------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt"
"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris
December 08, 2018, 01:01 PM
Greymann
"More bricks, Less straw"
December 08, 2018, 01:01 PM
mr kablammo
Hmmm, I need to see all of TC. I have only seen the ending, wherest Moses and the Levites did NOT slay the worshippers of the golden calf. The alternative ending bummed me out. That, and losing five of the Commandments.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre.
December 08, 2018, 01:05 PM
ensigmatic
This seems to be a trick question. I hardly think an atheist would be inclined to watch The Ten Commandments
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
December 08, 2018, 01:19 PM
SSgt USMC/Vet
Sethi: The man best able to rule Egypt will follow me. I owe that to my fathers, not to my sons.
My pick due to the atheist's 8th commandment. I didn't know they had commandments which is :We have the responsibility to consider others, including future generations.
December 08, 2018, 01:19 PM
12131
quote:
Originally posted by ensigmatic: This seems to be a trick question. I hardly think an atheist would be inclined to watch The Ten Commandments
No tricks. Let's say, if an atheist did watch the movie, which line, when he saw, would he say to himself, "Yeah, you got that right, brother."
Q
December 08, 2018, 01:39 PM
redleg2/9
"Oh, Moses, Moses, you stubborn, splendid, adorable fool!" Nefretiri
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“Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot. . .” – Napoleon Bonaparte
Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys
343 - Never Forget
Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat
There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive.
December 08, 2018, 01:50 PM
46and2
Having never once believed in any gods or supernatural entities as we commonly know of the idea, from my earliest childhood memories to now (late 40s), I've never met a more atheist person than myself, fwiw, only ones of equal or similar measure.
That said, I grew up in a Baptist family and had a grandfather who was a preacher, and have been to church tons, of several denominations, especially as a child and early teen, and nothing bad ever happened or anything like that, and I'm more well versed in Christianity and the Bible than many followers I've met.
Regardless - various commandments are useful ideas as are other bits from the Bible and such. And I haven't seen the movie in many years so I don't recall any particular quotes.
But good advice is good advice (see The Golden Rule), whether from Aliens or humans or anywhere else.
Or is there some joke or specific point you had in mind?
December 08, 2018, 01:59 PM
Ozarkwoods
“Hear me, oh hear me, all to heed the Lord, the Lord Jehova has given onto thee these fifteen, oy, these Ten Commandments for all to obey”
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
December 08, 2018, 03:28 PM
12131
quote:
Originally posted by 46and2: Or is there some joke or specific point you had in mind?
Again, no jokes or tricks or motives. Interesting things just popped into my head.
The scene on the balcony where the high priest said to Rameses that the people have turned from the gods.
Rameses barked back:
quote:
What gods?
You prophets and priests made the gods that you may prey upon the fears of men.
When the Nile ran red, I, too, was afraid, until word came of a mountain beyond the cataracts which spewed red mud and poisoned the water.
Was it the staff I gave you that caused all this?
Was it the wonder of your god that fish should die and frogs should leave the waters?
Was it a miracle that flies and lice should bloat upon their carrion and spread disease in both man and beast?
These things were ordered by themselves, and not by any god.
Q
December 08, 2018, 03:48 PM
armedprof
An athiest would most like the disclosure at the very end of the credits.
"The events depicted in this movie are fictitious. Any similarity to any person living or dead is merely coincidental."
Do I win?
Do, Or do not. There is no try.
December 08, 2018, 04:00 PM
nhtagmember
I've seen it twice
nice cinematography for its era
great work of fiction
[B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC
December 08, 2018, 04:06 PM
copaup
"Let my people go."
December 09, 2018, 01:59 PM
skonie
“Ambition knows no father.”
December 13, 2018, 08:51 PM
mr kablammo
That the gods can digest will not sour in the belly of a slave.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre.
December 13, 2018, 09:16 PM
Hobbs
December 13, 2018, 09:23 PM
RHINOWSO
Nice story, very imaginative
December 14, 2018, 11:44 AM
flesheatingvirus
quote:
Originally posted by 46and2: I've never met a more atheist person than myself, fwiw, only ones of equal or similar measure.
Oh, I didn’t know we competed over this. I am sooooooo much more atheist than you.
I’ve always liked that movie and often watch it when it airs on Easter. There are too many good quotes to pick one.
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-- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. --