Thou shalt not worship false pop idols.The 11th Commandment was discovered not in the Ark of the Covenant Ark of the Covenant In Judaism and Christianity, the ornate, gold-plated wooden chest that in biblical times housed the two tablets of the Law given to Moses by God. The Levites carried the Ark during the Hebrews' wandering in the wilderness. , not even on clay tablets, but on paper beer coasters across Britain. The comedic Christian website Ship of Fools The ship of fools is an old allegory that has long been used in Western culture in literature and paintings. With a sense of self-criticism, it describes the world and its human inhabitants as a vessel whose deranged passengers neither know nor care where they are going. (shipoffools.com) partnered with the U.K.'s Methodist Church to hold a contest to see who could come up with a 21st-century commandment to go along with the original 10. Advertising on beer coasters and postcards in pubs, cafes, and movie theaters urging young people to submit their suggestion, Ship of Fools editor Simon Jenkins told the Associated Press, "The idea was to get people, especially those in their 20s and 30s, thinking about the Commandments and to prompt a debate about ethics." From 2,000 responses Andrew Shaw's entry "Thou shalt not Thou Shalt Not is the initial phrase of most of the Ten Commandments brought forth by Moshe the prophet. It can also mean:
Other winners and runners-up included: Thou shalt not kill pron. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Used to indicate the one or ones belonging to thee. adj. A possessive form of thou1 Used instead of thy before an initial vowel or h own body weight in fudge; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's iPod; and thou shalt not hold loud conversations on thy mobile phone in a public place. |
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