Just about all of us know the Ten Commandments, but do you feel God should have added one (or two) more?
What kind of behavior do you feel he should have added to His list of “don’t”? Or are there any you feel aren’t necessary?
Here’s one detailed version of the original Ten: (Interesting how 1 through 5 and number 10 go into rather detailed explanation, but 6 through9 are stated quite simply.)
1 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My Commandments.
3 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.
4 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
5 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
6 “You shall not murder.
7 “You shall not commit adultery.
8 “You shall not steal.
9 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”
That do unto others bit should have made the cut. In fact, it could have shortened the list quite a bit and added a lot of coherence. Would’ve made room for “thou shalt bring pie whenst thy returneth” and the like.
One, Two and Three really could have been rolled into a single commandment, leaving room for 3 more if we hypothesize Eleven Commandments.
Assuming that (and attempting to keep things somewhat Bible-y):
9. Respect thine fellow man as one would thouself.
10. Care for thine natural surroundings as stewards, as they too are my creations.
11. Thou shalt not use My words to justify anything thou wishes to do. For such an act is ridiculous, and not even funny.
Thou shalt never, under any circumstances, not matter how much left over cheese from you fucking cheetos is left on them, lick your fingers. It should be a hanging offense. Maybe slip something about not sounding like a hog when you eat, too. Except when you’re sick and you can’t help it.
Used to mean a number of things from “know who can you trust” to “know how to motivate each of your underlings” or “know how to get your boss to let you take a long weekend although company policy states that vacational periods must be taken in whole-week blocks”.
When I was a kid, I learned that the eleventh commandment is “Thou shalt not annoy thy mother.” Now that I’m a mom, I’ve expanded it a bit to “Thou shalt not annoy me.” Many, many people break this commandment.
