Right.
Let’s forget about those pesky 10 Commandments?
The 10 Commandments are substantially repeated in the Noahadic covenent (with subparts).
1. Prohibition against idolatry
No idolatry
To pray only to God
To offer ritual sacrifices only to God
2. Prohibition against blasphemy
To believe in the singularity of God
No blasphemy
No idolatrous rituals
No divination
No astrology
No following omens
No witchcraft
No incantations
No necromancy
No mediums
To honor one’s father and mother
3. Prohibition against murder
No murder
No suicide
No Moloch worship (infant sacrifice)
According to Maimonides’s interpretation, no abortion
4. Prohibition against theft
No stealing
No kidnapping of persons
5. Prohibition against sexual immorality
No adultery
Formal legal marriages
No incest with close relatives
No Sodomy
No bestiality
Not to crossbreed animals
No castration
6. Prohibition against eating the limb of a living animal
Not to eat a limb of a living creature (whilst it is still alive)
Not to eat or drink blood
Not to eat carrion (for those recognised by a Beth Din)
7. Establish courts of justice
To establish courts and a system of justice
No false oaths
Notably absent is the Sabbath.
I don't know about "pesky," but we are "not under the law, but under grace." The Ten Commandments are part of the Mosaic Law, which no longer applies to us as law per se. No, murder and adultery (etc.) are not acceptable, but it's not because of the Mosaic Law; it's because they're contrary to the "law of love."
On the other hand, Christians have no "legal" obligation to keep a sabbath in the Old Testament sense. Periods of rest are a good idea; the commandment sprang from a valid principle, and we're designed so that we function better with periodic rest. But we have no obligation to refrain from work every week from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown, or any other specific day or time.
“Let’s forget about those pesky 10 Commandments?”
The 10 Commandments (less regarding the Sabbath) are substantially repeated in the Covenent of Noah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Laws_of_Noah#Subdividing_the_Seven_Laws
I don't know about "pesky," but we are "not under the law, but under grace." The Ten Commandments are part of the Mosaic Law, which no longer applies to us as law per se. No, murder and adultery (etc.) are not acceptable, but it's not because of the Mosaic Law; it's because they're contrary to the "law of love."
On the other hand, Christians have no "legal" obligation to keep a sabbath in the Old Testament sense. Periods of rest are a good idea; the commandment sprang from a valid principle, and we're designed so that we function better with periodic rest. But we have no obligation to refrain from work every week from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown, or any other specific day or time.