In Reply to: The 10 Commandments according to Moses David posted by poster on January 11, 2003 at 19:42:11:
Very good humor! I love it! You're right that Berg had a twisted way of saying that the Ten Commandments were no longer in force in this age of grace. For example, how can you say, "Thou shalt not kill" no longer applies? But all Berg could say was, "Well, just love and you'll obey the law." But he was sure quick to throw out "Thou shalt not commit adultery" as you pointed out. In fact, I'll have to agree with you that he actually threw out "Thou shalt not kill" and "Thou shalt not bear false witness" as well.
I think what he really did was just throw a camoflague blanket over the ten commandments, then when you couldn't see what he was doing, he got under that blanket and tinkered with them, kept the ones that were useful and chucked out the rest. Pretty darn clever "red herring" tactic.
Actually, I think if Berg had ten commandments, they would have to be these:
1) Thou shalt never doubt that Berg is the anointed David, the prophet of the end. Thou shalt be sent to a victor camp if thou doubtest.
2) Thou shalt tithe 10%. No, I mean, thou shalt tithe 14%.
3) Thou shalt hate the backslider. Thou shalt pray for his death and burn his photos. Thou shalt hate thy parents thy children and especially hate thine own despicable, worthless self, thou lowly turd.
4) Thou shalt forsake thy children to the cult and let them be mercilessly disciplined while thou sayest naught. In so doing thou mayest be spared, lest thy leaders say, "Truly this child's deeds shew forth the iniquity of the parents." Therefore shalt thou let thy children be beat, and thou say nothing.
5) Thou shalt have sex with whomever thy leaders sayest thou oughtest to lay. Thou shalt not have sex with whomever they forbid. Thou shalt forsake the wife of thy youth if they so will.
6) Thou shalt lie to thy provisioning contacts, thou shalt lie to the police, thou shalt lie to thy parents, thou shalt like to the Romans, for they are not worthy of the truth. Thou shalt lie till thy face turneth blue and the shew of thy countenance doth witness against thee.
7) Thou shalt smile when thou readest of Berg's rantings and sexual misadventures. Verily thou shalt say, "How revolutionary the king is!" Truly, if he is to walk naked before thee, thou art to praise the Emperor's lovely clothes.
8) Thou shalt say "I rebuke you Day-vil" when your conscience tells you something is wrong about Dad or the Family. for thy mind is the Day-vil's workshop. what the hell doeth thou with an worshop in thine head anyway. Wouldst thou be like unto the straw man in the Wizard of Oz, with his head full of sawdust?
9) If thou leavest the Family, thou shalt condemn thyself in thine heart, yea, thou shalt be less than the dust and mire of the street under the holy feet of the loyal 110%ers. Thou shalt lick their boots as thou lickest thy wounds and say, "None hath abused me, verily I deserved it all."
10) Thou shalt flush thine very brains down the toilet that thou mayest have unquestioning obedience.