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Loryn

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2. I like your thinking.

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Thu Sep 4, 2025, 11:19 AM

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I've always had a beef with one of the Ten Commandments.. [View all] JohnnyRingo Sep 4 OP

"lords name in vain" rampartd Sep 4 #1

I get that. JohnnyRingo Sep 4 #4

Vanity doesn't come into it Easterncedar Sep 4 #14

Exactly. TomSlick Sep 4 #20

You might find this interesting TexLaProgressive Sep 4 #19

I see how that interpretation instructs how to use the Lord's name JohnnyRingo Friday #34

Long ago I read a series about the Dabney family TexLaProgressive Friday #36

I'm pretty sure swearing a "so help me god" oath ancianita Sep 4 #12

vowing "til death do us part " coul be stretched to false witness as well rampartd Sep 4 #16

Nope. Sin is intentional. Oaths like "Till death do us part" came later. ancianita Sep 4 #17

I like your thinking. Loryn Sep 4 #2

Amen Johnny, gab13by13 Sep 4 #3

Off topic, but here is a joke related to the comic you posted. John1956PA Sep 4 #5

Good one! ancianita Sep 4 #23

hahahaha JohnnyRingo Friday #29

I am not an expert state of stupid Sep 4 #6

Every time you say "I am". Blue Full Moon Sep 4 #7

I think it's ok to cuss Marthe48 Sep 4 #8

Meh. You do you. Happy Hoosier Monday #42

Man is the only animal to have found the ONE TRUE GOD ...............several of them. Mark Twain Ping Tung Sep 4 #9

According to Hebrew scripture Mossfern Friday #31

I think you proved Twain's point. There are millions of One True Gods available to pick. Ping Tung Friday #37

The Abrahamic and other religions are mostly Mossfern Friday #39

Yay! We agree! Why not? Indeed. Ping Tung Friday #40

That means I've always gotten that commandment wrong. Xavier Breath Sep 4 #10

Beeleeve BoRaGard Sep 4 #11

Is that where that came from? JohnnyRingo Friday #32

I think it is partly about those who pray for personal gain instead of for help to people in need of basics. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 4 #13

Absolutely Be The Light Sep 4 #15

Also professing faith for monetary or political reasons. surfered Sep 4 #18

Going back to the earliest version I stand a chance of translating, it's "in vanum" in the Latin Vulgate version muriel_volestrangler Sep 4 #21

Thanks, Muriel! summer_in_TX Friday #28

I'm the veteran of a profoundly religious upbringing who's morphed into an atheist. NNadir Sep 4 #22

I think the first one is weird. chouchou Sep 4 #24

Thanks Johnny Tatou Sep 4 #25

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Friday #38

The problem with your analysis edhopper Sep 4 #26

Oh. OK. JohnnyRingo Friday #33

Anybody that gets upset edhopper Friday #35

Catholic teaching on this would be much more dire DenaliDemocrat Sep 4 #27

Christ replaced the 10 commandments with 2 ... marble falls Friday #30

Ah, but for some Mossfern Friday #41