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{"id":1337,"date":"2007-11-28T21:13:02","date_gmt":"2007-11-28T21:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whydontyou.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/11\/28\/commandments-counting-and-splitting-hairs\/"},"modified":"2007-11-28T21:13:02","modified_gmt":"2007-11-28T21:13:02","slug":"commandments-counting-and-splitting-hairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.whydontyou.org.uk\/blog\/2007\/11\/28\/commandments-counting-and-splitting-hairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Commandments, counting and splitting hairs"},"content":{"rendered":"First off, I have to say I am sorry. Once upon a time I had thought all those years of compulsory Religious Education at school had taught me a thing or two about religion. I think I was wrong.<\/p>\n
Take one of the basics as an example. I was taught that Moses had carried a tablet with ten commandments which formed the basis of the annoying triumvirate of Monotheistic religions we suffer with in this day and age. Today, reading Wikipedia, I learned I may be wrong. This is from Wiki’s page on the Ten Commandments<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n- I am the Lord thy God<\/li>\n
- Thou shalt have no other gods before me<\/li>\n
- Thou shalt not make for thyself an idol<\/li>\n
- Thou shalt not make wrongful use of the name of thy God<\/li>\n
- Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy<\/li>\n
- Honor thy Father and Mother<\/li>\n
- Thou shalt not murder<\/li>\n
- Thou shalt not commit adultery<\/li>\n
- Thou shalt not steal<\/li>\n
- Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor<\/li>\n
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house<\/li>\n
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Now, I might be a bit old fashioned but I actually count 12 there… It seems most religions get round this by lumping two of them together every now and then. I suppose the “Ten Commandment” had a more authoritarian ring to it even all those years ago.<\/p>\n
This leads to the second bit of confusion. I was brought up thinking the commandment “Thou Shalt Not Kill” was on the books and it was only today I discovered the rules were you couldn’t murder someone. Apparently only Catholics say the “not kill” bit (must have caused a few problems during the crusades). I find this odd as my school was at most a Protestant one (mostly secular) and we certainly weren’t taught the Catholic doctrine anywhere else.<\/p>\n
Anyway it now seems killing people is fine, as long as it isn’t murder. This creates a bit of confusion though. Does God wait until a secular court has reached a verdict before he consigns the killer to hell? Who decides when taking a life is murder and when it isn’t?<\/p>\n
Why cant these bloody religions make sense. It is all proof that the bible was written by Loki while he was bored if you ask me…<\/p>\n