# What laws would you add to a religious tome?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 26, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-laws-would-you-add-to-a-religious-tome/558418 "2010-10-26T17:21:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-laws-would-you-add-to-a-religious-tome/558418/21 "2010-10-27T01:56:19Z")

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Thou Shalt Not Think; The Lord, Thy God, Shalt Do It For You.

Thou Shalt Not Question The Living Profits/Prophets Of The Lord Thy God.

Thou Shalt Not Question That We Were Always At War With Eastasia.

Thou Shalt Not Blaspheme The Lord, Thy God, Through Thought Within Thy Voting Booth.

Thou Shalt Not Question Why The Lord, Thy God, Shalt Need A Starship…

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**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-laws-would-you-add-to-a-religious-tome/558418/22 "2010-10-27T02:21:04Z")

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Thou Shalt Not Commit Practical Jokes ( like having your 12-year old niece’s birthday cake explode when she cuts into it). )

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-laws-would-you-add-to-a-religious-tome/558418/23 "2010-10-27T02:33:08Z")

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You shall not use King James style grammar unless you actually know how it works.

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-laws-would-you-add-to-a-religious-tome/558418/24 "2010-10-27T02:49:27Z")

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> [@Ronald\_C.Semone](#):
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> Thou Shalt Not Commit Practical Jokes ( like having your 12-year old niece’s birthday cake explode when she cuts into it). )

Thou shall TOTALLY do this!!  
😃

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-laws-would-you-add-to-a-religious-tome/558418/25 "2010-10-27T03:03:16Z")

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> [@Count\_Blucher](#):
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> Thou Shalt Not Question Why The Lord, Thy God, Shalt Need A Starship…

What. Does God. Need. With a. Starship?

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**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-laws-would-you-add-to-a-religious-tome/558418/26 "2010-10-27T03:19:51Z")

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Thou shalt stop thinking that thee hast solved centuries-old mathematical problems when you have but a high school degree and napkin math.

More specific corollary:  
Thou shalt never attempt to understand, solve, prove, or disprove Fermat’s Last Theorem without less than a master’s degree in mathematics.

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