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An in which points does either tradition diverge materially from: "thou shalt not murder" "thou shalt not steal" "thou shalt not commit adultery"

No one is disputing that those are the laws of civilized society, and have been since before Moses was in the reeds.

On the other hand,

I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

is not a part of our laws. It was not a part of the Roman Laws. Likewise we have laws against stealing, as did the Romans, but no laws against coveting.

Do you think that because those are prohibited by the Ten Commandments they should become law in the U.S.? The Foundig Fathers didn't feel that need.

[farmer18th]

I am the LORD thy God,...is not part of our laws

In CONGRESS, June 12, 1775. AS the great Governor of the World, by the supreme and universal Providence, not only conducts the Course of Nature with unerring Wisdom and Rectitude, but frequently influences the Minds of Men to serve the wise and gracious Purposes of his providential Government; and it being at all Times our indispensible Duty devoutly to acknowledge his superintending Providence, especially in Times of impending Danger and public Calamity, to reverence and adore his immutable Justice, as well as to implore his merciful Interposition for our Deliverance. This Congress therefore, considering the present critical, alarming, and calamitous State of these Colonies, do earnestly recommend, that THURSDAY, the 20th Day of JULY next, be observed by the Inhabitants of all the English Colonies on this Continent, as a Day of public Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer, that we may with united Hearts and Voices unfeignedly confess and deplore our many Sins...

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