[Vision2020] Ten Commandments?

[Joe Campbell]

I was going to ask the same thing as Bob, aka the "troublemaker."
Similar questions about "Thou shalt not lie." Is "lie" the right
translation or does it cover deception, too? Also, is it the case that
the first 4 are often combined into 2? And do different denominations
have different lists? And is it OK to covet my neighbor's car? I live
next to Tom Lamar and he just has a Subaru. But once I lived next to a
guy with a Mustang! Now I'm sounding like a troublemaker!

All kidding aside, it isn't the "fundamentalists" that follow the ten
commandments that bother me so much. It's the one's who don't follow
them yet try to make it seem as if "Thou shalt not be gay," etc. are
on the list when it isn't. Like the guy who says his name is "Glenn
Schwaller" when it isn't and likes to lecture folks on their morals.
Holy crap!

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Robert Dickow <dickow at turbonet.com> wrote:
> It is interesting to me that the wording of my equivalent of the "g"
> commandment that I learned was 'Thou shall not kill', not 'Thou shall not
> murder.'. The choice of translation here to 'murder' could make for an
> allowance that makes it perfectly ok to kill people--in war let's say. Maybe
> 'murder' is a more accurate translation in fact, since it is a little more
> specific. After all, it has been quite acceptable to kill in self-defense,
> and that can be carried to national scope too. Any scholarly comments out
> there on the word choice?
>
> Bob Dickow, troublemaker
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Ralph Nielsen
> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 10:28 AM
> To: vision 2020
> Subject: [Vision2020] Ten Commandments?
>
>
>        THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
>
> Here are the Ten Commandments issued by Yahweh (the LORD) God on
> Mount Sinai. Test your knowledge by numbering them from 1 to 10 in
> the spaces provided.
> <snip>...
>
> __ g. You shall not murder
>
> ...<snip>
>
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