Thou shalt have no other gods before me
Thou shalt not make for thyself an idol
Thou shalt not make wrongful use of the name of thy God Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy
Honor thy Father and Mother
Thou shalt not murder
Thou shalt not commit adultery
Thou shalt not steal
Thou shalt not bear false witness
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife
Right now only 3 or 4 are laws. Why are so many Christians more concerned with gay marriage but not the big 10?
2007-10-25 07:48:39 · 18 answers · asked by Bebe 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Coveting is illegal now? Really?
2007-10-25 07:53:29 · update #1
And exactly how would that not be offesive to NON-Christians?
Specifically:
Thou shalt have no other gods before me - And you determine WHICH God to have?
Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy - The sabbath is different in many religions - you are saying that YOURS is the right one?)
Thou shalt not commit adultery- by whose definition of Adultery?
Thou shalt not bear false witness - So if I don't agree with you, I'm bearing false witness???
EDIT TO SPANKY:> Better place? for who? You? Because it wouldn't be better for me to live in a Country where I wasn't free to question or have thoughts of my own, but rather would become an outlaw for not believing what you believe...
2007-10-25 07:51:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
Laws against stealing, murder and bearing false witness are basic and universal to all societies and religions around the world, Christian or not.
The other Commandments are religious in nature and deal specifically with personal and family issues that are not really the Government's business.
2007-10-25 08:03:16 · answer #2 · answered by pixie_pagan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a devout christians and i the idea of implementing the 10 commandments as government law makes me want to slit my wrists. Jesus taught that the commandments are a matter of the heart and dependent on an individuals relationship with God.
Politicizing Christians are a determent to the faith and the gospel.
2007-10-25 07:53:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Problem is that it would go against our Constitution. Under the Ten Commandment laws I would never have freedom of worship. Plus nothing like living in a dictatorial country. Hitler tried that already along with many other countries...I say we learn from their mistakes and keep this one as free as we can.
2007-10-25 08:09:38 · answer #4 · answered by sketch_mylife 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, gay marriage ftw.
Secondly, no, the ten commandments shouldn't be made into law. The only people those laws apply to are Jews and Christians, no one else would recognize them and they would be deemed unconstitutional as they violate the First Amendment.
2007-10-25 07:53:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the Emisarians are gonna be allowed to make their 10 commandments laws, then they should allow all religions to have their laws made governmental laws as well
2007-10-25 07:53:10 · answer #6 · answered by Crazy Ivan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ah, drrr ... most of the laws are based off of the laws Mosus & Aaron governerend ... even the widow laws ... the laws got so outta control by the time Jesus came along ... I think there were some 507 laws (??? dunno exactly) ... anyways, Jesus tried to make it all simple by breaking the laws down into TWO: Love GOD above all ... Love each other as we wanna be loved.
Sigh ... again, we've made it way more difficult than it needs to be.
2007-10-25 07:53:10 · answer #7 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
actually the last 6 are against the law, though some of them aren't as enforced as others. Honoring the father and the mother is just respectful, and the first three would violate separation of church and state.
covet with intention, ie STEAL.
do you suppose we follow all the other 600 or so laws in the old testament as well?
2007-10-25 07:52:02 · answer #8 · answered by Low Rain 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
No, for the same reason The Wiccan Rede isn't part of the government's laws.
2007-10-25 07:55:38 · answer #9 · answered by Keltasia 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course not
this should not and cannot be mandated, we follow god's law because we need to from within.
the US govt is there to protect our right to worship not to tell us who or how to worship
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2007-10-25 07:57:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋