Thou
shalt never increase thy Gravitational Potential Energy.
Thou
shalt not decrease thy mass, for then thou shalt surely decrease the Force of
Gravity upon you.
In
every city, one person shall make a Sacred Hole, which shall be lined with
concrete. Any person who makes such a Hole shall be innocent of the sin of doing
work against Gravity.
Thou
shalt drop heretics into Sacred Holes.
Thou
shalt not live in any building which hath more than one floor.
All
descendants of the Original Gravitists shall be members of the Clergy, and they
shall be called High Priest and High Priestess.
The
following creatures are Unclean: Flying Birds, Bats, Kangaroos, Wallabies,
Monkeys, Apes, Fish, Flying Insects, and Spiders.
The
following creatures are to be Revered above all others: Chickens, Worms, Snails,
Slugs, Crawling Insects, and Snakes.
The
following technologies are Abominations: aircraft, skyscrapers, elevators,
helium balloons, hot air balloons, and escalators.
Thou
shalt spend every Tuesday making no upward movements.
On
the twenty-seventh day of the ninth month of every year, thou shalt eat every
edible thing which passeth before thy eyes. This shall be called 'slowing'.
The
Laypersons of the Church of Gravity shall be buried as deep in the ground as
possible upon their death. Cremation is absolutely forbidden.
The
Clergy of the Church of Gravity shall be launched into the Gravitational field
of Jupiter upon their death.
Those
members of the Church of Gravity who have lived free from Gravitational sin and
who have worked to further the causes of the Church of Gravity shall be launched
into the Gravitational field of the Sun upon their death.
All
persons who participate in the launch of a worthy corpse into the Gravitational
field of the Sun or Jupiter shall be innocent of the sin of doing work against
Gravity.