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  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    4 months ago

    So.

    1. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his cattle, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.

    if we assume that ‘covet’ means to want-to-bone. It’s okay to want bone your wife (even encouraged!), your servants and your cattle… but not some other guy’s wif, servants or cattle.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      71·
      4 months ago

      I’d rather not assume than and assume they just mean “don’t be jealous” since it’s a commandment that’s literally impossible to follow. Even Elon Musk sees things he wants to have but other people won’t let him have.

      • Halasham@dormi.zoneEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        Thought-crime and pre-crime. Two fundamentally important aspects of Christianity as they ensure guilt that they are conveniently the monopoly on forgiveness/absolution of.

  • KoalaUnknown@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    4 months ago

    The commandment listed are the Ten Commandments but different versions group the text differently. The bill however has 11 groups, not 10. (12 if you count “I am the Lord thy God” but some versions don’t count it)

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      61·
      4 months ago

      Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house.

      Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his cattle, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.

      Those look like two different commandments to me.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      There’s another line break at the top…

      “I am the Lord, thy God, thou shalt have no other Gods before me.”

      But that’s also matter of debate… but then so is the whole list… and the order…

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments

      The one everyone forgets:

      “You shall set up these stones, which I command you today, on Aargaareezem. (Tsedaka)”

      But hey, it’s not like they were carved in stone by God or something… Oh, wait…