Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Hillbilly Ten Commandments

Some people in Tennessee have trouble with all those "shalls" and "shall nots" in the in the Ten commandments. . Folks just aren't used to talking in those terms. So, some folks in middle Tennessee got together and translated the "King James" into "Jackson County" language,.... no joke, read on... The Hillbilly's Ten Commandments (posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Gainesboro, TN.)

(1) Just one God.
(2) Honor yer Ma &Pa.
(3) No tellin' tales or gossipin'.
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meetin'
(5) Put nothin' before God.
(6) No foolin' around with another fellow's gal.
(7) No killin.'
(8) Watch yer mouth.
(9) Don't take what ain't yers.
(10) Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff.

Now that's kinda plain an' simple, don't ya think? Y'all have a nice day.
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1 - Sometimes breaking it down into a more simple way.....brings it home...
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Written by: Donna at 2007/01/16 - 20:44:36
2 - Do Lord, oh do Lord, oh do remember me! :-)

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Written by: Angie at 2007/01/17 - 16:10:28
3 - Them there silly boys on the other side of Albany, Ky don’t know their Bible very well. They forgot the 2nd commandment and split the 9th to keep the number. This is done in no Bible but a similar thing is done in the Catholic catechism for obvious reasons where they don’t like to talk about “graven images” and such, so they split the 10th commandment to keep the number… go figure… Number 2 is as follows in the Bible:

#2 You shall not make for yourself an image, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, 6but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.

Maybe our brothers south of the border (of Kentucky, which is Injun for “land of tomorrow”) should have written it as such:

#2 "No whittling yourself a statue to take a hankerin after and bowing down to it and such…"

Also, Honor your Father and your Mother is actually the fifth commandment and not the 2nd!

The “Do not use the name of the Lord in vain” should be the 3rd

“No telling tales, etc…” is actually the 9th commandment, “you shall not bear false witness.” The Tennesseans seem to have repeated this one in their 8th commandment which says to “watch yer mouth.”

Also their 9th commandment (don’t take what ain’t yers) should actually be the 8th commandment, “Thou shalt not steal”.

Finally, I guess the 10th commandment is OK.

Their “Now that's kinda plain an' simple, don't ya think?” ain’t so plain and simple after all, but I will agree with their “Y'all have a nice day”

Yours very truly,
Larry L. Thrasher, author and Bible enthusiast

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Written by: Larry Thrasher at 2007/01/23 - 13:07:22
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4 - Sorry Larrry, some how I miss your comment until now. Thanks for setin them Tennessee boys straight, some ofum seem to be able to shoot straight at a rabbit, but get kinda side ways on the Word. (Comment this)

Written by: Lee Hodges at 2007/01/25 - 10:36:24
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