If God Text Messaged the 10 Commandments

Posted by John Saddington on Jun 4, 2009

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What if God had text messaged the 10 Commandments?

It might look like this [Originally from Jamie Quatro]:

no1 b4 me. srsly.
dnt wrshp pix/idols
no omg’s
no wrk on w/end (sat 4 now; sun l8r)
pos ok – ur m&d r cool
dnt kill ppl
:-X only w/ m8
dnt steal
dnt lie re: bf
dnt ogle ur bf’s m8. or ox. or dnkey. myob.

M, pls rite on tabs & giv 2 ppl.

ttyl, JHWH.

ps. wwjd?

[HT: McSweeney, Image from You-Did]

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28 Responses to “If God Text Messaged the 10 Commandments”

stephenbateman
Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 10:19 pm
FTW! haha
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JakeSchwein
Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 10:25 pm
HAHAHA
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dgoepfrich
Friday, June 5, 2009 at 2:34 am
Right on!
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Cheryl Smith
Friday, June 5, 2009 at 2:46 am
Fantastic!
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Mighty
Friday, June 5, 2009 at 3:58 am
really cute!
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Daniel Decker
Friday, June 5, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Classic!
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Julie Gillies
Friday, June 5, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Love it. Will be showing my teen daughter.
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- human3rror
  Friday, June 5, 2009 at 1:41 pm
  sweet!
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Michael
Friday, June 5, 2009 at 1:49 pm
The youth at my church loved this. We have a no-cell-phones rule on mission trips but I'm thinking we can lighten up on that if we can get them to text stuff like this.
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- human3rror
  Friday, June 5, 2009 at 1:52 pm
  make it an activity… that would be sweet!
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  - Michael
    Monday, June 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm
    Not a bad idea! I can just picture friends of our youth getting random texts out of nowhere.
    "dnt ogle ur bf’s m8. or ox. or dnkey. myob."
    I have to admit, I had to look up what "myob" means!
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    - human3rror
      Monday, June 8, 2009 at 2:04 pm
      
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Vince
Monday, June 8, 2009 at 5:59 am
This is a really great top ten list, No OMGs is my favorite. Anyone can post their own list to our site http://www.toptentopten.com/. The coolest feature is you can let other people vote on the rankings of your list.
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Jamie Quatro
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 2:43 am
Hi there, John Saddington – I'm the original author of the "God Texts" list (McSweeney's 6/3/09). I noticed you linked McSweeney's, but the way you've reposted the piece (your title 'If God Texted…" with byline citing your name immediately following), it might appear to the unwitting, un-tech-savvy visitor that you are crediting yourself as author. A number of church websites/blogs are now citing you as the originator of the piece. Hate to make a fuss, but would you mind making a correction to the byline? Because this list has literally taken off all over the web, I'm having to deal with copyright infringement laws. Thanks so much, John. All best, Jamie Quatro
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- human3rror
  Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 2:54 am
  Jamie,
  That is the author link for the blog post, which has nothing to do with the citation. ChurchCrunch is a multi-author blog, and our usage is typical and standard. You are given the \”HT\” at the end which sports a direct link to your original post. I have seen many links that reference back to your original work as well. I will add some more copy in addition to the text link at the end for clarification.
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Jamie Quatro
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Many thanks, John, and sorry for the confusion! All best, jq
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- human3rror
  Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 5:30 pm
  It honestly would have been nice without all the \”threatening law suit\” stuff. there's some great material for you to read about attribution, etc, which I fulfilled.
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