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xiphiasI think it would be very interesting to have a polling firm do the following poll, throughout the United States. Two questions, but the second one would be a bit long:
1. With the caveat that you might be able to see exceptions in some cases, do you, on the whole, come closer to supporting or opposing the display of the Ten Commandments in public, not-overtly-religious buildings such as courthouses, town halls, or schools, and the like?
2. Please name as many of the Ten Commandments as you can.
Question 2 would be scored from 0 to, oh, about 14 or so, with half-points given for partial credit. The reason for going over 10 would be for people who could name multiple versions of commandments, including the "keep" and "remember" distinction in the commandment of the Sabbath, and between the Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish versions. Actually, perhaps one would want to score from -1 to 14, to cover people who list things that aren't in the Ten Commandments, such as "Love thy neighbor".
I hypothesize that there would be no correlation between the "support" or "oppose" answer, and how many they could name. And that the average number would be somewhere around 2.
1. With the caveat that you might be able to see exceptions in some cases, do you, on the whole, come closer to supporting or opposing the display of the Ten Commandments in public, not-overtly-religious buildings such as courthouses, town halls, or schools, and the like?
2. Please name as many of the Ten Commandments as you can.
Question 2 would be scored from 0 to, oh, about 14 or so, with half-points given for partial credit. The reason for going over 10 would be for people who could name multiple versions of commandments, including the "keep" and "remember" distinction in the commandment of the Sabbath, and between the Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish versions. Actually, perhaps one would want to score from -1 to 14, to cover people who list things that aren't in the Ten Commandments, such as "Love thy neighbor".
I hypothesize that there would be no correlation between the "support" or "oppose" answer, and how many they could name. And that the average number would be somewhere around 2.
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Date: 2006-09-08 05:09 pm (UTC)How many can I name? Well, in no order...
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.
Thou shall remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.
Thou shall have no other gods before Me.
I can't remember if adultery is seperate from "covet thy neighbor's wife" and if graven images and "name of the Lord in vain" are part of "no other gods", seperate commandments, or elsewhere in the Bible.
If one really wanted to list basic Christian laws, it would be "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind" and "Love thy neighbor as yourself".