Topic: COMMANDMENT-biased?
sailorboy4u's photo
Tue 03/23/10 03:42 AM
Why only " thou shall not covet thy neighbors wife" why not also "thou shall not covet thy neighbors husband"....Is it because men are basically naughty while women are basically innocent?

Ted14621's photo
Tue 03/23/10 05:25 AM
Because a man wrote the commandments.

Quietman_2009's photo
Tue 03/23/10 06:41 AM
"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ***, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's."

there is more to it than just the wife. it applies to your neighbor's anything

TBRich's photo
Tue 03/23/10 11:50 AM
I will admit to coveting my neighbor's a$$

CowboyGH's photo
Tue 03/23/10 03:34 PM
That is because men are basically the leaders. And are suppose to lead a godly life be an example of how to live. It goes God, Jesus, Man, Woman, Child. It's set up this way because if Jesus does what God says to do and man does what Jesus says to do, the woman does what the man says to do and the child does as the woman says to do. If this is done, then the woman and child would be doing as God says to do. The bible tells the man to charish his woman and treat her as himself, because when two are married they become as one. So even on that note, when two are married them being one, when the bible tells man to not do something would also be tell the woman cause they are one.

markumX's photo
Fri 03/26/10 02:31 AM
the original texts didn't specify wife or husband but read the equiv. to spouse. It was changed with the KJV just like they changed just about the whole doctrine to fit their agenda...(they being catholics)

CowboyGH's photo
Fri 03/26/10 08:42 AM

the original texts didn't specify wife or husband but read the equiv. to spouse. It was changed with the KJV just like they changed just about the whole doctrine to fit their agenda...(they being catholics)


would you be kind enough to enlighten me with a way to look this up and read up on it? Would be interesting.

AdventureBegins's photo
Fri 03/26/10 08:47 AM


the original texts didn't specify wife or husband but read the equiv. to spouse. It was changed with the KJV just like they changed just about the whole doctrine to fit their agenda...(they being catholics)


would you be kind enough to enlighten me with a way to look this up and read up on it? Would be interesting.

Torah...

Original text used to build the 'bible' (old testement) that was translated into the other bible (current 1000's of versions).

Many translators that you can download for free exist on the web.

You might be quite suprised at how large is the change in meaning when one mistranslates and single verb.

msharmony's photo
Fri 03/26/10 01:12 PM

"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ***, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's."

there is more to it than just the wife. it applies to your neighbor's anything


not to mention,, that women were FAR too busy to even have the TIME to be thinking about being a 'helpmate' to a second man,,lol

but men, would have benefitted from as many 'helpmates' as possible,, including their neighbors

CatsLoveMe's photo
Fri 03/26/10 01:44 PM

Why only " thou shall not covet thy neighbors wife" why not also "thou shall not covet thy neighbors husband"....Is it because men are basically naughty while women are basically innocent?


If you believe that, I have some Oceanfront property in Arizona you might be interested in.laugh