Our friends of the Christian faith say they only need the 10 commandments as a divine law but 99% of them couldnt tell you 5 of them.
Can anyone please clarify the closest meaning or wording of the FIRST one ?
Jewish and Muslim scholars do not consider the Trinity to be monotheism so this is a very important issue.
Preferably someone of Jewish origin who might even know the translation from the original text.
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2007-05-07 19:10:58 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, it's pretty simple. There's your freedom of speech. You can pretty much say anything without being jailed except yelling fire in a crowded theater. And there's freedom of the press. They're pretty free to say critical things of the government without repercussion. Then there's . . . oh, wait a minute. . . that's the first AMENDMENT, not the first COMMANDMENT. Sorry. Nevermind.
2007-05-07 19:27:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is clearly a reference to the existence of other gods, and we know the Israelites went whoring after other gods as soon as Yahweh turned his back. There are several other references in the OT to other gods, so don't let the Xians get away with the false argument that "other gods" refers to things like materialism or vanity.
Judaism didn't start off as a monotheistic religion, it evolved into one. The 10 commandments were written down around the time they had decided that Yahweh was the biggest god...but not the only one. (by the way, did you know there are 2 different versions of the 10 commmandments in Exodus and Deuteronomy....and at least 40 other "commandments" )
The Israelites had lots of contact with the Polytheism especially of the Egyptians and the Assyrians, and they adopted many of their stories into the creation myths. Other stories of foreign gods were changed into stories about legendary Israelites, such as Samson tales. (Compare Sampson also with Hercules of the Greek myths)
2007-05-08 02:24:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The First Commandment goes like this: that we must worship only One God, only One King. And that One is Jesus.
There is the Trinity. Three Persons in one God. Kinda like a clover. Three leaves in one. It's difficult to explain. We worship one God in three different Persons. We see the first Person of God in the Old Testament, the second Person of God in the New Testament, and the third Person of God in the life we have right now. They all guide us and forgive us from our own sins. It is still monotheism because They are all different Persons of One Great Merciful Guiding God.
2007-05-08 02:22:48 · answer #3 · answered by Rhabdite 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What's your obsession with the First Commandment? Silly. Don't you know that religions evolve? You think you've stumbled on some kind of clever argument, but the fact is that Christianity was an innovation from Judaism, and Islam was an innovation from Judaism, Christianity, and the pagan gods of Arabia. The original wording from the Bible doesn't prove anything.
2007-05-08 02:19:51 · answer #4 · answered by Underground Man 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You say the question of the trinity is a very important issue. Not to the vast majority of the world. Forget the religious bullshit and think of the people being allowed to die by all the governments of the world, the USA being the most capable of changing this. Shove Yahweh, Allah and Jesus up your collective RRRs and have a nice day on me!
2007-05-08 02:27:34 · answer #5 · answered by Watcher 465 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
THE
12 COMMANDMENTS
(10+2)
1. YOU shall love, honour, cherish and obey the Lord your God (love, good and truth) with ALL your heart, with ALL your mind, with ALL your soul and with ALL your strength and Him ONLY shall you serve and OBEY, forsaking ALL others.
2. YOU shall NOT create an image or likeness of ANYTHING that is IN HEAVEN, or on earth, or under the sea and YOU shall NOT worship or BUY such things. YOU shall NOT bow down to them or serve them for I the "I AM" your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate (or disobey) Me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love (and obey) Me, and KEEP My COMMANDMENTS.
3. Honour your Father in Heaven and KEEP His COMMANDMENTS; LAWS; Statutes; Judgements; Economic Policy; Agricultural Policy and Diet that He gave to YOU and your Mother, the British Nation Israel, His wife (metaphorically), at Mt. Sinai and make Him proud of YOU.
4. YOU shall NOT commit adultery, either physically, individually, or spiritually, nationally or individually but shall be FAITHFUL to God, your word and your spouse, also NOT committing adultery nationally by following the wrong examples of other nations.
5. YOU shall NOT use the Lord's name, unless you are speaking to Him, or about Him, then you will not waste His time or insult Him.
6. Love your neighbour (not physically) as much as, or more than, you love your "Self". Then you will not do wrong, or lie, to anyone - John 15 v 13.
Do NOT desire eagerly, or touch, anything that does not belong to you. It belongs to your neighbour, not you, and YOU must respect HIS property. Your neighbour is the person next to you and the person on the far side of the planet and everyone in between.
7. YOU shall NOT lie, even to your "Self".
8. Remember the Sabbath and KEEP it Holy. It is NOT wrong to do GOOD deeds on the Sabbath. The Sabbath was made for man. Man was not made for the Sabbath.
9. YOU shall NOT steal. Neither shall you make up your own laws to enable you to do so by deceiving people.
10. YOU shall NOT murder - kill illegally.
11. YOU shall love one another as much as I love you and in the same way - spiritually not physically - John 15 v 13. IF you DO this, ALL men will KNOW that you ARE my disciples and are exercising and learning "Self" discipline - Discipleship.
12. Judge no-one, so that you will not be judged, by God, for by whatever judgement you judge another, unjustly, you condemn yourself to the same punishment. Judging is God's job exclusively, as He is always unbiased, impartial, uncorruptible and just. He has given His judgements, in His Law Books given to you at Mt. Sinai, by which He judges those who break His Laws. There are NO other laws on this planet that are LEGAL. God has strictly FORBIDDEN man from making up laws (Deuteronomy 4:2). God's Laws are the same for everyone. God does NOT have separate Laws - one for the rich and another one for the poor.
H.M. GOVERNMENT
+HEALTH WARNING+
Breaking The 12 (10+2)
COMMANDments
SERIOUSLY damages YOUR health
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2007-05-08 04:36:52 · answer #6 · answered by Jediknight 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ten commandments are sumed up into two commandments in the NT which were
stated by Jesus Christ himself as "Love the lord your God with all your heart" and love thy neighbor as you love thy self.
Jesus Christ did not come to abolish the law, he came to fulfill it and that is what he did at the cross.
God bless
2007-05-08 02:31:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
THou shall love and praise the Lord your God above all things made or unmade. The Hierarchy of this commandment establishes the intimate reltionship that the chosen people of God are commanded to have with him. Establishes the first rule of the covenant. If you want to belong to God's people you shall esblish this type of relationship with the Lord. Recognizes there is one God not many gods like the pagans use to profess.
2007-05-08 02:25:43 · answer #8 · answered by ION-CONSTITUTION 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
As an Atheist, I say read Exodus. Then I suggest you go to YouTube and see George Carlin's cool way of simplifying the commandments.
2007-05-08 02:17:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD ONE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU ARE NOT TO HAVE ANY OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM LIKE IDOLS WHICH CAN BE A VERY BIG VARIETY OF THINGS. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ONE . THE SON WAS ALWAYS THERE FROM THE BEGINING THOUGH IN THE TIME OF MOSES THE MESSIAH AND THE HOLY GHOST WERE NOT KNOWN.
2007-05-08 02:33:20 · answer #10 · answered by alaska>babe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋