1."I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. Thou shalt have no other gods besides Me... .." This commandment is to believe in the existence of God and His influence on events in the world, and that the goal of the redemption from Egypt was to become His servants (Rashi). It prohibits belief in or worship of any additional deities.
2."Do not make a sculpted image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above..." This prohibits the construction or fashioning of "idols" in the likeness of created things (beasts, fish, birds, people) and worshipping them.
3."Thou shalt not swear falsely by the name of the LORD..." This commandment is to never take the name of God in a vain, pointless or insincere oath (Rashi). This includes four types of prohibited oaths: an oath affirming as true a matter one knows to be false, an oath that affirms the patently obvious, an oath denying the truth of a matter one knows to be true, and an oath to perform an act that is beyond one's capabilities[citation needed].
4."Remember [zachor] the Sabbath day and keep it holy" (the version in Deuteronomy reads shamor, "observe") The seventh day of the week is termed Shabbat and is holy, just as God ceased creative activity during Creation. The aspect of zachor (remember) is performed by declaring the greatness of the day (kiddush), by having three festive meals and by engaging in Torah study and pleasurable activities. The aspect of shamor is performed by abstaining from the 39 melachot (forbidden categories of activity) on the Shabbat.
5."Thou shalt honour your father and your mother..." The obligation to honor one's parents is an obligation that one owes to God and fulfills this obligation through one's actions towards one's parents.
6."Thou shalt not murder" Killing an innocent human being is a capital sin.
7."Thou shalt not commit adultery." Adultery is defined as cohabitation with a married woman (Rashi).
8."Thou shalt not steal." This is not understood as stealing in the conventional sense, since theft of property is forbidden elsewhere and is not a capital offense. In this context it is to be taken as "do not kidnap" (Rashi).
9."Thou shalt not bear false witness against your neighbor" One must not bear false witness in a court of law or other proceeding.
10."Thou shalt not covet your neighbor's house..." One is forbidden to desire and plan how one may obtain that which God has given to another. Maimonides makes a distinction in codifying the laws between the instruction given here in Exodus (You shall not covet) and that given in Deuteronomy (You shall not desire), according to which one does not violate the Exodus commandment unless there is a physical action associated with the desire, even if this is legally purchasing an envied object.
But I will add that if you are going to get on TV and defend public display of the 10 Commandments, its seems to be pretty much a no-brainer that you'll probably get asked what they are.
But just because you can't name them doesn't make you less enthusiastic about them. I mean, all the members of this blog are US citizens. None of us can name the first 10 amendments to the constitution. Does that make you less excited about the US? Less of a US citezen? No.
I think if you feel strongly enough about something that you want to legislate posting it up for people who may or may not want to see it, you damn well better be able to recite that thing from memory, whether it be the last ten Superbowl teams, the Bill of Rights or the ingredients to a kick ass Appletini.
I guess if you are talking about your own, made up fantasy football, then you are most likely correct.
But even in THAT football league a baseball team won twice and and a person won once all by themselves. So how good could the chargers possibly be???? :-)
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1."I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. Thou shalt have no other gods besides Me... .."
This commandment is to believe in the existence of God and His influence on events in the world, and that the goal of the redemption from Egypt was to become His servants (Rashi). It prohibits belief in or worship of any additional deities.
2."Do not make a sculpted image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above..."
This prohibits the construction or fashioning of "idols" in the likeness of created things (beasts, fish, birds, people) and worshipping them.
3."Thou shalt not swear falsely by the name of the LORD..."
This commandment is to never take the name of God in a vain, pointless or insincere oath (Rashi). This includes four types of prohibited oaths: an oath affirming as true a matter one knows to be false, an oath that affirms the patently obvious, an oath denying the truth of a matter one knows to be true, and an oath to perform an act that is beyond one's capabilities[citation needed].
4."Remember [zachor] the Sabbath day and keep it holy" (the version in Deuteronomy reads shamor, "observe")
The seventh day of the week is termed Shabbat and is holy, just as God ceased creative activity during Creation. The aspect of zachor (remember) is performed by declaring the greatness of the day (kiddush), by having three festive meals and by engaging in Torah study and pleasurable activities. The aspect of shamor is performed by abstaining from the 39 melachot (forbidden categories of activity) on the Shabbat.
5."Thou shalt honour your father and your mother..."
The obligation to honor one's parents is an obligation that one owes to God and fulfills this obligation through one's actions towards one's parents.
6."Thou shalt not murder"
Killing an innocent human being is a capital sin.
7."Thou shalt not commit adultery."
Adultery is defined as cohabitation with a married woman (Rashi).
8."Thou shalt not steal."
This is not understood as stealing in the conventional sense, since theft of property is forbidden elsewhere and is not a capital offense. In this context it is to be taken as "do not kidnap" (Rashi).
9."Thou shalt not bear false witness against your neighbor"
One must not bear false witness in a court of law or other proceeding.
10."Thou shalt not covet your neighbor's house..."
One is forbidden to desire and plan how one may obtain that which God has given to another. Maimonides makes a distinction in codifying the laws between the instruction given here in Exodus (You shall not covet) and that given in Deuteronomy (You shall not desire), according to which one does not violate the Exodus commandment unless there is a physical action associated with the desire, even if this is legally purchasing an envied object.
Oh, shut up.
I don't like Colbert and I don't get his point.
Name a sport you like. Any sport, go ahead. Without help, name me the last 10 teams that won a title. Go ahead, try it.
Oh what? You can't? And you call yourself a fan of that sport? How could you...?
But I will add that if you are going to get on TV and defend public display of the 10 Commandments, its seems to be pretty much a no-brainer that you'll probably get asked what they are.
But just because you can't name them doesn't make you less enthusiastic about them. I mean, all the members of this blog are US citizens. None of us can name the first 10 amendments to the constitution. Does that make you less excited about the US? Less of a US citezen? No.
I think if you feel strongly enough about something that you want to legislate posting it up for people who may or may not want to see it, you damn well better be able to recite that thing from memory, whether it be the last ten Superbowl teams, the Bill of Rights or the ingredients to a kick ass Appletini.
Apple Pucker, Vodka, and apple slice.
By the way, do you guys think they bring in a double of the congressman when the camera is trained on Colbert? Hows that for a conspiracy
The last ten super Bowls.
10. Chargers
9. Chargers
8. Chargers
7. Padres
6. Me
5. Chargers
4. Chargers
3. Chargers
2. Padres
1. Chargers
Ha!!!! And you call yourself a football fan???
I guess if you are talking about your own, made up fantasy football, then you are most likely correct.
But even in THAT football league a baseball team won twice and and a person won once all by themselves. So how good could the chargers possibly be???? :-)
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