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cyranoI just caught last night's Colbert Report and the 'better know a district' of GA's Fightin' Eighth, whose representative co-sponsored a bill that would require the Ten Commandments be posted in both chambers of the national lege.
And it sounds like Congressman Westmoreland could use the refresher. Colbert called on him to actually name the Ten Commandments, and by just about anybody's scorecard he got an F. Don't kill. (Close enough.) Don't steal. (We'll take that one.) Don't lie. (Not exactly--the ninth admonishes you not to bear false witness against others.) And then he sort of peters out, and admits he doesn't know any of the others.
So. He hits the last five, except for the bits about coveting and about adultery.
Nothing in there about JHVH at all, despite the fact that the first four are pretty expressly his dominion--No other Gods before him, no worshipping idols, no taking his name in vain and honoring and observing the Sabbath.
And then there's the one about honoring your parents, which is pretty vague in English and can be interpreted pretty liberally.
If you're going to believe it, *especially* if you're going to JAM IT DOWN MY THROAT by making me pay to have it pasted up in every public building, then for fuck's sake at least make an effort to actually know this stuff. Okay, class dismissed.
And it sounds like Congressman Westmoreland could use the refresher. Colbert called on him to actually name the Ten Commandments, and by just about anybody's scorecard he got an F. Don't kill. (Close enough.) Don't steal. (We'll take that one.) Don't lie. (Not exactly--the ninth admonishes you not to bear false witness against others.) And then he sort of peters out, and admits he doesn't know any of the others.
So. He hits the last five, except for the bits about coveting and about adultery.
Nothing in there about JHVH at all, despite the fact that the first four are pretty expressly his dominion--No other Gods before him, no worshipping idols, no taking his name in vain and honoring and observing the Sabbath.
And then there's the one about honoring your parents, which is pretty vague in English and can be interpreted pretty liberally.
If you're going to believe it, *especially* if you're going to JAM IT DOWN MY THROAT by making me pay to have it pasted up in every public building, then for fuck's sake at least make an effort to actually know this stuff. Okay, class dismissed.
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Date: 2006-06-17 07:03 am (UTC)But yeah, m'sieur Colbert is my hero of the day for that segment.
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Date: 2006-06-17 07:49 am (UTC)