Ten Commandments quiz

[Lettuce]

I can name them, though I really don't have any need to know them.

[Jew]

Regardless of what we consider their relevance to be, and assuming the poll to be quite accurate, I wonder how our 27%/72% ratio compares to various churches. I'd be curious to see a breakdown by denomination.

I'd be curious too. I'm running this same poll on a Christian forum, and the score there is 80% success so far. But of course internet polls aren't real statistics, so I try not to read anything into them.

[Spetulhu]

I'd be curious to see a breakdown by denomination.

I'd be curious too. I'm running this same poll on a Christian forum, and the score there is 80% success so far. But of course internet polls aren't real statistics, so I try not to read anything into them.

People on the internet might actually cheat and go looking for the correct answer before they check your poll. Would religious people think it's less of a sin to lie about remembering all ten commandments straight than admitting they failed?

Regardless, I fail. I didn't remember quite how much I have to bow, missing three of the first four. Denomination is heathen these days. Like most other Finns I was, by default, a Protestant of the Evangelic Lutheran church until old enough to leave it.

[Jew]

I'd be curious to see a breakdown by denomination.

I'd be curious too. I'm running this same poll on a Christian forum, and the score there is 80% success so far. But of course internet polls aren't real statistics, so I try not to read anything into them.

People on the internet might actually cheat and go looking for the correct answer before they check your poll. Would religious people think it's less of a sin to lie about remembering all ten commandments straight than admitting they failed?

And people here might cheat too. But at the other forum, I know the people well enough to assure you they're not cheating. It's a small forum full of highly intelligent, well-educated folks, so I'm not surprised at the results. Well, actually I'm surprised it is as low as 80%.

[glass]

Easy, no problem, I thought. Then I tried.

I got 8, although not in order.



glass.

[Rye]

Ok, let me try right now:

No gods before me.
No art.
No murder.
No stealing.
No envying.
No bearing false witness.
No adultery.

Then I'm stuck, though I recall somewhere else there's also, "don't cook a goat in its mother's milk."

[Jew]

No gods before me.
No art.
No murder.
No stealing.
No envying.
No bearing false witness.
No adultery.

"No art" is an interesting take on "no idols/graven images." I don't think Christianity has ever rejected art, although Islam has. All Islamic art must be abstract designs, because any human figures might be considered idols to be worshiped. Christianity doesn't seem to have any trouble distinguishing art from idolatry.

The ones you missed are:

• Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy
• Honor your father and mother
• Don't take the Lord's name in vain

Personally, I have trouble understanding why "You shall have no other gods before me" and "You shall make no graven images" are two separate commandments. They're two sides of the same coin. I like the Jewish interpretation, which combines those two, and has "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt and out of slavery" as the first commandment. That's important because it establishes the authority of God and his relationship to the people. Of course, since I'm not Jewish I can't claim God brought my people out of Egypt.

[CaptainChewbacca]

Some fundamentalist Christian sects take "no graven images" to outlaw photography, though they still permit illustrative art.

I got all 10, though I never get them right order-wise. I also have a hard time separating "no graven images" with "no other gods". I don't know why.

[Rye]

No gods before me.
No art.
No murder.
No stealing.
No envying.
No bearing false witness.
No adultery.

"No art" is an interesting take on "no idols/graven images."

It's what it says. No graven images of anything, whether it be in heaven or on the earth or in the water.

I don't think Christianity has ever rejected art, although Islam has.

Yep. Christianity never really rejected idolatry either until the protestants and puritans came along. Catholicism is still full of what amount to totems and icons.

All Islamic art must be abstract designs, because any human figures might be considered idols to be worshiped. Christianity doesn't seem to have any trouble distinguishing art from idolatry.

That's because of the culture drift since the commandments. Few if any ancient people thought that the brass bull or whatever actually WAS the god, no more than christians think crosses ARE Jesus.

Personally, I have trouble understanding why "You shall have no other gods before me" and "You shall make no graven images" are two separate commandments.

You could worship Khorne over Yahweh and not have any idols. You could worship Yahweh and have idols of him.

[Jew]

No gods before me.
No art.
No murder.
No stealing.
No envying.
No bearing false witness.
No adultery.

"No art" is an interesting take on "no idols/graven images."

It's what it says. No graven images of anything, whether it be in heaven or on the earth or in the water.

Yeah, but there's lots of art that isn't graven images. That's just why your phrasing struck me as interesting. Even Muslims with their strict rules manage to create lot of interesting artwork--just not with any living figures. They've got beautiful prayer rugs and ornate mosques, just to name two examples.

[Rye]

Fair enough. It doesn't govern all art.

[Jew]

Fair enough. It doesn't govern all art.

You have a good point about Catholic art, though. As a Protestant I am bothered by some of their iconography, although I do understand that those icons are not worshiped per se.

[Turin]

Fair enough. It doesn't govern all art.

You have a good point about Catholic art, though. As a Protestant I am bothered by some of their iconography, although I do understand that those icons are not worshiped per se.

Early Christian art was more strict about iconography than the church was under the Roman Empire. The first images of Christ were all after the Roman church had been established (interestingly enough, the bearded, purple-robed figures of Christ from that time appear similar to images of the Roman emperors).

Prior to that early Christians only used symbolic and abstract art. Part of this was most certainly due to persecution, but the "no graven images" thing holds.

[Superman]

Some fundamentalist Christian sects take "no graven images" to outlaw photography, though they still permit illustrative art.

Yeah, I believe Albert Einstein came from a bunch like that. Or maybe it was that one guy who discovered antibiotics? So many geniuses come from those groups, it's hard to remember.

Eh, I failed miserably...

[Alerik the Fortunate]

Regarding graven images, I think the eastern orthodox church in Russia has been traditionally strict against carved images, but in favor of painted and gilded icons. I'd have to find the particular art book I found that in to be clear about the reference, though.

[drachefly]

I missed no coveting and no lying, which is kind of ironic since I'm good at those. I mean, not coveting, etc. Sort of the reverse of what got missed in the Crucible.

[drachefly]

Actually, I'm only really falling down on the fourth. Sabbath is not holy to me.

[Admiral_Icehawk]

"Thou Shalt Not Let Moocher Into Thy....Hut" Homer's one

I know most of them just not in order, most I learn't from TV, the only time I go to church for funerals and misc events. I'd probably know them off by heart if they were in SG-1, but they try not to offend Christians.

[BrandonMustang]

I got all 10. However, I am a music minister in a Southern Baptist Church (boy does that make me feel like the odd man out in this forum sometimes)so I probably have them engrained permanently at this point.