The Ten Commandments: an update.

 Here's a short form of the original ten.

John 2.2: Okay, I talked with God and the first four went first. The rest got a bit of tidying up too.

Here they are:

1. Who you choose as a god, if you need one, will depend on where you were born. That's all fine. If you don't need one, that's even better.
2. Stay away from guns and other weapons of destruction.
3. Treat everyone's name with respect.
4. Help people where you can and try to understand their plight.
5. Honour everyone but watch out for imbeciles. The world has had enough martyrs.
6. Don't harm others, physically or mentally.
7. If you're in a relationship, be a good, kind and sympathetic partner.
8. Don't take stuff that does not belong to you.
9. Don't make up things about other people.
10. You don't need a lot of stuff to be happy.

I don't want to get commercial but I'd like to thank Richard's Bass Bag* for bringing this 3rd Testament to you. God is grateful too. God was a little embarrassed by the first four original commandments and admitted having written them after a few wines. The new 10 Commandments will certainly work better for the 21st Century.

* the original bass bagging site