Before you answer, let me remind you of exactly what they are, since you might not have thought about them as readily as when they were drummed into your noggin as a petulant child.

Here goes:

1. You shall have no other gods before Me.

2. "You shall not make for yourself a carved image," blah blah, "you shall not bow down to them nor serve them," blah blah.

3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

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We're all going to hell, kids!

And in my case it's OK, because a whole slew of washed-up sitcom and sketch-comedy "stars" have said I'm going there already, in a first-class seat.

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That's the contention of gay-rights activist and religion scholar Jay Michaelson, whose new book, God vs. Gay? The Religious Case for Equality, makes some startling arguments that will have the Bible-thumpers turning into pillars of opened tea bags.

Says the book:

"The Hebrew bible and the New Testament both emphasize the importance of love, compassion, and equality.

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A new book called Revealing the Unspeakable Bible Verses by Earl Ponder looks at the discrepancies and inconsistencies in the Holy Books, which are filled with really powerful stuff -- unless you keep reading and find a mass of contradictions and "Huh?" moments that seem to turn the previous passages into pillars of salt.

And salt can cause high blood pressure!

Writes Ponder:

"If the God of the Bible created male and female in his image, why should God have hatred against homosexuals?

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Get down on bended knee, cross yourself, light a candle, throw some garlic, and then click here for my new column, in which I list all the reasons religion makes me queasy, written as I prayed for forgiveness out of the side of my gay-theistic mouth.

This is the latest in my ecology-polluting "Why I Hate ..." series, and it may be the most vivid, controversial, and somehow lovable one of all.

You may well be horrified by this one -- it gets really dirty and personal -- but feel free to confess afterward to ensure your berth on a cumulus cloud of hope and glory.

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... seeing as the clues culled from the Bible amounted to a hill of horse manure ...

can we please now ...

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It isn't that the world is ending tomorrow at 6 p.m. I'm at peace with that, if it's God's will.

It isn't even that I'm going to miss the ending of a movie on TCM.

It's this:

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...really feels the power of praise music.

You have to watch this to disbelieve it.

They're brainwashing them younger and younger these days.

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Praising Jesus doesn't necessarily mean he'll help you find all the notes, but there's something touchingly sincere about this ragged and desperate performance of a spiritual, done in a church in the deep South.

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via TowlerRoad

This is even more scandaloso than the rumors about Larry King and the wife's sister.

A fully erect crucifix in an Oklahomo--I mean Oklahoma--church is getting extreme reactions from parishioners (some of whom have become ex parishioners).

This thing puts the "erection" back in resurrection.

It proves that Christ may have been nailed, but honey, he could easily have nailed you too.

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