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.
2006-11-07 02:39:20 · 14 answers · asked by The Chaos Within 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You are under Satans control. Be still and know that he is Lord.
2006-11-07 02:47:37 · answer #1 · answered by Shayna 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The first 4 mean nothing....and there are exceptions to:
5-they may not deserve it.
6-what should we do with child rapers, and mass killers.
7-well.....they may deserve it
8-If the government taxes you insanely (like before the revolutionary war) or worse, then it is fine. Or if you are taking back what is yours.
9-If I see someone kill a kid, and then they are accused of killing someone else, and I know they did not....I would say they did, to bring justice for the other murder.
10-What is wrong with coveting? Coveting drives you to get things. Else we would only have food, water, and shelter.
I could go on, but those commandments could be better. The first 4 are just about controlling people for political purposes. If there were written by god, he sure has an ego. How about thou shalt not rape, or counterfeit (not stealing), etc.
2006-11-07 10:58:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not killing makes plenty of sense, adultery causes problems, lying sucks, and being good to your mum and dad is certainly a good idea where applicable. Jealousy just wastes your time. Thieving's pretty bad too.
I think that kind of makes 6/10.
There again, I'm a Humanist, so not really biased for or against the One God thing.
As for the Sabbath, it would be nice to have a day of rest and meditation ensconced in society and the law.
Arguing about religion just tires me, it's where wars start.
If you interpret the commandments in a secular way, it's only #3 that makes little sense. I like a nice 'graven image' myself!
So maybe kind of 8/10 in an ideal world!
2006-11-07 10:53:16 · answer #3 · answered by internits 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get high. Then you won't be able to worship other gods, nor take any names at all for any purpose whatsoever. Neither will you be carving images and you'll definatly be chilling out on every day. I never saw a high person kill anyone, you prolly can't even squeez the trigger, your littleman won't be too active either, you can't lift stuff let alone steal something. You won't even know who your neighbor is and won't be coveting anything but pizza.
If your parents are layed back you can even fulfill that one.
2006-11-07 10:45:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the very least, I'd go more like 50 or 60%.
1 through 4 fairly obviously, 5 even if they are abusive ? 7 doesn't mean what most people think it means and without 10 there goes the Capitalist system.
2006-11-07 10:41:54 · answer #5 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO!! and I aint even christian and I see the value.
#3 - We live in a society that worships FALSE images of pop stars and jewelry etc, etc,
#5 - Hell yeah, RESPECT!!!
#6 - DUH!!!
#7 - Stops #6 from happening
#8 - See #7
#9 - HELLO??? Have you even been charged of a false crime...REALLY SUCKS!!!
#10 - Makes sense
ONly the GOD ones I don't really follow BUT I do have one day of rest to be joyful on this earth.
2006-11-07 10:44:25 · answer #6 · answered by Lotus Phoenix 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
80% 5 and 6 are the only ones that make a whole lot of sense to me........but then again I believe in my own fairy tales.....not necessary the ones that the majority believe. Go now sheep, follow the flock.
2006-11-07 10:44:03 · answer #7 · answered by mattinoh63 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the Commandments are common sense, which leads many to wonder why non-believers have such a problem with them.
2006-11-07 10:45:19 · answer #8 · answered by luvwinz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well, my answer is of course that 100% of the commandments have purpose and meaning....or else they wouldn't be in the Bible.....my question is which 40% are you referring to and why have you even said such a thing?
2006-11-07 10:48:05 · answer #9 · answered by egyptsprincess07 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only to those who are lost!
2006-11-07 10:47:29 · answer #10 · answered by Gail R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋