And I know we’re mostly atheists here, but please keep the theological discussion to a minimum and appreciate the lighthearted hypothetical scenario for what it is.
I might as well go first:
Thou shalt seed what you download (You’ll understand in a few thousand years)
Sharing is caring !
That’s why I seed my neighbour’s wife.
Thou shalt not push to prod on Fridays
git blame
, the new Amen.
- Do not treat people or animals as things
- Consent first from others, especially your family
- The Earth and it’s creatures should be shepherded and guarded, not exploited
- No gods, no kings, no rulers - instead have empathy, sharing, and collaboration
- It’s round you nimrods, because that’s how gravity works
This stuff would really have changed things… I suspect Moses intentionally dropped this one?
Would it really? Humanity never follows the other 10 so why follow these ones?
Final line:
Now remember, these are just guidelines, you don’t have to take them too seriously, have some fun with them, that’s why I made you.
One saying slavery shouldn’t happen would be nice.
I think the 10 commandments are in Exodus which is also one of the books where God says exactly how you should own slaves. So that would be a weird one.
God really is a piece of shit.
Thou shalt not fuck kids. They definitely meant for that to be in there, right? Guys…?
what was that? gay people are sinners? got it.
/s ::: spoiler disclaimer
this is about the bible verse about laying with a boy (or something). not homophobic
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The ones that make the most sense to me as stuff Moses might say.
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Thou shalt trust honest people, for why would one be honest if nothing comes from it
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Thou shalt not assume things, to assume is often more destructive than lying
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Thou shalt not cheat in games and anything with a justified set list of rules
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Thou shalt not intentionally cause mental illness, for it is equal to murder
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Thou shalt not gatekeep or deny another person’s rightful union
Wow, those really sound like they could have been from the Bible (also bonuses point to you for coming up with a serious suggestion). Here, you win the Nobel prize in Prophetry*! Your basically the new Moses, and we shall follow you!
/s (it’s sarcasm but keep the Nobel prize, you deserve it (*v*)/ []-[]¬ )
* Prophetry is supposed to mean “being a prophet” but I just made that word up
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The five missing ones are:
- Acknowledge the central point.
- Thou shalt not soapbox.
- Thou shalt not decontextualise what others say.
- Thou shalt not claim intentions to defend thine or someone else’s actions.
- Thou shalt not convey “I disagree” through feigned lack of understanding.
Bonus: the original version of the 8th was
- Thou shalt not claim with certainty things that you do not know for certain.
The current 8th (Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour) is a forgery. Some assumer got called out over and over because of the older 8th, since he really liked to make shit up, so he restricted it into near uselessness. Source: I’m Lucifer, I know it. :^)
“Thou shalt boil water before drinking it” would probably have saved a staggering number of lives. That and a handwashing commandment together would’ve been a home run for pre-industrial survival rates. “Thou shalt not trust a fearmonger” would also be a good, if perhaps self-defeating commandment.
The 10 commandments divide into two sections. Rules for the relation between people and God and rules for the relation between people and other people. 5 more would probably setup a third section. Like rules for the relation between people and nature or rules for one’s relation to oneself.
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Forgive your brother who has wronged you as you would want him to forgive your own transgressions.
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Honor creation and take only what you need from the mountains, streams, woodlands, and valleys.
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Respect the creatures of the earth as your brothers in creation.
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Avoid excesses and live humbly
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Love yourself for you were created in My image
- Love yourself for you were created in My image
- But not like that.
- No, not like that either…
- Listen you little shit, if I catch you doing that again I’ll come down from this cloud and seduce your wife as a swan.
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Thou shall not attempt to make a business out of this using the medium of broadcast images and shouting.
Thou shalt not stalk thine ex’s media feed and scribe words inspired by Bacchus
They’re on the prop from Mel Brooks’ History of the World Part I
The other tablet only had one commandment, chiseled extra large for emphasis:
Above all else, do no harm.
Thou shalt not be a poo poo head
Thou shalt not hold unbelievers to the moral standards thou agreedest to and that only applyeth to thee
Thou shalt not giveth a shitteth about shitteth that is not thine own
Thou shalt not kill
That’s literally the sixth commandment.
Well some (most?) people don’t pay a lot of attention to it so it deserves to be said again