Then what about these normal down to earth rules which are sane and normal which you follow because these rules came from the bible and God? You will not kill. You will not steal. You will not accuse your brother falsely. You will not cheat on your spouse. etc............... You cannot have your cake and eat it too. You cannot have a double standard and allow the other rules to just disapear.
2007-01-27 09:15:29 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes and even though we are not under obligations to follow the 10 Commandments like you quoted here we are under the obligation to follow the principles of the law.
2007-01-27 09:21:23 · answer #1 · answered by Here I Am 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I never said the Bible was BAD. It's not bad in and of itself. So, let me tell you, you can not have your cake and eat it too. Other religions which are wrong have came up with the same conclusions. The ten commandments and tenents of Buddhims are almost identical. Maybe, just maybe there is a universiality to the way humans think, not god.
2007-01-27 17:32:04 · answer #2 · answered by fifimsp1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eh, there are some good things in the Bible. Mostly the teachings of Jesus.
But surely you cannot be advocating following every letter of the Bible?
Would you sell your daughter into slavery? Smash the heads of your enemy's infants on a rock? Stone your neighbors to death?
You have to take out the good and let the rest die a natural death.
2007-01-27 17:23:26 · answer #3 · answered by Sun: supporting gay rights 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe the Bible is "bad and wrong" any more than the Illiad or Moby Dick are. (Well, Moby Dick is pretty bad, but you get the point.)
If I wrote a book telling you to worship demons and then also put the 10 Commandments in, would that then make the book good and valid?
2007-01-27 17:20:58 · answer #4 · answered by Huddy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is amazing how Atheists respond to this question when in fact at the time of Moses and then Christ, America was inhabited by pagan Indians and England was a primitive and backward race.
2007-01-27 17:25:06 · answer #5 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol, you mean law is created by religion? Get over it, the so-called "religious laws" do more harm than good. Law and 10 Commandments are two different topics.
Without religions, people could still be law-abiding. Look at Buddhism, man
2007-01-27 17:22:58 · answer #6 · answered by FAUUFDDaa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These rules did not come from the bible and god. They were in place long before there was a bible, and long before man created god.
2007-01-27 17:21:40 · answer #7 · answered by atheist jesus 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The problem with PC (anything goes) tolerance they are hatefully intolerant to anyone they disagree with.They set rules (supposedly they hate rules that hinder) and agendas to stop the ones they hate. They call the ones they hate:intolerant,hateful,fanatical,rude,not willing to accept those who are different (don't they discribe themselves?).If they are totally tolerant they should tolerate even those thet hate and disagree with.
2007-01-27 17:29:07 · answer #8 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even as a Christian I can see the silliness of this question. Even most people who would admit to hating God would agree with those generalities dealing with the way we relate to people.
2007-01-27 17:27:08 · answer #9 · answered by james p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure human civilization would've figured out that killing and stealing are wrong even if we never had the Bible... come on.
2007-01-27 17:21:59 · answer #10 · answered by . 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋