When 4 of the 10 only have to do with obedience to an angry & jealous god, 3 are about relationship advice, and only the remaining 3 (thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and bearing false witness) seem to have made it into our laws?
2007-10-08 16:26:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
ruth - get your story straight hon - first you say they aren't, then you say they are.
Which one is it?
2007-10-08 16:34:58 · update #1
Because they assume everything comes from the bible. And, no English Common Law did not come from "ecclesiastical law" to any great extent but came out of tradition and practice over centuries, incorporating prechristian Roman Law and Germanic and Norse Pagan Practice (maybe even some more ancient British (Celtic) traditions. Trial by jury existed in prechristian Rome. Laws prohibiting murder, theft false witness etc go back thousands of years to the Code of Hammurabi.
We know the story from of Beckett and Henry II that their was a great conflict between church and state jurisdiction in England in the 12th Century -- Thomas Becket archbishop of Canterbury Becket was murdered and martyred as a result of Henry's frustration with the church's obstructing his efforts to organize codify and administrate the King's law.. The rights outlined in Magna Carta can be traced back to German and Norman traditions. The state basically won the battle when Henry the Eighth took over the church, threw out the Papal legate and destroyed the monasteries.
Anyway, to make a long story short, one's knowledge of the history of the development of law may leave a lot to be desired if one's only source is the book of Exodus.
PS Re the answers below -- so you are abandoning your "liberals regulate us to death with all their stupid laws arguement? LOL
2007-10-08 17:07:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't know who theocons are. I do not think the 10 commandments form the basis for our laws, and I've answered this question like 7 times 7...
The English Common Law is the basis of our laws. The English Common Law came from the Ecclesiastical Courts of England (which came from the 10).
Of course this is over-simplified. But the correct answer is, the EC was run by the Church and was integrated into the CL. We took the CL and added separation of church and state. So neither could run either.
2007-10-08 16:32:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Our laws are not based on the 10 commandments. These laws predate the bible by thousands of years and are just common sense laws to protect life and property.
2007-10-08 16:40:55 · answer #3 · answered by God 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Our laws are based on a wide variety of input, the bible is only one source. After all if liberals had their way we wouldn't have any laws except the ones that raise the taxes of working people.
2007-10-08 16:48:39 · answer #4 · answered by smsmith500 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Well the ones you listed are actual laws in today's time
2007-10-08 16:29:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
We liberals don't have any laws. We are the law. We don't listen to anyone who tells us we're wrong.
Peace, Love, and Rock n Roll (add rap for my homies)
2007-10-08 16:39:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
BECAUSE NEOCONS KNOW NOT THAT THEY KNOW NOT.
2007-10-08 16:29:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋