I got this in an email and thought it was funny… though I do tire of the “redneck” assumptions people make about us southerners… :)

Maybe this is the way to teach the 10 Commandments today! Maybe then people would “get it” and it wouldn’t be construed as ‘religious ed’.

Tennessee Ten Commandments

Some people in Tennessee have trouble with all those “shalls” and “shall nots” in the Ten commandments. Folks just aren’t used to talking in those terms. So, some folks in middle Tennessee got together and translated the “King James” into ” Jackson County ” language…. no joke, read on…

The Hillbilly’s Ten Commandments (posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Gainesb or o , TN. )

(1) Just one God
(2) Hon or yer Ma & Pa
(3) No tellin’ tales or gossipin’
(4) Git yourself to Sunday meetin’
(5) P ut nothin’ bef or e God
(6) No foolin’ around with another fellow’s gal
(7) No killin’
(8) Watch yer mouth
(9) Don’t take what ain’t yers
(10) Don’t be hankerin’ f or yer buddy’s stuff

Now that’s kinda plain an’ simple, don’t ya think? Y’all have a nice day.