Sunday, 24 June 2007

The Ten Hairy Commandments

These were on a bag containing hair care products.
1. Thou shalt not mistreat thy hair;
2. Thou shalt not seek unqualified advice;
3. Thou shalt not envy thy sisters' perm;
4. Thou shalt not use inferior products;
5. Honour thy follicles;
6. Thou shalt not let thy mother cut thy hair;
7. Thou shalt not use a laundry iron to straighten thy hair;
8. Keep thy styling products sacred;
9. Thou shalt not use tacky hair accessories;
10. Worship thy hair.

This is the genuine article from Exodus 20:1-17
1) "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
2) "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,"
3) "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain;"
4) "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy."
5) "Honor thy father and thy mother:"
6) "Thou shalt not kill."
7) "Thou shalt not commit adultery"
8) "Thou shalt not steal."
9) "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor."
10) "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house,.....nor anything that is thy neighbor's

I remember Tony Campolo's take on a few of these:
1. There are no other gods, I'm it!
2. I don't do photo's;
3. Don't mess with my name;
4. Saturday, be in church!
5. Be good to your mum and dad;
and so on. I can't remember them all. One day I will dig out the sermon.
I happen to think in my not some humble opinion that they are more important today than when they were written all those century's ago.
I find it rather amazing that people have got to question every law that God gives. If one will take the time to sit down and think about it, all God laws make logical sense, even those that don't seem to.
Take this one for example. After the birth of a child a woman was considered to be unclean and so had so many days of separation. That, at face value is so cruel that it isn't funny. Not so! Think on it a wee while. A woman needs time to bond with her baby, to establish things like breast feeding and so on. She also needs time away from the constant demands of a husband. Does it make more sense now? Apply this to the rest and see what you come up with. Have a look in Leviticus and see what you find.
As you go, apply one rule of thumb. God is Holy and Pure. God's design should never be tampered with. If we do, we do so at our peril.
And for those who consider that the house wife should be "bare foot and pregnant in the kitchen", go read Proverbs 31. You are in for a shock. Just read it and accept what it says at face value.

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