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2007-11-16 06:08:54 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me."
Not Illegal, and against the establishment clause. Enforcing this would be illegal.
"You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth."
Not Illegal, and against the establishment clause. Enforcing it would be illegal.
"You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments."
Not Illegal, and against the establishment clause. Enforcing this would be illegal.
"You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name."
Not Illegal, and against the establishment clause. Enforcing this would be illegal.
"Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy. For six days you shall labour and do all your work. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it."
Not Illegal, and against the establishment clause. Enforcing this would be illegal.
"Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you."
Disrespecting parents is not illegal.
"You shall not murder."
Common sense, no need to bring this into it.
"You shall not commit adultery."
Not illegal.
"You shall not steal."
Common sense.
"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour."
Lying is not illegal.
"You shall not covet your neighbour’s house; you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour."
Coveting are not illegal, and is in fact the basis of our economy.
2007-11-16 06:25:30 · answer #1 · answered by Eiliat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sin isn't a legal theory. How ought to that is? you will get forgiven for sin with the aid of telling a priest and asserting some hail Marys. If it have been a legal theory, you ought to then tell the choose which you have been forgiven, so which you're off the hook. legal innovations are even in the experience that your movements violated the regulation or no longer. in the event that they did, then the state gets to punish you, in spite of whether god has already forgiven you.
2016-10-16 23:45:58 · answer #2 · answered by ludlum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe out of a high evaluation of personal liberty.
The ten commandments are personal; they say 'Thou shalt not'. The ten amendments are restrictive not to the individual but to the government. They say 'Congress shall make no law.'
2007-11-16 06:18:15 · answer #3 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Good question...
Runkel v. Winemiller (1799): “Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people. By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing…”
And Nathaniel Freemen told the Massachusetts Grand Juries in 1802, “The laws of the Christian system, as embraced by the Bible, must be respected as of high authority in all our courts…[our government is] not as republic Rome was, a Pagan, but a Christian republic.”
2007-11-16 06:12:44 · answer #4 · answered by whitehorse456 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Separation of Church and State.
All people are supposed to be equal under the law, not just those of Judeo-Christian beliefs.
btw, your link doesn't work.
2007-11-16 06:19:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it doesn`t fit with the government policy.
2007-11-16 06:15:46 · answer #6 · answered by Terry M 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because at least 3 of then directly contradict our constitution/bill of rights...not to mention the establishment clause
2007-11-16 06:14:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Because we don't listen to fanatic Taliban.
2007-11-16 06:14:31 · answer #8 · answered by Alex S 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Separation of church and state. Look into it.
2007-11-16 06:13:22 · answer #9 · answered by rbc_commish 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Because it bothers their conscience.
2007-11-16 06:12:51 · answer #10 · answered by Warren Ferguson 1 · 2⤊ 3⤋