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10 more commandments found

this summer when we were staying i elk lake with cession wallace and i found a weekly world news tabloid with the big blazing headline: 10 MORE COMMANDMENTS FOUND of course, we had to pick it up. we laughed our heads off all the way back to the cottage, but once we were there we got an even better laugh... i'll share that story on sunday. but for now... here is an portion of that piece of amazing journalism:


"Professor Lawrence who discovered the tablets containing the original Ten Commandments that Moses shattered said, that what is more astonishing is what archeologist discovered after reassembling the scattered pieces they found.

“There were actually ten more commandments carved on the back!” Lawrence told Weekly World News. “Apparently Moses was so enraged when he shattered them, that he forgot to tell the Hebrews about commandments eleven trough twenty. Unlike the first Ten Commandments, which outline an important set of moral laws, they next ten have more specific applications. They are described as ‘quality of life’ commandments. Most are self-explanatory:

11. Thou shalt tolerate the faith of others as you would have them do unto you. (“This one seems to have been directed at those who objected to other Egyptian slaves who journeyed with the flock of Moses”)
12. In matters of business, though shalt protect the rights of laborers, as Pharaoh shouldst have done. (“This is clearly a commandment to form workers unions.”)
13. Thou shalt not put they animals before people, either in body or spirit. (“This refers to the animal-gods of Egypt, specifically cats, whose well-being was put before that of people – much like today. There were sheep traveling with the group and this commandment protected them.”)
14. Thou shalt not inhale burning leaves in a house of manna where it may affect the breathing of others.
15. Thou shalt renounce a portion of they worldly goods to be collected by agents of the ruling body. (“Tax evasion was a serious problem at the time. A government without a sound tax policy is one that tends to go to war and take slaves.”)
16. Thou shalt not elect a fool to lead thee. If twice elected, they punishment shall be death by stoning.
17. Thou shalt not cry “fire and brimstone” during a large public gathering.
18. Thou shalt not erect a temple of gaming in the desert, where all will become wanton.
19. They body is sacred and thou shalt not permanently alter thy face or bosom. If thy nose offends thee, leave it alone.
The 20th commandment is too worn away to fully read, Wul said, “but after ‘Thou shalt not’ the words ‘war’ and ‘oil’ were readable. It’s still a mystery."



wow! it would seem we've made a few more mistakes that we've realized. how do they get away with this crap?

if you could write out a few of your own commandments... what would you carve into a huge slab of rock?

posted by nathan sean @ Thursday, January 12, 2006