You are no God

This guy was one of the G-20 protesters on the streets today. He went by the name of "Uncle Dewey." I ran into him on Penn Avenue after a large protest group was broken up by police on Penn and 40th.

I asked him why his sign said "We are all Gods and Goddesses," and his response kind of baffled me.

"It's from the first commandment," he said.

"Well, actually the first commandment says 'You shall have no other gods before Me,'" I told him.

"That's from the old scriptures. I mean the one that goes, 'You are one with your neighbors.' You know? We're all equal. Or maybe it goes, 'Love your neighbor for he is you.'"

Maybe he was referring to the great commandment, as told by Jesus in Matthew 22:36-39 ...

‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

So either way, the protester botched it up on various levels.