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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS JUDGE: The Story of Roy Moore. Jr. in King James English
No other man in recent American History has captured the attention and love of this nation's Christians, the way Roy Moore, Jr. has. He has been rightly compared to Daniel in the Holy Bible for refusing to bow to any authority he believes wrong. And though his beliefs have cost him his position as the Chief Justice of Alabama's Supreme Court, he remains unbowed and unbeaten. Now, as the people of Alabama again get ready to elect a new Governor, all eyes are upon this man, for a great many people desire him to be their next Governor, and it is believed he will run for and win that high office.This book tells his life story in a very unique way-in King James English. For his is a modern day story that could easily have happened in Biblical Times. Roy Moore, Jr. was born into poverty, struggled and succeeded in rising out of it, and has never ran from a physical or religious or political fight in all his life. Facing incredible odds, he failed, failed again, and then rose to become the highest Judge in the State of Alabama, only to have it stripped from him in a trial filled with political intrigue. Not only is he as Daniel in the lions den, he is as David alone against the dangerous giants of the Alabama political machines. This is his story, told in the simple, beautiful language of the King James Bible-the greatest book ever written.
180 pages, Paperback
First published July 4, 2005
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December 4, 2014
This is fantastic! I'm the first one to read, rate, and review this book on Goodreads. Which is wonderful because it sucks so bad!
To quote what the author calls the "greatest book ever written",
It's too bad he deifies the King James Bible and Judge Roy Moore. Even if Moore didn't have a direct hand in getting this written, if I had been him, I wouldn't let something like this be released.
Note that the author doesn't call the Bible the greatest book ever written; he calls the King James Bible the greatest book ever written.
And his whole purpose is to write the story of Judge Roy Moore in the same language and format as the King James Bible.
Because Judge Moore needs a book about him comparable to the book that to Christians is about God. But it's not so bad as that...the rest of the book just compares Moore to Jesus, not God.
Of course, this is 92 books instead of the proper 66 in the King James Bible. (Or 80 if you count the 14 in the Apocrypha.)
And, it's an arrogant little piece of tripe. So, Judge Roy Moore, while simultaneously walking on the Constitution, giving Christians a bad name, and suggesting all other religions are not deserving of Freedom of Religion, is worthy of a biography written to look like the King James Bible? Whoever thought this was a good idea doesn't know *their* Bible. I'm sorry. It's just so frustrating for me, being a Christian and an American, to see someone suggest that Freedom of Religion means that we, in our government, publicly support one religion to the exclusion of all others. It's disrespectful to other religions and other cultures, and that's decidedly anti-Christian. (And un-American.)
I can't support the deification of a human being that's not even a decent representative of the religion he (or is it "He") purports to practice.
I actually happened across this while perusing the library shelves for Caitlin Moran's fantastic How to Be a Woman . So you know where I'm coming from.
Let me see if I can summarize some of my favorite books in this Bible (or biography). Like the Bible, this book is broken up into separate books, further divided into chapters and verses. (Keep in mind I'm not making any of this up.)
Book 2, The Book of the High Judges and the Babe within the Womb starts out decrying the separation of church and state. Chapter 2, verse 9: "For it is mighty wrong." I get extremely frustrated to see all these Christians disliking freedom of religion. I do not get how people want to make freedom of religion in this country something only available to their own religion. Doesn't that totally defeat the purpose of America?
In Book 3 (The Book of the Child and the Bible), he compares Moore to Jesus, going to the house of the Lord as a child. And of course God rejoiced in this. I guess God must need Roy Moore, because He is not powerful enough to do anything on his own.
Book 4 shows how Moore completely contradicts the command of Jesus that if someone takes your coat give him your cloak too. Apparently, when he was a kid, some men try to steal some fish from him, and he stood up to them and they ran away. And that's good because the purpose that he was brought into God's kingdom was to break down the wall between church and state (The Book of the Boy and the Thieves 2:5).
But in Book 10: Lo, and a bunch of people stole food from Roy. (That's a paraphrase. Maybe I should do a "Message" version of this book. Below, actual quotes from the book are in quotation marks. My paraphrases are in italics.) That's weird. Who was stealing his food?
Book 11. And Roy learnt God's will in the square circle of the boxing match, teaching him to never give up!
Books 14-18. This is the best. And Roy was a soldier in the war, with many men under his command. And he witnessed a soldier overdosing on the dope. So he commanded his men to avoid the dope but they did not listen to him and conspired to kill him. But they could not because it was God's will that Roy should live. So Roy built a boxing ring and beat the crap out of the soldiers in his command as any good follower of Jesus would do.
Book 19. And Roy became a lawyer and sent lots of people to prison. For how else could we follow the commands of Jesus to visit those in prison lest they be put there in the first place.
Book 20. And Roy looked upon the stripper and wanted to take her as his wife. But, lo, it was not to be so. (I'm serious that that's what I think this means! The Book of the Music and the Dancer chapters 1 and 2, these are direct quotes: "...one evening there be much music and many dancers to content the people...But behold there be one dancer above all other.")
Book 21. And Roy had an epiphany that men only go to jail because they do not follow the 10 Commandments. WTF?
Book 23. And Roy saw the evil men of the law keeping people out of prison. And Roy said, "It should not be so that these men walk free. I will be sure to put them behind bars." Again, I think this is so Christians will have people to visit in prison.
He is truly a Christ figure in book 25. For the men of law and the judges were astonished by his strong words. And they conspired to his downfall, but God kept him safe, because he was perfect, and they could not set their hands against him.
Books 26-36 tell the story of God telling him to become a judge. Unfortunately, evil men stand against him, and he loses multiple elections. It's not until a standing judge dies and the governor appoints Moore that he actually becomes a judge. (And I think he finally marries that stripper from book 20! The Book of the Feast 2:10-11, "For once long ago he had seen her dance..." Too bad this edition isn't cross-referenced!)
Of course starting in Book 37, he is immediately "persecuted" for praying publicly. Ironically praying publicly in a government setting is both un-American (there shall be no preference of religion) and un-Christian (Jesus says not to pray publicly). But I guess Moore knows better than our founding fathers and Jesus. But he continues to be lifted up as a Christ figure in Books 37-53 since he is constantly being persecuted, while doing "no evil", not even "the smallest sin". There is even a shadowy Judas figure that stands against Jesus, I mean Moore, but we don't really get an idea of who he is.
It's in Book 54 that he becomes Chief Justice and commissions the 10 Commandments monument to be placed in the Alabama Supreme Court building. Books 54-72 highlight the events of Moore refusing to remove the monument ending in removal from his office. Of course, he is breaking US law, and God's law, but he is above both. Never does God tell us to use our power to force people to acknowledge Him. If that was the case, Jesus would have come with armies. But I guess Judge Roy Moore is the second coming of Jesus, and now he's going to use all his power to enforce the message of God.
This is just an atrocious train wreck.
And then, over and over, the book seems to paint Moore as a champion of the black community (who I assume he is referring to with constant references to "The Children of Africa"). Where is that? What is that about?
Highly not recommended. (You owe me one; I took this bullet for you.)
To quote what the author calls the "greatest book ever written",
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exodus 20:3
It's too bad he deifies the King James Bible and Judge Roy Moore. Even if Moore didn't have a direct hand in getting this written, if I had been him, I wouldn't let something like this be released.
Note that the author doesn't call the Bible the greatest book ever written; he calls the King James Bible the greatest book ever written.
And his whole purpose is to write the story of Judge Roy Moore in the same language and format as the King James Bible.
Because Judge Moore needs a book about him comparable to the book that to Christians is about God. But it's not so bad as that...the rest of the book just compares Moore to Jesus, not God.
Of course, this is 92 books instead of the proper 66 in the King James Bible. (Or 80 if you count the 14 in the Apocrypha.)
And, it's an arrogant little piece of tripe. So, Judge Roy Moore, while simultaneously walking on the Constitution, giving Christians a bad name, and suggesting all other religions are not deserving of Freedom of Religion, is worthy of a biography written to look like the King James Bible? Whoever thought this was a good idea doesn't know *their* Bible. I'm sorry. It's just so frustrating for me, being a Christian and an American, to see someone suggest that Freedom of Religion means that we, in our government, publicly support one religion to the exclusion of all others. It's disrespectful to other religions and other cultures, and that's decidedly anti-Christian. (And un-American.)
I can't support the deification of a human being that's not even a decent representative of the religion he (or is it "He") purports to practice.
I actually happened across this while perusing the library shelves for Caitlin Moran's fantastic How to Be a Woman . So you know where I'm coming from.
Let me see if I can summarize some of my favorite books in this Bible (or biography). Like the Bible, this book is broken up into separate books, further divided into chapters and verses. (Keep in mind I'm not making any of this up.)
Book 2, The Book of the High Judges and the Babe within the Womb starts out decrying the separation of church and state. Chapter 2, verse 9: "For it is mighty wrong." I get extremely frustrated to see all these Christians disliking freedom of religion. I do not get how people want to make freedom of religion in this country something only available to their own religion. Doesn't that totally defeat the purpose of America?
In Book 3 (The Book of the Child and the Bible), he compares Moore to Jesus, going to the house of the Lord as a child. And of course God rejoiced in this. I guess God must need Roy Moore, because He is not powerful enough to do anything on his own.
Book 4 shows how Moore completely contradicts the command of Jesus that if someone takes your coat give him your cloak too. Apparently, when he was a kid, some men try to steal some fish from him, and he stood up to them and they ran away. And that's good because the purpose that he was brought into God's kingdom was to break down the wall between church and state (The Book of the Boy and the Thieves 2:5).
But in Book 10: Lo, and a bunch of people stole food from Roy. (That's a paraphrase. Maybe I should do a "Message" version of this book. Below, actual quotes from the book are in quotation marks. My paraphrases are in italics.) That's weird. Who was stealing his food?
Book 11. And Roy learnt God's will in the square circle of the boxing match, teaching him to never give up!
Books 14-18. This is the best. And Roy was a soldier in the war, with many men under his command. And he witnessed a soldier overdosing on the dope. So he commanded his men to avoid the dope but they did not listen to him and conspired to kill him. But they could not because it was God's will that Roy should live. So Roy built a boxing ring and beat the crap out of the soldiers in his command as any good follower of Jesus would do.
Book 19. And Roy became a lawyer and sent lots of people to prison. For how else could we follow the commands of Jesus to visit those in prison lest they be put there in the first place.
Book 20. And Roy looked upon the stripper and wanted to take her as his wife. But, lo, it was not to be so. (I'm serious that that's what I think this means! The Book of the Music and the Dancer chapters 1 and 2, these are direct quotes: "...one evening there be much music and many dancers to content the people...But behold there be one dancer above all other.")
Book 21. And Roy had an epiphany that men only go to jail because they do not follow the 10 Commandments. WTF?
Book 23. And Roy saw the evil men of the law keeping people out of prison. And Roy said, "It should not be so that these men walk free. I will be sure to put them behind bars." Again, I think this is so Christians will have people to visit in prison.
He is truly a Christ figure in book 25. For the men of law and the judges were astonished by his strong words. And they conspired to his downfall, but God kept him safe, because he was perfect, and they could not set their hands against him.
Books 26-36 tell the story of God telling him to become a judge. Unfortunately, evil men stand against him, and he loses multiple elections. It's not until a standing judge dies and the governor appoints Moore that he actually becomes a judge. (And I think he finally marries that stripper from book 20! The Book of the Feast 2:10-11, "For once long ago he had seen her dance..." Too bad this edition isn't cross-referenced!)
Of course starting in Book 37, he is immediately "persecuted" for praying publicly. Ironically praying publicly in a government setting is both un-American (there shall be no preference of religion) and un-Christian (Jesus says not to pray publicly). But I guess Moore knows better than our founding fathers and Jesus. But he continues to be lifted up as a Christ figure in Books 37-53 since he is constantly being persecuted, while doing "no evil", not even "the smallest sin". There is even a shadowy Judas figure that stands against Jesus, I mean Moore, but we don't really get an idea of who he is.
It's in Book 54 that he becomes Chief Justice and commissions the 10 Commandments monument to be placed in the Alabama Supreme Court building. Books 54-72 highlight the events of Moore refusing to remove the monument ending in removal from his office. Of course, he is breaking US law, and God's law, but he is above both. Never does God tell us to use our power to force people to acknowledge Him. If that was the case, Jesus would have come with armies. But I guess Judge Roy Moore is the second coming of Jesus, and now he's going to use all his power to enforce the message of God.
This is just an atrocious train wreck.
And then, over and over, the book seems to paint Moore as a champion of the black community (who I assume he is referring to with constant references to "The Children of Africa"). Where is that? What is that about?
Highly not recommended. (You owe me one; I took this bullet for you.)
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