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i asked a question earlier asking yall's perspective on the bible, heaven && hell, God, and other things..
but now i wanted to ask you about commandmentsin your religion or if you have any at all.
In Christianity, as most people know, we have the 10 commandmenst. Does your religion have anything similar??

2007-07-24 17:30:58 · 34 answers · asked by kegdy6 1 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

34 answers

These are not "Commandments", but they are ideals by which I try to live, and ideals that are embraced by most others on the same sort of path as I.

An it harm none, do as ye will. (Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.)

What you do, for good or ill, will return to you threefold. (As you sow, so shall you reap.)

Not so horribly different, huh?

2007-07-24 17:38:46 · answer #1 · answered by Nandina (Bunny Slipper Goddess) 7 · 0 0

Hi, I'm a Muslim and there are many similarities in Christianity and Islam. Muslims believe in the original form of the Bible, Heaven and Hell, and God (Allah). Muslims believe in the Ten Commandments. We believe in all the prophets, and we consider Jesus Christ (peace be upon him) as a messenger of God and ONLY that. Muslims believe that he was one of the greatest messengers of God. Anyway, the Ten Commandments are in the Qur'an, the holy book which was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings upon him). Muslims believe the Ten Commandments were given to Prophet Moses (peace be upon him). It is important to have an open mind before studying any religion and i encourage you to study other religions.

If you want to know more about Islam, you can go to www.youtube.com and look up the scholars Dr. Zakir Naik, Dr. Bilal Phillips, Yusuf Estes, Khalid Yasin, and Feiz Muhammad.

Thank you for reading my response. I hope you have gained something out of my answer.

2007-07-24 17:44:50 · answer #2 · answered by asdasdasdasdasdasdasdasdadasdads 2 · 0 0

Actually, Christians have more than 10 Commandments. Look in Leviticus.

I am an atheist.

My mission statement is to help people and humanity in general, in whatever way I can.

Even if a god were to appear and state otherwise, I would still serve a human being before I would bow before a god.

Rob

2007-07-24 20:02:15 · answer #3 · answered by barefoot_rob1 4 · 1 0

I have laws for that and they are loosely based on the ten commandments which were also laws when they were made. They just told people a little white lie to get them to believe it was important.
In fact most western countries have legal systems loosely based off the ten commandments. So, regardless of what your religion or occult beliefs are in the US we are all following the ten commandments or are serving time in prison (excluding our government), are we not?

The ten commandments are an ancient hebrew legal document and nothing more.

2007-07-24 17:42:08 · answer #4 · answered by kijafha 3 · 0 0

I don't profess any religion in particular, but this set is a pretty decent one:

The Real Ten Commandments
Let us now turn to the Ten Commandments of Solon (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, 1.60), which run as follows:

1. Trust good character more than promises.
2. Do not speak falsely.
3. Do good things.
4. Do not be hasty in making friends, but do not abandon them once made.
5. Learn to obey before you command.
6. When giving advice, do not recommend what is most pleasing, but what is most useful.
7. Make reason your supreme commander.
8. Do not associate with people who do bad things.
9. Honor the gods.
10. Have regard for your parents.

keep hearing this chant, variously phrased: "The Ten Commandments are the foundation of Western morality and the American Constitution and government." In saying this, people are essentially crediting Moses with the invention of ethics, democracy and civil rights, a claim that is of course absurd. But its absurdity is eclipsed by its injustice, for there is another lawmaker who is far more important to us, whose ideas and actions lie far more at the foundation of American government, and whose own Ten Commandments were distributed at large and influencing the greatest civilizations of the West--Greece and Rome--for well over half a millennia before the laws of Moses were anything near a universal social influence. In fact, by the time the Ten Commandments of Moses had any real chance of being the foundation of anything in Western society, democracy and civil rights had all but died out, never to rise again until the ideals of our true hero, the real man to whom we owe all reverence, were rediscovered and implemented in what we now call "modern democratic principles."

2007-07-24 17:37:51 · answer #5 · answered by Wadi 3 · 2 1

The Scribes, Pharasees and Sadusees ask Jesus what was the most important cammandment of all, tyring to trick him.
He said " Love Jehovah your God with your whole mind, heart and sole and love your nieghbor as your self " under these two things the whole law hangs.

So if you do these two things you will be following all of the commandments.

Sincerely yours,
Fred M. Hunter
fmhguitars@yahoo.com

2007-07-24 17:40:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Well, if you mean do we have rules we categorize like that, then Islam has the 5 pillars. Unfortunately I can't remember what they are right now, being a horrible Muslim and all. But generally each is something specific you're supposed to do like charity or praying. We also have to follow those same principals of the 10 commandments, don't kill, don't steal, love thy neighbor, etc.etc. We just don't categorize them like that.

2007-07-24 17:36:49 · answer #7 · answered by fortyfootpianist 3 · 0 0

There are seven principles which Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote:


The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;
A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

2007-07-24 17:42:29 · answer #8 · answered by San Diego Art Nut 6 · 0 0

Eclectic Wicca (which I follow) recognises nothing equivelent to commandments. We have the Rede, "And it harm none, do what you will," but that is advice, not a law, and it is permissive (telling us what we can freely do, if we wish), not restrictive or commanding (telling us what we can't do or must do.)

Some Traditional Wiccans recognise the Ardanes or the Old Laws, which include some specific do's and don'ts. The Ardanes have a rather colorful history, and many Traditionalists do not recognise them: http://wicca.timerift.net/laws/old_laws.shtml

2007-07-24 17:37:18 · answer #9 · answered by Nightwind 7 · 0 0

Yes we Bahá'ís also have something similar to the 10 commandments that christians follow,here are 12 social principals that we believe:

-Unity of God
-Unity of religion
-Unity of mankind
-Gender Equality
-Elimination of all forms of prejudice
-World peace
-Harmony of religion and science
-Independent investigation of truth
-Universal compulsory education
-Universal auxiliary language
-Obedience to government and non involvement in partisan politics
-Elimination of extremes of wealth and poverty

There are many other laws and principals that the Bahá'i Faith teaches any more information you can visit:
www.bahai.org
or simply you can check on wikipedia

2007-07-24 18:01:12 · answer #10 · answered by Fresh Prince of Brazil 2 · 0 0

Did you know that the 10 commandments are generally followed by non believers as well as believers? If not we would be living in a state of total chaos.

2007-07-24 17:33:39 · answer #11 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 0 0

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