13 commandments. Questions for Christians, atheists, muslims, etc?

Question

Christians, Atheists, Muslims and all in between what do you think

Read the 13 commandments below and please answer the questions addressed to you. Please indicate if you are a Christian, or Atheist, Muslim, or belong to any other beliefs or persuations. )

Christians: What if someone lives by these commandments but do not believe that Christ is God, will he be saved? Or, will he be condemned by Christ ?

Atheists: These commandments are derived from the bible, a book you consider outdated and full of fiction, therefore these commandments are worthless guides for human conduct?

Muslims: These commandments are not in the Koran, therefore these must be evil and worthless guides for human conduct ?

For the rest: Should these be posted or not in public places to remind us all that there are still basic rules that govern us all ?

The Thirteen (13) Commandments

1, Love your neighbor as you love yourself, and do for others what you want them to do to you.

If only humans were more loving of each other there would be less wars and violence and more money for health care, and housing.

2, Do not idolize persons or entertainment programs that promote violence, immorality, and greed. News reports and anecdotal evidence have traced wanton school shooting, teen pregnancies and corruption to daily dose of these kind of entertainment.

3, One day a week rest from your selfish labor—instead spend that day thinking and doing acts of mercies and compassion. Remember there is more happiness in giving than in receiving.

4, Honor and obey your father and your mother as you would like your children to honor and obey you.

5, Do not murder.

6, Do not commit adultery nor fornication. Those who have multiple sex partners usually have broken homes, are prone to HIV-AIDS, and loss self-respect.

7, You must not testify falsely against your fellow human. Innocent ones have been incarcerated because of false testimonies by so called experts.

8, Do not steal. It is stressful to the victim and raises health cost.

9. Do not covet your fellow’s wife, husband, son, daughter, father, mother, or anything that belongs to him. Human greed is one of the leading cause of misery and has already famished and impoverished millions!

10, Teach yourself and your children: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility, and self control. If you don’t you’ll raise brats, or worse, felons.

11, Avoid the love of money for it is the root cause of all sorts of injurious things—and for reaching out for this love many have died of heart attack; worse they went to prison.

12, Avoid things that make you physically, morally, and spiritually unclean. These include but are not limited to: drunkenness, substance abuse, and pornography.

13. Remember the first command to humans : ‘fill and to subdue the earth’—not to over-crowd and abuse it. The ill-effects of global warming can still be minimized if we take to heart this command.

Answer 1

Sounds like good advice.
I'll take it under advisement

Answer 2

Christian--If you're talking about the 10 commandments, the first commandment is to love God with all your mind,might, and strength. The second is like unto it (or in this case, your first) to love your neighbor as your self.
Therefore it is important to belive in Christ because through him we are saved. I believe that if a person, follows the commandments (lets say without the original 1st one), a person will undoubtlebly develop a relationship with the people around them. They will have developed a sense of giving to others and being, Christ-like, for a lack of a better word.

Answer 3

The Ten Commandments in the Quran


Islam (Submission to the will of God) is the same and only religion ever given to the human race. It is the religion of Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, Jesus, Muhammed and all the other messengers mentioned or not mentioned in the scripture. The Ten Commandments as we see them here are not any more than the same message given to the prophet Muhammed . See the following table.

The Ten Commandments
(Exodus 20: 1-17 & Deuteronomy 5: 6-21)
1 Thou shall not take any god except one God
2 Thou shall make no image of God.
3 Thou shall not use God's name in vain
4 Thou shall honor thy mother and father.
5 Thou shall not steal.
6 Thou shall not lie or give false testimony.
7 Thou shall not kill.
8 Thou shall not commit adultery.
9 Thou shall not covet thy neighbors
wife or possessions
10 Thou shall keep the Sabbath holy.


Confirmation in the Quran
(Chapter: Verse)
1 "There is no other god beside GOD,"(47:19)
He is the one God; there is no other god beside Him. ......(28:70)

2 There is nothing that equals (like) Him. (42:11)
No visions can encompass Him, but He
encompasses all visions. He is the Compassionate, the Cognizant.[6:103]

"My Lord, make this a peaceful land, and protect me and my children from worshiping idols. (14:35)

3 Do not subject GOD's name to your casual swearing, that you may appear righteous, pious,
or to attain credibility among the people. (2:224)

4 ....and your parents shall be
honored. As long as one or
both of them live, you shall
never say to them, "Uff"
(the slightest gesture of annoyance),
nor shall you shout at them; you
shall treat them amicably. (17:23)

5 The thief, male or female, you shall mark their hands as a punishment for their crime, and
to serve as an example from GOD. GOD is Almighty, Most Wise. (5:38 - 39)

6 ..... incur GOD's condemnation upon him, if he was lying. (24:7)
Do not withhold any testimony by concealing what you had witnessed. Anyone who withholds
a testimony is sinful at heart. (2:283)

O you who believe, you shall be absolutely
equitable, and observe GOD, when you serve as witnesses, even against yourselves, or your parents, or your relatives. Whether the accused is rich or poor, GOD takes care of both. Therefore, do not be biased by your personal wishes. If you deviate or disregard (this commandment), then GOD is fully Cognizant of
everything you do.[4:135]

7 ....anyone who murders any person who had not committed murder or horrendous crimes, it shall be as if he murdered all the people. (5:32)
"You shall not kill any person - for God has made life sacred - except in the course of justice. If one is killed unjustly, then we give his heir authority to enforce justice. Thus, he shall not exceed the limits in avenging the murder, he will be helped."(17:33)

8 You shall not commit adultery;
it is a gross sin, and an evil behavior.
(17:32)

9 You shall regard the parents, the relatives, the orphans, the poor, the related neighbor, the unrelated neighbor, the close associate, the traveling alien, and your servants. (4:36)
And do not covet what we bestowed
upon any other people. Such are temporary
ornaments of this life, whereby we put them to
the test. What your Lord provides for you is far
better, and everlasting.[20:131]

10 *the Sabbath was relinquished with the
revelation of the Quran. We are told in
the Quran that the Sabbath was only
decreed for the Jews. (16:124)
God, however ,ordered us to make every
effort and drop all businesses to attend the
congregational (Friday)prayer. The Submitters
may tend to their business during the rest of
the day.
O you who believe, when the
Congregational Prayer (Salat
Al-Jumu`ah) is announced on Friday,
you shall hasten to the commemoration
of GOD, and drop all business. . (62:9)

Answer 4

Sorry, as a Christian, I know that your laws are not what save you. While it may be splitting hairs Jesus does not condemn you. Your actions condemn you now as you are, but through the gift of Jesus you may yet be saved.

Your laws show the truth in the word say even the heathens know how to give good gifts (or make good laws). So what are they lacking? Jesus and what he stands for and the message he brings.

Answer 5

Just because the bulk of the Bible is false and outdated doesn't mean that everything in it is worthless. You can get good moral messages from other fictional books.

Answer 6

No one can be saved unless they trust in Jesus. Noone can live to that standard all the time, and the book of James states that if you trangress the law in one instance, then you are guilty of it all. I am a Christian.

Answer 7

The most important one is missing--thou shalt no other gods before Me. there is a reason it was first.

Answer 8

They are actually in the Qur'an, but not in that order, and in more detail.

Seriously.

Answer 9

How Do You View the Ten Commandments?

PEOPLE view the Bible’s Ten Commandments in various ways. Seventh-Day Adventists say that the Ten Commandments are binding on all people. Lutherans consider them the “best set of rules ever given upon which an individual can structure his life.” “Rightly understood,” explains a Catholic spokesman, “the Ten Commandments still provide a basis for Christian living.”

Thus, while some religious groups believe that we should obey the Ten Commandments to the letter, others consider them merely a guide for sound moral behavior. Indeed, according to the Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, “there is probably no human document which has exercised a greater influence upon religious and moral life than the Decalogue [Ten Commandments].” Why is this the case? Consider first what they say. They are brief, comprehensive, and forceful. But how should you view the Ten Commandments? What do they mean to you?


THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

1. You must not have any other gods against my face.

2. You must not make for yourself a carved image or a form like anything that is in the heavens above or that is on the earth underneath or that is in the waters under the earth. You must not bow down to them nor be induced to serve them . . .

3. You must not take up the name of Jehovah your God in a worthless way . . .

4. Remembering the sabbath day to hold it sacred, you are to render service and you must do all your work six days. . . . You must not do any work, you nor your son nor your daughter, your slave man nor your slave girl nor your domestic animal nor your alien resident who is inside your gates . . .

5. Honor your father and your mother . . .

6. You must not murder.

7. You must not commit adultery.

8. You must not steal.

9. You must not testify falsely as a witness against your fellowman.

10. You must not desire your fellowman’s house. You must not desire your fellowman’s wife, nor his slave man nor his slave girl nor his bull nor his *** nor anything that belongs to your fellowman.—Exodus 20:3-17.


What Do the Ten Commandments Mean to You?

WITHIN three months of their deliverance from Egypt in 1513 B.C.E., the Israelites encamped in front of Mount Sinai in the wilderness. At God’s beckoning, the prophet Moses ascended the mountain and heard God promise that He would make the nation of Israel His “special property out of all other peoples.” Moses then relayed this to the people through the older men of the nation. “After that all the people answered unanimously and said: ‘All that God has spoken we are willing to do.’”—Exodus 19:1-8.

Thereafter, God plainly stated the Ten Commandments to Moses, prefacing these laws with the comment: “I am the LORD your God, who have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves.” (Exodus 20:2) This Decalogue was for the Israelites, who were told in the First Commandment: “You must not have any other gods against my face.”—Exodus 20:3.

Subsequently, God gave Moses instruction in other divine commandments for Israel. (Exodus 20:4–23:19) Altogether, these amounted to some 600 laws. And what a thrill it was to realize that God’s angel was going ahead of the nation to prepare the way into the Land of Promise! (Exodus 23:20-22) God declared: “Before all your people I shall do wonderful things that have never been created in all the earth or among all the nations; and all the people in the midst of whom you are will indeed see the work of God, because it is a fear-inspiring thing that I am doing with you.” In return, what did God require of his people? “For your part keep what I am commanding you today.” Yes, obedience to all of God’s laws and precepts was mandatory.—Exodus 34:10, 11.

What the Ten Words Meant for Israel

As a result of their divinely protected flight from Egyptian bondage, the Israelites came to know God’s name in a new sense. God had become their Deliverer. (Exodus 6:2, 3) Consequently, the third commandment took on special meaning for them, as they were thus forbidden to take up the divine name in a worthless way.—Exodus 20:7.

But what of the fourth commandment, which relates to the Sabbath day? This command featured respect for sacred things, as God had previously indicated when instituting “a sabbath observance” in connection with the collecting of manna. (Exodus 16:22-26) Because some Israelites did not promptly obey, God plainly reminded them that he had given them that order. “‘Mark the fact that God has given you the sabbath.’. . . And the people proceeded to observe the sabbath on the seventh day.” (Exodus 16:29, 30) Later, God showed how exclusive this arrangement was, stating: “Between me and the sons of Israel it is a sign to time indefinite.”—Exodus 31:17.

Then, consider the unique tenth commandment, forbidding covetousness. Here is a law that no human could enforce. Each Israelite was accountable to his God, who searched the individual’s heart to find out his motives.—Exodus 20:17; 1 Samuel 16:7; Jeremiah 17:10.

An Adjusted View

Jesus Christ, who was born into the nation of Israel, told his disciples: “Do not think I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I came, not to destroy, but to fulfill.” (Matthew 5:17) To Hebrew Christians the apostle Paul wrote: “The Law has a shadow of the good things to come, but not the very substance of the things.” (Hebrews 10:1) If you had been a Hebrew convert to Christianity, how would you have understood these comments? Some members of the early Christian congregation believed that all the hundreds of laws that God gave through Moses, including the Ten Commandments, still applied. But was that the right viewpoint?

Consider these words of Paul to Jews who had become Christians in the province of Galatia: “We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners from the nations, knowing as we do that a man is declared righteous, not due to works of law, but only through faith toward Christ Jesus, even we have put our faith in Christ Jesus, that we may be declared righteous due to faith toward Christ, and not due to works of law, because due to works of law no flesh will be declared righteous.” (Galatians 2:15, 16) Indeed, a righteous standing with God did not depend on perfect obedience to the Mosaic Law, for in the imperfect human state, that was impossible. Paul added: “All those who depend upon works of law are under a curse; for it is written: ‘Cursed is every one that does not continue in all the things written in the scroll of the Law in order to do them.’ . . . Christ by purchase released us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse instead of us.”—Galatians 3:10-13.

If Jesus’ Jewish followers were no longer under the curse of the Law, were any Christians obligated to observe all the commandments given to Israel? To the Colossians, Paul wrote: “[God] kindly forgave us all our trespasses and blotted out the handwritten document against us, which consisted of decrees and which was in opposition to us; and He has taken it out of the way by nailing it to [Christ’s] torture stake.” (Colossians 2:13, 14) Doubtless, many early Christians needed to adjust their thinking and recognize that they had been “discharged from the Law.” (Romans 7:6) By exercising faith in Jesus’ sacrificial death, which brought an end to the Law and paved the way for the inauguration of the foretold “new covenant,” they had the prospect of gaining a righteous standing with God.—Jeremiah 31:31-34; Romans 10:4.

What They Mean for Us

Does this mean that the Ten Commandments, a basic part of the Law, have lost all meaning for Christians? Certainly not! Although the Ten Words are not legally binding on Christians, these laws continue to offer sound guidelines, as do other commands of the Mosaic Law. For instance, Jesus said that the two greatest commandments are those requiring love of God and neighbor. (Leviticus 19:18; Deuteronomy 6:5; Matthew 22:37-40) In counseling Roman Christians, Paul cited the sixth, seventh, eighth, and tenth commandments, adding: “And whatever other commandment there is, is summed up in this word, namely, ‘You must love your neighbor as yourself.’”—Romans 13:8, 9.

So, then, as part of God’s inspired Word, what purpose do the Ten Commandments serve today? They reveal God’s viewpoint on matters. (2 Timothy 3:16, 17) Consider how they do this.

The first four commandments highlight our responsibilities toward God. (First) He is a God who still exacts exclusive devotion. (Matthew 4:10) (Second) None of his worshipers should use images. (1 John 5:21) (Third) Our use of God’s name should be proper and dignified, never disrespectful. (John 17:26; Romans 10:13) (Fourth) Our whole life should revolve around sacred matters. This enables us to rest, or ‘take a sabbath,’ from a course of self-righteousness.—Hebrews 4:9, 10.

(Fifth) The obedience of children to their parents continues to serve as the cornerstone of family unity, bringing with it God’s blessings. And what a marvelous hope this “first command with a promise” offers! It is not only “that it may go well with you” but also that “you may endure a long time on the earth.” (Ephesians 6:1-3) Now that we are living in “the last days” of this present wicked system, such godly obedience offers young people the prospect of never dying.—2 Timothy 3:1; John 11:26.

Love for our neighbor will prevent us from causing him harm through such wicked deeds as (Sixth) murder, (Seventh) adultery, (Eighth) stealing, and (Ninth) making false statements. (1 John 3:10-12; Hebrews 13:4; Ephesians 4:28; Matthew 5:37; Proverbs 6:16-19) But what of our motives? The (Tenth) commandment, against covetousness, reminds us that God requires that our intentions always be upright in his eyes.—Proverbs 21:2.

What a wealth of meaning we find in the Ten Commandments! Based as they are on divine principles that will never be out-of-date, we should prize them as precious reminders of our obligation to love God and our neighbor.—Matthew 22:37-39.