The 10 Commandments (An Atheist Reads the Bible - 12)

Christians aren't hanging "THE" 10 Commandments in courthouses.


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Footnote 1:
Regarding the image. I am getting an infinite amount of comments here and private messages saying that my formatting of the numbers is off. This is, for some reason, really bothering people.

Two things:

(1) I got the image from a free clip art website and didn't catch the formatting until people started screaming in the comments.

(2) YouTube user odwin8 said this:

"A lot of people are commenting on the Roman numerals so I thought I'd point out that "IV" and "IX" are fairly recent, and historically "IIII" and "VIIII" were more common.

Interestingly, 9 became "IX" long before 4 changed, apparently because "IV" was shorthand for Jupiter (IVPPITER)."

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[teamtalon1967]

I think this is the video that has sparked the most debate at my workplace. And guess what? I haven't lost the debate yet. At risk of over-inflating, this may be this most important video on YouTube.

[43alley]

@teamtalon1967 - I'd like to hear more about your workplace. Sounds like an interesting atmosphere.

[kakashitachi99]

christianity is retarded

[VideoAudioDisco09]

@teamtalon1967

That may be over inflated but it is up there.

Problem is Christians don't read the Bible they just skim to where they are told to go and cherry pick. I have argued with many and quote some of the utter stupidity or evil, they are genuinely surprised and don't believe it is in there. This is the great thing you can beat them to death with there own absurd myth book.

[shadywolf91]

What is interesting is that in Deuteronomy 5, it mentions the other set of Ten Commandments. Or at least that's what Christians believe, but Deuteronomy is demonstrably false. Not only that, but we do know that the first set of tablets had over 4 (20 to 24) chapters of rules on them. So 43alley is wrong when he says that we don't know what was on the first set. However he does make a very interesting point. Exodus 34 follows the story. Deuteronomy does not.

[denisasitis]

@RadarKat73080 I find so much of it, most in fact, funny. Being a nonbeliever that is familiar with the textsI never find a shortage of absurdities. The CBP l, as if it isn't conservative enough already, Is brought to us by the folks at "consevapedia" , for a good laugh one cab compare almost any entry , conservapedia against wikipidia and see just how far we have taken this foolishness.

[RadarKat73080]

@denisasitis Funny, to me at least, that some people feel the need to rewrite the Bible, ex. Conservative Bible Project, to fit their own theology. People have been reading stuff into the Bible for thousands of years. A few months ago I read a post, on the FSTDT website, someone claiming that Xians didn't have to pay taxes. Twisting Jesus's "Render unto Caesar" quote completely around.

[denisasitis]

@RadarKat73080 Don't tell me you did it ? You may have hope yet you can start looking through the various translations surly one of them will fit the bill , you know stir fried in mothers milk with roasted garlic means boiled in Aramaic or...?

[couldhaveseenit]

dey took our gaaahd! hurpa durr

[Xel963]

@kakashitachi99 You insult the retarded with those words... After all Christianity is more a choice type of thing.

[kanojo1969]

This is a fantastic little video, but it ends too soon. There's a gap in my understanding now because I still have the 'traditional' commandments burned into my brain from sunday school as a child. You know, the coveting of asses and stuff. The final version of the commandments that is shown here is mostly completely foreign to me, and I suspect 99% of western-educated Christians.

So where did the modern version come from? And when? Are they listed elsewhere in the bible?

[nychold]

Now I know why that guy screaming at the beginning was so mad. He was utterly committed to stamping out the milk-boiling of goats that has become ever so popular in modern cuisine.

[RadarKat73080]

"Don't boil a goat in it's mother's milk?" Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit!