What Do People Believe About the Ten Commandments?

Question

Many people today believe that the Ten Commandments are in and of themselves a proper moral code, but this position is very dubious. Although it does contain some basic moral prescriptions that one can find in other religions, it doesn’t even begin to address some of the most important moral problems that face people today. In addition, the Ten Commandments can and have been read as supporting positions people regard as immoral, like the ownership of slaves and the second-class status of women.

Answer 1

Many believe it, but few live by it.

Answer 2

i do no longer. i became taught them in sunday college and quicker or later by coincidence study on after Exodus 20 and were given to 21... God's guidelines in Exodus 21 are slightly not hassle-free to count on and that i'm no longer the variety of man or woman that could settle for one and throw out the different in words of convenience. some can trick their minds that way. i will not even with the undeniable fact that. That being reported I dont have self belief interior the shortcoming of existence penalty. And maximum of people that i comprehend which have self belief interior the ten Commandments do no longer favour the shortcoming of existence penalty. i imagine that has more suitable to do with how and the position they were presented up even with the actuality that... no longer inevitably in the adventure that they'd Christian faith, as i comprehend Christians are divided in this difficulty.

Answer 3

The 10 commandments were given to the Jews so they can be good examples for the world. They are righteous and direct from God, but there are two greater commandments found in the bible (Old and New testament).

You shall love the Lord your God with all you heart, with all your soul and with all your might.

and

You shall love your neighbors as yourself.

They're the most important commandments, and by far the hardest to keep. Christians and Jews alike are suppose to follow them. Godspeed to those trying.

Answer 4

What God intended for His word to do and what man has made of it is two different things. God would never condone ill treating any other human and He has no favorites. The ten commandments are there as a stepping stone to leading a righteous life. If you can follow the ten commandments then all other sin would be easy for you to avoid.

Answer 5

10 commandments

1) Don't worship other gods
2) Don't take the name of the lord in vain
3) Don't make or worship idols
4) Remember the Sabbath day to keep it Holy
5) Honor thy father and mother
6) don't murder
7) don't commit adultery
8) don't steal
9) don't lie
10) don't covet


Name a societal problem that does not fall under the spirit (intent) of one of those laws

Where does it say anyhting about slaves or women being second class citizens. You might be talking about the mosaic law which is different

Answer 6

The ownership of slaves is discussed further in the laws, for example, slaves are not to be held permanently unless the slave says he or she WANTS to be held permanently. They must be released after a while.

And what second-class status of women? Women are given so much respect, and God did create Eve out of Adam's rib, so Eve is technically Adam's. Also, it was Eve who fell to the serpent's deceit and then tempted Adam into eating the fruit.

Answer 7

Give me half an hour and I could come up with ten better 'rules' to live by.

My favorite Christian commandment is this:

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. "

- Jesus

Answer 8

1. I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

3. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them.

4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

5. Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long.

6. Thou shalt not kill.

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

8. Thou shalt not steal.

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ***, nor anything that is thy neighbor's.

Religious groups have divided the commandments in different ways. For instance, Catholics and Lutherans see the first six verses as part of the same command prohibiting the worship of pagan gods, while Protestants (except Lutherans) separate all six verses into two different commands (one being "no other gods" and the other being "no graven images"). The initial reference to Egyptian bondage is important enough to Jews that it forms a separate commandment. Catholics and Lutherans separate the two kinds of coveting (namely, of goods and of the flesh), while Protestants (but not Lutherans) and Jews group them together.

A very similar, but not completely identical, list of commandments is found in Deuteronomy 5:1-22. Reference to each of the commandments and the consequences for not following them as a part of Hebrew Law are found throughout this book. In the New Testament book of Matthew 19 and elsewhere, Jesus refers to the commandments, but condenses them into two general commands: love God (Shema) and love other people (Ethic of reciprocity) (Matthew 22.34-40).

Although the Ten Commandments in the Douay Rheims Bible and King James Version of the Bible are the most well-known in the English-speaking world, they do not conform to modern common English, using "Thou shalt not kill" instead of "You shall not kill."

Jewish Understanding

Popular belief holds that these are "the commandments" of the Hebrew Bible. In fact, the Torah has 613 commandments. The Jewish tradition does, however, recognize these "ten commandments" as the ideological basis for the rest of the commandments (see below). According to the Medieval Sefer ha-Chinuch, the first five statements concern the relationship between God and human beings, while the second five statements concern the relationship between human beings. Rabbinic literature holds that the Ten Statements contain 14 or 15 distinct instructions.

Modern Adaptations

Many of the Ten Commandments continue in the form of modern laws such as "thou shalt not kill" (modern society severely punishes the crime of murder), "thou shalt not commit adultery" (modern society allows a divorce on this grounds) and "thou shalt not steal" (modern society punishes theft as a crime).

The Bible chapter that contains the Ten Commandments (Exodus XX) follows the recitation of the Commandments with a complete set of legal rules, which are based on the "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" legal philosophy of Hammurabi's Code.

The first four Commandments are not related to justice per se but are purely religious statements. But others represent basic principles of justice which have been adhered to by society since they were first published. For some societies, the Commandments were a turning point where essential points such as "thou shalt not kill" or "commit adultery" were accepted as law; behavior that was from that point on formally and officially condemned. The Bible makes it quite clear that to transgress the Commandments was punishable: "the soul that sinneth, it shall die", "sin is the transgression of the law" and "If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments".

While other faiths do not generally recognize the Ten Commandments in their unity, many of them (Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, etc.) have comparable laws or principles.

Answer 9

I believe that they are a basic beginning for human civilization. If we can't follow most of them, then we are animals...

Answer 10

Jesus' teaching to love God & to love your brothers as you love God is the most important & most encompassing to me. I think thats suppose to cover every sin there is.