Ten commandments our cue to clues of one truth in everything?

Answer 1

JUST DAMN GOOD RULES TO LIVE BY,THATS ALL.

Answer 2

no, they are proof of the control freak nature of the writers of the early texts.

Before I expand that comment, let me say that at least I think it's the Ten Commandments. I counted them different ways, and came up with 9, 10, and 11 Commandments, depending on how I read the first few verses. Does "You shall not make yourself a sculptured image. … You shall not bow down to them or serve them" count as one commandment or two? And are those instructions themselves merely a subset of the first commandment "You shall have no other gods besides Me"? By counting the combination of no "sculptured image" and no bowing down as a single commandment, I managed to get 10.

As I read it, Moses announces the commandments to the Israelites. There is nothing about stone tablets. Perhaps they come later?

Back to the control freak aquisations - If you had to summarize morality into a few sentences, the Ten Commandments is about as good as you can do. The last six commandments—honour parents, don't murder, don't commit adultery, don't steal, don't bear false witness, don't covet—pretty much cover it.

Speaking of those six commandments, here's something I would like explained, probably by readers who are more religious than I am. You could easily argue that all we need for daily life are those last six commandments.

The first four, which concern man's relationship to God, aren't obviously necessary for a good world. So the question to you is: Why do we need those first four commandments? Can the last six stand on their own without them? Why or why not? If you're a believer, please tell me why morality is impossible to sustain without faith and God.

God says something curious during the commandments, when He's warning against idol worship: "For I the Lord your God am an impassioned God [other translations have the more vivid "jealous God"], visiting the guilt of the parents upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generations of those who reject Me, but showing kindness to the thousandth generation of those who love Me and keep My commandments."

Let's ignore the mathematical paradox of this. (i.e., if I keep commandments but my children don't, shouldn't they be protected by that thousandth generation rule? A pointless question, because the Torah is not a book of logic.)

What I am struck by is God visiting the guilt of the parents on the children. It's obvious why men would threaten it: There is no better way to discourage straying from the fold than instilling the fear that such straying will destroy your own children. Even so, this seems pretty unfair. I had always thought that we all get our own clean slate in Christianity/Judaism, a life that we can make or ruin on our own.

It's alarming to think that we may not, that God is holding our parents' sins against us. Ma and Pa—have you been keeping any false gods at home that you haven't told me about? If so, can you please chuck them.

If the ten commandments were set up to show us what sin is, how come Abraham - who didn't have them - had an amazing relationship with God?

Like I said the ten commandments show us we're sinners in need of a savior. The NT explains it further that even hating a man is considered murder (Matthew 5:22), lusting is considered adultery (Matthew 5:2 , and later the NT says that breaking one commandment is as good as breaking them all (James 2:10-11).

Then we know that the punishment for sin is death (Romans 6:23). Because the God of the bible is a Holy God, He can't be around sin, even just one sin separates us from God, so we all are in need of a Savior. So why did they move the sabbath from Saturday to Sunday in 325AD. Exo 20:10 - we have all broken one commandment, as christians!

Answer 3

Truth: Judaism is unique among the world’s religions in that it claims no copyright on, or exclusivity to, truth. It does not denounce other faiths as misguided or heretical. It is adamant that there are many paths to the one God. Judaism is a path, not the path. There is no one way. There is no one great truth, but rather a series of truths possessed by each nation that, when brought together, creates the truth. And this is what makes every nation indispensable. Jews, Christians, and Muslims could learn much from one another if they would only just stop and listen. As long as any religion leads to humility and worship of the one God, to passionate religious rituals and compassion and loving-kindness, then it has created a legitimate path to the source of the universe.
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Answer 4

Not to clear on what your asking, but try this. Nine of the ten commandments were repeated by Christ and the apostles. The first four pertain to our relationship with God, the last six to our relationships with each other. Our relationship with God is one of a special worship, respect, and love that we reserve exclusively for God. Our relationships with each other must be based on a love that expresses itself in honesty, chastity, respect for life and property, and unselfishness, among other things. Jesus said all the law and the prophets hung on the two greatest commandment, to love God, and to love your neighbor as you love yourself. The Ten Commandments express this love in more detail, but it is the same set of principles at work. Therefore, the one truth in everything is that God is love, and all those born of God love Him, and love each other. That’s what really makes the world go round.

Answer 5

Nope.

Look to the two Great Commandments.

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Answer 6

I'm sure i'll figure this out at some point lol : )

that's a good answer lynchburger - makes sense to me.
If it's truth your looking for - Jesus said He is the truth - and i believe Him - if that's any help.
Shalom

Answer 7

If you are an advocate of slavery yes. And the belief that God can be 'jealous.'

Doesn't one of the commandments teach that ours slaves should not worship false idols?

Answer 8

No, probably not. I'm prepared to not steal from or kill people (or rather not murder them, which is what the original Hebrew forbids) but as for honouring only one god, I'm quite happy not honouring any of them.

Answer 9

There were fifteen but Moses found the price too high and took ten.

Answer 10

The one truth is there is no one truth, unless you have a frontal lobotomy and stop thinking all together.

Answer 11

ten suggestions ( do the proper translation) are the way yo a good life. nothing more.