Do you think the Ten Commandments was GOD's intention for the entire human race to abide to no matter what religion they belong to? or do you think the Ten Commandments are a requirement only for people to live by that believe in monotheism?
2007-03-08 05:51:14 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The 10 Commandments are a moral/ethical framework to follow, regardless of what religious origin they come from. Common Law, which is what most Western legal systems come from, is based on the 10 Commandments and they are a universally accepted standard in the West regardless of your religious origin.
2007-03-08 05:54:42 · answer #1 · answered by wizbangs 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I believe it was God's truth to be imparted to everyone. BTW for all you Christians (yes I am one myself) the Ten Commandements were delivered to the JEWS. As far as the New Testament is concerned, Jesus is the fulfillment of the law - this means that all Old Testament legal definitions are technically OBSOLETE to a Christian. However, as a practical matter, a Christian (or anyone else for that matter) would not go wrong following them.
2007-03-08 13:58:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A religion is made up of a lot of beliefs. The 10 commandments are just what they say they are: commandments that allegedly came from a god. They are not, in themselves, a religion. They are one part of two major religious faiths: Judaism and Christianity. Basically, they're common-sense rules that most societies tend to incorporate into their religions and laws, no matter what those religions might be.
2007-03-08 13:55:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The 10 commandments are a christian myth.
The 10 commandments that most people think of were destroyed by Moses. God then issued 10 new commandments which were the commandments stored in the ark. These are never used by christians because they are too weird for the modern world. Read them yourself.
2007-03-08 13:55:18 · answer #4 · answered by Dave P 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The first four commandments have no revelance to someone who is not from the Abrahamic religion traditions. So no, I don't think they apply to anyone outside those faiths. The rest are themes that appear in many world religions and philosophies.
ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'
TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--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.'
THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.'
FOUR: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'
First four not very applicable to those not of the religion.
2007-03-08 13:58:44 · answer #5 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All religions have some sort of rules to live by.
Machievelli's "The Prince" presnets the argument this way. A Prince should reflect the people's religion, for his police force can only watch some of the people.
If people believe in an all powerful god's rules, then out of fear of the all powerful god, they remain in tact.
2007-03-08 13:55:54 · answer #6 · answered by Conductor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do not apply to religions other than Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
Buddhists, Hindus, Pagans, etc., do not accept the Bible as divinely inspired. However, most religions teach against murder, lying, adultry, etc. That does not mean they are abiding by the 10 commandments.
2007-03-08 13:55:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are manly natural laws that every person should just know. I don't think that there are really that many christians that follow the commandments all the time. It's a nice concept to think they all would, but there are some that some "conveniently" forget about.
2007-03-08 14:00:23 · answer #8 · answered by odd duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. No I do not consider the ten commandments a religion
they are simply part of a religion
2. I think that God only had the intention for all of mankind to follow his rules [there wasn't a religion as I recall, because if you wanna be technical about it was originally written for the Jews of Egypt when Moses led them out of bondage] therefor I think it was written for all mankind to follow.
And even if you didn't follow religion, its still a good set of rules to live by since they are simply good sense.
2007-03-08 13:57:20 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Sparkling♥Jules♥ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'd say it would help if I know all ten commandments, but I don't think anything in any religion should be pressed on people who don't believe even if they are also monotheistic.
2007-03-08 13:57:24 · answer #10 · answered by espressoaddict22 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋