{"id":6036,"date":"2005-08-05T19:36:02","date_gmt":"2005-08-06T00:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2005\/08\/05\/our-watered-down-catholic-faith\/"},"modified":"2005-08-05T19:36:02","modified_gmt":"2005-08-06T00:36:02","slug":"our-watered-down-catholic-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2005\/08\/our-watered-down-catholic-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Our watered-down Catholic Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Ten Reasons<\/a> is the following version of the Ten Commandments from a textbook called "Coming to Jesus, Grade 2" of which I will contrast with the Exodus 20 from the RSV version.<\/p>\n

1. We try to put God first in our lives
\n     "You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.<\/em>"<\/p>\n

2. We use God’s name only with love and respect.
\n     "You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.<\/em>"<\/p>\n

3. We keep Sunday as God’s special day of prayer and rest.
\n     Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work; but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates;[for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.<\/em><\/p>\n

4. We listen to and obey those who care for us.
\n     "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you." <\/em>
\n     <\/em>
\n5. We care for all living things.
\n     "You shall not kill.<\/em><\/p>\n

6. We care for our bodies and respect others.
\n     "You shall not commit adultery."<\/em><\/p>\n

7. We do not steal; we are fair to everyone.
\n     "You shall not steal."<\/p>\n

8. We are truthful in what we say and do.
\n     "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor"<\/p>\n

9. We are faithful to those we love.
\n     "You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor’s."<\/em> <\/p>\n

2514<\/a> St. John distinguishes three kinds of covetousness or concupiscence: lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life.301 In the Catholic catechetical tradition, the ninth commandment forbids carnal concupiscence; the tenth forbids coveting another’s goods. <\/p>\n

10. We help people to have what they need to live.
\n     "You shall not covet . . . anything that is your neighbor’s. . . . You shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor’s"<\/em><\/p>\n

2534<\/a> The tenth commandment unfolds and completes the ninth, which is concerned with concupiscence of the flesh. It forbids coveting the goods of another, as the root of theft, robbery, and fraud, which the seventh commandment forbids. "Lust of the eyes" leads to the violence and injustice forbidden by the fifth commandment.319 Avarice, like fornication, originates in the idolatry prohibited by the first three prescriptions of the Law.320 The tenth commandment concerns the intentions of the heart; with the ninth, it summarizes all the precepts of the Law.<\/p>\n

Rich Leonardi rightly called this dumbed down version the Ten ‘Cuddly’ Commandments and while some of them are closer to the truth others are misleading and politically correct.<\/p>\n

Update<\/font>: Reader Ron Kozar sent me a scanned copy of the relevant pages in the text book in question<\/p>\n

He had also stated in the comment box. <\/p>\n

"The textbook in question presents these teachings as the ten commandments. They are not presented as a mere outline or something. The textbook pictures the words on two stone tablets. The first three are preceded by the statement, "The first three commandments tell us how to love God." The remaining seven arep receded by the statement, "The other commandments show us how to love ourselves and others.""<\/p>\n

You can see the scanned image here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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