Cowboys' 10 Commandments
Posted February 18, 2007
At Fairlie, Texas' Cross Trails Church, the 10 Commandments have been translated from the King James to the Cowboy equivalent.
Just one God.
Honor yer Ma & Pa.
No telling tales or gossipin'.
Git yourself to Sunday meeting.
Put nothin' before God.
No foolin' around with another fellow's gal.
No killin'.
Watch yer mouth
Don't take what ain't yers.
Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff.
Comments
The statement that Paul considered the Old Testament law "crap" is a transparent falsehood.
Curious readers of this blog should read Philippians 3:7-9. Paul says that what he considers dung were all the things he gave up when he put his faith in Jesus of Nazareth as God's Messiah. Paul sacrificed his position in the Sanhedrin, the respect he was accorded as a rising ecclesiastical leader in the Jewish system; and subsequent to his conversion Paul suffered at the hands of his own countrymen as few believing Jews of the time suffered.
Paul taught that the Old Testament law was intended God to promote life (Romans 7:10), that it was holy, just, and good (Romans 7:12), and that it was spiritual in its nature (Romans 7:14).
He cites the Fifth commandment as still applying to children today (Ephesians 6:1-3). He calls the Old Testament law "glorious" (II Corinthians 3:7, 9-10), and ordained by angels (Galatians 3:19).
Paul is willing to say that if there was a law that could endow someone with eternal life, the Old Testament law was such a law (Galatians 3:21). Its highest purpose is to lead people to the forgiving grace that can be found in Jesus Christ (Galatians 3:24).
Mr. Dunn has his own Gnostic agenda to push, which, based on prior posts, appears to has something to do with bizarre sex theories.
Editor:
There are numerous gods mentioned in the Bible.
Why bother to advocate any of them? Jesus allegedly said, "ye are gods."
If that's the case then the responsibility falls upon us to implement the one command to love one's neighbors as oneself.
To love oneself, it's important to have fun in life. As long as we're having fun, we're not living in sin.
As far as Arianism is concerned, that's just another theological squabble that adds to the cacophony of biblical and extra-biblical gods who make no more sense today than they did then.
The Apostle Paul, after detailing the legalisms of Judaism, referred to them as "dung" (Philippians 3:8).
A contemporary rendering would be "crap," coming from a Greek word that means human and animal excrement.
Christians should be promoting the demise of the Old Testament. It should not be considered as "sacred scripture."
Editor's note: Mr. Dunn, Are you advocating Arianism and the belief that there are two gods -- one a petty, vengeful creator god and the second a superior savior God?