Texting – I both love it and hate it. It’s great to communicate quickly and instantly. But the spartan format creates plenty of opportunity for misinterpretation.
These Ten Commandments posted on McSweeneys are a humorous look at both God’s hard and fast rules and the language of texting.
God texts the Ten Commandments
By Jamie Quatro
1. no1 b4 me. srsly.
2. dnt wrshp pix/idols
3. no omg’s
4. no wrk on w/end (sat 4 now; sun l8r)
5. pos ok – ur m&d r cool
6. dnt kill ppl
7. :-X only w/ m8
8. dnt steal
9. dnt lie re: bf
10. dnt ogle ur bf’s m8. or ox. or dnkey. myob.
M, pls rite on tabs & giv 2 ppl.
ttyl, JHWH.
ps. wwjd?
And the Lord said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: You saw for yourselves that I spoke to you from heaven.” Exodus 20:22
