The Covet thing in the Ten Commandments.....

[WCGreen]

One version of the ten com, I think it was the Austin Texas statue, highlighted the Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy NEighbors House....

Well Ecuse me, but does that mean the whole Real Estate Boom going on in this country is against the laws of god and nature......

How can we be a christian Nation if all we do and all we are is based on Coveting things....

What about advertising.....

It's just there to make us covet....

And then this thing about the seventh day should be set aside for rest.....

That ain't happening in Christian America. Sunday, the Christian day of rest as well as Saturday, the Jewish day of rest and friday, the Muslim day of rest are all treated like just another day.....

So what exactly are they talking about.....

Maybe we should have the eight commandments........

[Maraya1969]

1. If they can put "Thou shalt not kill" in a death penalty state do

you really think they are concerned with covet? It is a good point though and one that should be asked of these fanatics. I'd like to hear their answer to that.

[WCGreen]

4. I always ask my christian friends about this

and they dismiss this as a splitting hairs arguement....

But it's not....

The whole idea was set down to provide stability to a nomadic culture that was transforming itself into a town based society....

[Maple]

2. The entire consumer economy

is based on 'coveting'

Keep up with the Jones...

Be the first on your block...

Amaze your friends...

[kineneb]

3. Didn't Jesus expand on this theme in the Sermon on the Mt?

Something in there about "blessed are the poor," camels getting through needles faster than rich folk and giving up one's world goods to be a true follower? Maybe these so-called christians should bang their foreheads on those 10C monuments. Might knock some sense into them, or...?

[WCGreen]

5. Yea, I think old bob jones probably

drives around in a Hummer or some other such monstrosty.....

All the money these evangelical christian collect and spend on themselves is too me the biggest sin of all.....

[kineneb]

7. And Jesus especially had it in for hypocrites

Condemnations of them are all over Matthew.

[WCGreen]

9. But let's not talk about that

The children might here us......

[noamnety]

6. doesn't fit too well with eminent domain, does it?

Although I guess you don't need to covet, when you can just take.

[WCGreen]

8. Newt was big time against takings

as he called land values dropping when environmental laws were enforced....

I wonder well old Newt is on this position.....

Corporations, Yes...

People and the environement, No.....