This blog by our good friend Angelaisms is so superior, I want to share it with all y’all in toto. But, in the interests of her hit count at Misfits, I’m only going to whet your appetites and give you a “read the rest” link. 🙂 I hope you will.
A Closer Look at the Tenth Commandment By Angelaisms
The Law of Moses dealt primarily with how one behaves on the outside – don’t steal, don’t sleep around, don’t lie, don’t murder, get rid of that stupid golden calf and don’t make another one, etc. Well, all except that last commandment: “Thou shalt not covet.”
- Note from CtH: Catholics divide up the Ten Commandments passage slightly differently:
- 9. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
- 10.You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
Coveting is not looking at a guy with a nice car and saying, “Wow, I’d like a car like that.” Coveting is looking at the guy with the nice car and wanting to take his car away from him. It is not the desire to have something; it is the desire to take something to which you have no moral or legal claim – that guy’s car, your brother’s wife, your neighbor’s ass. (What? It’s a quote.)
Read the rest @ http://misfitpolitics.co/2013/09/a-closer-look-at-the-tenth-commandment/
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