There is absolutely nothing funny about the new law that Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry just signed (as a child fainted behind him) that requires all public classrooms to display a…
My understanding is “neighbor” is mostly a mistranslation. It’s really referring to people within your tribe. Don’t fuck with people who are in your group basically, in order to keep the peace. Outsiders are fair game.
AFAIK, Louisiana also picked a version that aligns to the KJV, which is a shit translation advocated by the dumbest dullards of Christian Fundamentalism.
They broke the 10th commandment into two commandments. There should have been a semicolon after 10a, not a new line.
(10a) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house.
(10b) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his cattle, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s."
“Slaves” in the original, but of course we can’t allow any hint of three thousand year old shit not being strictly relevant any more.
Oh don’t worry, that revision is just waiting for SCOTUS to give them enough cover.
10(Revised): Don’t covet thy neighbors’ shit.
10.0.2 fixed coveting of cattle to match other items in coveting domain
10.0.2.1 fixed coveting to close loophole inv. neighbors’ wives, daughters, and all other livestock
(for clarity: “holy” books are largely penned by bigoted pedos. full stop.)
but its okay to covet shit if they’re not a neighbor, right?
My understanding is “neighbor” is mostly a mistranslation. It’s really referring to people within your tribe. Don’t fuck with people who are in your group basically, in order to keep the peace. Outsiders are fair game.
twist: It’s neighbors all the way down.
Further revisions: Don’t like things that aren’t me.
There are a ton of translation differences, and it can also change depending on if you look at Exodus or Deuteronomy.
AFAIK, Louisiana also picked a version that aligns to the KJV, which is a shit translation advocated by the dumbest dullards of Christian Fundamentalism.