June 19, 2007
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10 Commandments of Driving
The Vatican issued the “Ten Commandments” for drivers.
This is not a joke. Here are the “Ten Commandments:”
1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others.
Here is the link: Link
Is it making light of the original Ten Commandments for the Vatican to come up with the Ten Commandments of driving?
Comments (105)
It’s not really worded in a mocking way, so I guess not.
is this for real?!
Are these inspired? Very interesting.
too strict
Nah… but I wonder why they feel it is thier responsibility to do so?
I think so.
No.. I personally laughed at # 5.
Whoever wrote these has never been to Boston.
Maybe, I’m not really sure…
I don’t like them……
well it’s not like people followed the original ten commandments anyways.
They honestly just need one…
“Thou shalt have common sense”…
*sigh*
Bloody Christians.
11: Thou shalt not compensate for a small penis by buying a large SUV.
I think that using the term “ten Commandments” is fine – it draws your attention back to the “original” 10 commandments as well…
..though I can’t recall all of them at the moment!
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I dunno.
I was surprised that the Vatican would make light of the 10 Commandments.
11: Thou shalt not compensate for a small penis by buying a large SUV.
Hahaha. That made my day, really.
silly
I like it. Hahaha
. But I doubt that it’s for real.
Kinda.
No bad list…
I like them but it is a little weird. Those are life lessons that parents should be teaching to their children. Not just for driving, for lots of situations.
it’s not like they’re mocking the originals, or anything
besides, what they’ve come up with is, in all actuality, just plain decency
um..what does the vatican have to do with driving? did someone almost run over the pope so he felt like he had to come up with this list?
amanda
silly catholics…always coming up with new rules
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
Liberating experience of forgiveness?! That made me laugh!
Instead of adding “rules to live by” [or in this case drive by] how about the Catholics just let the Bible speak for itself? I see nothing in these “commandments” that is not already accounted for in the Bible. Except maybe the “don’t let the young and elderly drive” one, which is just common sense. #4 borders on heresy… “especially victims of accidents”… it should say “especially those who can’t return the favor” like it says in the BIBLE!
I think when the Vatican chooses to follow the ten commandments and get their shit together then I would take these ten seriously…
One could say it demonstrates how out of touch the vatican is. To little too late, it’s not all or nothing, we are either in the dark ages or we are not.
I don’t like it.
There are technically only 9, one and two are pretty redundant, worded so that they are just barely not the same thing.
Psh, The Vatican can do things like that if they wanted. If I got news stories in e-mails, this one would be deleted with little interest
just a bit.
i think so. this is pretty dumb.
Uh..
Does killing cover squirrels?
Nice suggestions.
wow you had me right up until the end of #5!!
and whew glad there was no mention of applying make up while driving!
Yeah, I heard that on the radio this morning. They are nice thoughts, but I think the pope’s hat is getting a bit big to start issuing commandments.
I’m not catholic anyway, so it doesn’t really matter to me. I just think it’s rather pompous. ~g~
I can’t believe it’s for real. It seems pretty weird to me.
As long as I can read my bible while driving I’m okay with it.
i definitely laughed when i saw it on my online paper this morning.
i can agree that all drivers should practice courtesy on the road– we have enough commandments though— i only go by 2: love God with your all, and love your neighbor as yourself…. that’s all there is to it… the rest is legalism
Well, the Bible makes it clear that there is no way us humans can keep the Ten Commandments, and I know a few who WON’T.
But really, people do have different personalities when they get behind a wheel.
I think this is funny. . .
but it’s catchy.
That’s all that matters in this age, right?
At least people will walk away remembering “the ten car commandments” even if they don’t recall what they all are (I mean, how many people can actually tell you what all ten of the commandments are? And how many actually care?)
no but it seems entirely unnecesary. Understanding the spirit of the Law brings these ideas to light anyway
I think they’re kind of nice. I mean people make their own ten commandments of really dumb stuff. At least this one is about something positive.
How could it be bad?
personally, i think it’s a step in the right direction. i’ve always thought the catholic cult should stop taking itself so seriously.
Yeah, it kind of is.
I actually think it is pretty important at this time, so for once, I will agree with the popester.
uh, was it really necessary to make this?
RYC: I thought it was just worse when it’s someone in the family. You believe you can trust this person more than life its self but being backstabbed like this is just pathetic
Yeah, I think so. And RYC, it wasn’t a relay! Run 2 miles, bike 10, then run two more miles. All by myself! Relay is for people who can’t make the long haul. Rar.
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it does seem rather silly
bit strange
hahah
that’s so random and funny. thanks for a good laugh.
I don’t know that it makes light of the real 10 commandments. Ten’s just an easy number.
The point was to raise awareness. It obviously worked since we are all talking about it. Everyone is just a hater.
RYC: Nope, actually, I wrote it myself this morning.
I’ll take it as a compliment.
sheesh. I’m going to say that it IS making light of the original ones. The original ten cover anything you could possibly do while driving.
superevilpoptart64…you are a genius!
thats the funniest thing ive ever heard
I don’t think that there is anything unacceptable in this list. In fact, it is much more tolerable than the original list…..
Doesn’t the Vatican have more important issues to concentrate on than driving? Ecumenicism, for example, or priests with pedophilia?
Hey, whatever helps with keeping all the wacko, SUV driving, crazy people off my street!
Straight from the horses mouth… I must abide.
what do u see in this (left) picture?
what did they so bad?
their faces are not distinguishable, one arm over there, one leg they don’t know where it went.
they die from hunger, when we die from eating too much.
are you disgusted by their blown – up bodies?
if so, then you are the one disgusting and pathetic by rejecting them.
I expect them to be kept as inconsistently as the original ten.
Well… did god speak to him directly and tell him the commandments?
(sarcasm)
On any given Sunday morning you can see at least five of those commandments being broken by people driving to mass at any of the Catholic churches near my house. I have witnessed four of the remaining five commandments being broken by parishioners at the Catholic Church I was raised in.
In other words, the church has a long way to go on this one issue and I think there are other issues that their time would be better spent on.
I excluded number 8 from the count because I am not 100% sure that I have witnessed the breaking of that one.
I don’t think it’s really making light. Maybe misrepresenting the authority of these commandments.
And I’m surprised speeding wasn’t listed.
Nah, but they need to lighten up a bit anyway.
Nah, but they need to lighten up a bit anyway.
Anything to make a buck.
Well, since most people don’t follow the 10 commandments – what makes them think they will follow these 10 commandements? Personally, I think it’s moking the 10 commandments and I don’t like it.
no, wait. I change my words. not moking… what I meant to say was it gives less credit to the 10 commandments, therefore people won’t take it as seriously. forget I said the word moking. that’s not the word I wanted to use.
im curious what is “the more vulnerable party”?
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As long as we get to pick the ones we will obey. . .
It’s a spoof on the original ten commandments, but I don’t think it in any way denigrates or makes light of them. It just shows that the Vatican wants people to think ethically when behind the wheel. It’s a rather narrow topic for a list of commandments, so maybe we have even more Top-10 Commandment lists to look forward to (or dread).
well, i was going to run down my neighbor’s daughter because she let her goddam basketball go in my yard AGAIN, but i guess since the pope told me not to i’ll try to avoid it. and that WOULD be totally blasphemous but it came from the vatican which means it is god’s word.
I think it is funny. Lmao.
This is interesting. . .and totally bizarre. What happened to that verse about not adding to or taking away from Scripture?
Some of those are goods points, but I don’t nessasaraly agree with making a ‘Ten Commandments for Driving’. Its a little silly.
lame
No. People make their own “10 commandments” all the fricking time. It’s no big deal. Why do we even care what the pope does anyway?
Most of these commandments are laughable, they are either too vague or too obvious.
People have been mocking The Ten Commandments for years… it’s a little different coming from the Vatican.. but I don’t think it’s making light of the actual Commandments any more than anyone else.
The Vatican perverted all of Christianity by twisting its teaching to aid its own power trip, so why discuss trivialities?
Maybe they should have stuck to “Dave’s Top Ten List”?
ookk….weird.
Perhaps they were only trying to emulate a supposedly divine pattern? I’m hoping it shows the Catholic religion is becoming more progressive. Maybe they’ll authorize birth control soon…
At my old Army reserve battallion, we had a “The Ten Commandments of Civil Affairs” listed. I don’t think it was blasphemous, it just put good information in an easily recognizable form. The only one I can remember is, “Thou shalt not promise anything.” “Anything” was underlined, which, as far as I know, even god never bothered to do, so it may have been a bit of an improvement.
*tsk tsk tsk*
Better than naught else, I guess….
Peace
I think it’s silly. I think we (including the church) should concentrate on adhereing to the original 10
I do drive an SUV but my reasons for doing so rest in the fact that I am disabled after 20+ years of rheumatoid arthritis and can no longer fold myself into a car that I would much prefer to drive. Even the lowly Camry (my wife drives it) is too much for me to fold myself into and out of on a daily basis. Would I love to drive a Mini Cooper instead? You bet. Prius? you bet. Out of the question. Thanks for reading.
Meh. I think it’s kinda stupid myself, but whether or not it’s making light of the BIG TEN is related to their motive (which I imagine is positive).
I hate how the ten commandments are hyper-venerated by everybody and their brother. Y’know, Christians aren’t Jewish.
It’s not mocking, and they are good ideas. But for some reason I can’t put my finger on, I still find it a bit strange.
Hell yes! I’m surprised at the Vatican. They made me laugh – and not bitterly. Props.
I like number 8. It made me giggle.
haha good!
I think it’s good reminders, and it shows they have a sense of humor
Don’t think it is making light of them…
I don’t listen to ANYTHING the Vatican or the pope (I’m not even going to give him a capital “p”) says. Apostate religion.
“5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.”
Noo…but me wants a Lamborghini to show how specials mes is…(oh, yeah, I’m reaaallll special -.-”).
I don’t think it’s making light, I just think it’s pointless.
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I’ve seen Italians drive — they need all the prayers they can get….