Ten Commandments

sabbath | shabbat

Moses

marriage

battle of the sexes

is a set of laws that does not distribute its burdens equaly. Thou shalt not commit adultry is a command which is not hard upon children in the cradle, school children, or youths.

Thou shalt not commit adultry is a command which makes no distinction between the following persons. They are all required to obey it: children at birth. Children in the cradle. School children. Youths and maidens. Fresh adults. Older ones. Men and women of 40. Of 50. Of 60. Of 70. Of 80. Of 100. The command does not distribute its burden equally, and cannot. It is not hard upon the three sets of children. Mark Twain

is the only words directly penned by God. Despite this, they are half gibberish about praising God in the right way, and half morals that are obvious enough to not just humans but are also exhibited in animals as well.

They are, after all, the only passages in the Bible so profound that the creator of the universe felt the need to physically write them himself and in stone. As such, one would expect these to be the greatest lines ever written, on any subject, in any language. Here they are. Get ready. . . 1. You shall have no other gods before me.

is ten in number: just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.

DECALOGUE, n. A series of commandments, ten in number - just enough to permit an intelligent selection for observance, but not enough to embarrass the choice.

is unnecessarily long: one really only needs one: do not hurt anybody.

There are far too many commandments and you really only need one: Do not hurt anybody.

is capable of being speed read as "don't!"

DON'T! That's the Ten Commandments by Speed-Reading!

is only ten in number but their enforcement is buttressed today by thirty-five million laws.

is that whereby the Eleventh ought to be: Thou shalt not be found out.

The Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not be found out.

is not a thing that tells you what you ought to do: it only puts ideas into your head.

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