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By Austin Cline, About.com Guide to Atheism since 1998

Is There a Standard Version of the Ten Commandments?

Monday March 31, 2008
Any time someone chooses to place a listing of the Ten Commandments in a home, office, church, or public space, they will be making choices. They will have to choose which biblical passage to rely upon, which translation to use, and typically which shortened version to use. These are all religious, linguistic, social, cultural, and political choices.

 

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April 1, 2008 at 1:09 am
(1) ChuckA says:

Of course, for a whole other take on the Ten Commandments; there’s always:
“George Carlin - Defrags the 10 Commandments”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyWEBbFwU1o

April 1, 2008 at 7:36 am
(2) Rabbi Zedek says:

Take some Hebrew classes before you pontificate on the Hebrew scriptures.

April 1, 2008 at 8:18 am
(3) Austin Cline says:

Take some Hebrew classes before you pontificate on the Hebrew scriptures.

If you disagree with what I have written, try making a case for why I am wrong instead of merely implying that I don’t know what I am talking about while you do.

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