Would you support a group that wants to replace their governments constitutions with the ten commandments?

Question

Be careful what you wish for...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord's_Resistance_Army

Answer 1

No one is trying to replace government constitution with the ten commandments! Duh!

The Ten Commandments were just the first written document of law, morality and order for the human race.

Answer 2

Interesting. Laws were made by men. Laws are open to interpretation. I haven't heard any good arguments yet. (I'm not saying this is okay though),. And despite what people say about "State and religion" part of the declaration of Independence was based on the premise that the founding fathers wanted to be able to worship without being under a king. Religion was a one of the cornerstones.

the 10 commandments are a set of laws. Call it a constitution if you will. This post seems more like some effort to point out the Lord's Resistance Army and not an effort to answer a real question. Loaded.

Answer 3

Even with the vast number of people who break the laws of man, there are far more who break the laws of God. The 10 commandments are given, not to limit life, but to ensure a happy and prosperous life. The first 4 ensure a healthy relationship with God, the following 6 ensure a healthy relationship with fellow man.

In a perfect world, yes it would be all that is needed and would be wonderful, however, humankind is destined to sin. It's built into us. If everyone lived by the commandments, this would be paradise. However, we are far from that being possible. As I stated to begin with, while there are many who shirk the laws of man, immensely more neglect God and his plans for us.

Religion exists solely for one purpose. For us to have a relationship with God, and a relationship with each other. That is universal in ALL religions. Whether you worship biblical God, or buddha, or the goddess (for you wiccans) or the various gods and goddesses of other religions. The same ideal is there, a relationship with the higher power, and a relationship with each other.

Look at the golden rule, "Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you." Now, in contrast.. look at what most Christians consider an evil, pagan, and therefore false religion.. the wiccan rede: "An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will" Awful similar no? I studied (not practiced, but studied) wiccan beliefs in the past. I am now a devout Christian. I am strong in my faith, but I am tolerant of other religions.

I won't look down on you or belittle you for not believing what I believe. I pray that every one find what they are looking for, and for those that are lost, without any beliefs, I am empowered by God to help them become found. That, friends, does not mean that I must run off and convert everyone from every other religion to my own. While I may be compelled to educate them in my beliefs, I will not belittle theirs any more than I like to have them belittle my own.

May the peace of the Lord be with you all.
Blessed Be to the wiccans
Peace out to the atheists
Shalom to the Jews
and Namaste to the Hindus
(everyone else, I apologize I do not know the proper term)

Answer 4

no, such a goup would not be qualified to run a government. Remember the whole seperation of church and state thing? that was a pretty good idea. Not all people can believe, or WILL believe the same thing. Your hypothetical group sounds a lot like the current administration to me. :) Were all DOOOMMED
The key to this question is the would you support a GROUP. it has really nothing to do with the 10 commandments at all.

Answer 5

Separation of church and state! So......um, no. All the good commandments are laws anyway. I hear they have some islands for sale off the coast of Maine......maybe they can move there and start a country and use the 10 commandments as their guiding star. You ask some interesting questions. Peace from frogspeaceflower.

Answer 6

Yes. I am particularly enthusiastic about how the Ten Commandments cater for things like elections, a judiciary, legislative representation of the people and all the other things that characterise a modern democracy.

A completely moronic idea.

Answer 7

Sure, if it was amended with the Bill of Rights.
Remember, the Ten Commandments are just your basic laws: Don't kill; Don't steal; Don't cheat with another man's wife, etc. Most of the people who complain about the Ten Commandments seem not to know what they are or what they say.

Answer 8

The word God does no longer seem contained in the structure. the in straightforward words element out of religion is contained in the first change which forbids the state from installation a faith. the ten Commandments tell at the same time as and a thanks to worship the God a of a particular faith. The structure facilitates us to worship (or no longer) in accordance to our own own beliefs. there is warfare of words even between distinct Christian Sects and distinct translations of the Bible as to the wording or maybe the numbering of distinct Commandments.

Answer 9

No, the ten commandments are too vague and therefore open to inperpretation. It would depend entirely on who is in power as to what the intepretation was. That's just too insecure. The article shown is a very good example of that.

Answer 10

No way!. Politics and religion should be completely separate with absolutely no connection between them. I'd even go as far as to say that any politican with strong religous views should be banned from making any decisions since they cannot possible do so impartially or in favor of the people that they are suppose to represent.