheist.

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2007-01-28 04:48pm

I think it was just a poor choice of words Icehawk used to express a difference of degree between himself and his friend. i.e. Icehawk usually doesn't debate issues of religion and keeps fairly quiet about his atheism unless someone else tries to shove their beliefs down his throat. Hence, he's a "part-time" atheist. His friend, on the other hand, is more open about it and will try to convert people to atheism much more readily, thus he's a "professional" atheist.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-01-28 06:30pm

Trogdor wrote:I think it was just a poor choice of words Icehawk used to express a difference of degree between himself and his friend. i.e. Icehawk usually doesn't debate issues of religion and keeps fairly quiet about his atheism unless someone else tries to shove their beliefs down his throat. Hence, he's a "part-time" atheist. His friend, on the other hand, is more open about it and will try to convert people to atheism much more readily, thus he's a "professional" atheist.

I'd rather have Icehawk answer himself instead of wasting time arguing over what he meant to post. But that's just me.

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2007-01-28 06:35pm

Admiral_Icehawk wrote:My friend though he's a professional athiest, he knows most of the bible and the commandments. If a Jehovah's witness enters his house an athiest will probably leave.

You can get paid for not being religious? How the fuck do you get that job?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2007-01-28 07:18pm

Admiral_Icehawk wrote:If a Jehovah's witness enters his house an athiest will probably leave.

That makes no sense. Why would an atheist flee his own house because some JW showed up on his doorstep? If he's that offended by the JW, he would ask the JW to leave, rather than leaving himself.

Spin Echo · Post by **Spin Echo** » 2007-01-28 07:23pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Admiral_Icehawk wrote:If a Jehovah's witness enters his house an athiest will probably leave.
That makes no sense. Why would an atheist flee his own house because some JW showed up on his doorstep? If he's that offended by the JW, he would ask the JW to leave, rather than leaving himself.

I think what he meant is that if a JW enters this guy's house, the guy is so good at debating that he'll end up converting the JW to an atheist.

Like was said, it would be helpful if Icehawk came back and clarified things.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2007-01-28 09:22pm

Enforcer Talen wrote:Bow and worship:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiE_xq-2-n8

The guy can't even remember where he wanted the 10 Commandments in the first place. Colbert starts talking about the bill to put them in the House and Senate and the idiot starts rambling about putting them in judicial buildings and courthouses.

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2007-01-29 01:25am

Stark wrote:That'd be pretty funny. If you want to have an opinion on display of the Ten Commandments, you have to pass a test to determine if you even know what they fucking ARE. I mean, my grade 9 history class had a chuckle over the 'loyalty to god is more important to minor things like murder, theft etc' element.

As I recall, my mother the episcapol priest explained it as "The first five are God getting the details of worship out of the way so he can get to the more important second five."

The order always seemed a tad egotistical to me, though.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2007-01-29 01:33am

Spin Echo wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:
Admiral_Icehawk wrote:If a Jehovah's witness enters his house an athiest will probably leave.
That makes no sense. Why would an atheist flee his own house because some JW showed up on his doorstep? If he's that offended by the JW, he would ask the JW to leave, rather than leaving himself.
I think what he meant is that if a JW enters this guy's house, the guy is so good at debating that he'll end up converting the JW to an atheist.

Even that doesn't make sense. Richard Dawkins in The God Delusion acknowledges that some people are just beyond approach to reason. They're too far gone.