"Really? So the Ten Commandments are null and void now to a practicing Christian?"
Now that you bring up the Ten Commandments, even though we were discussing Jewish theocracy, the Ten Commandments apply to Christians in the New Testament as well as Jews. The only difference is that Christ came, lead a perfect life and was the sacrificial lamb for those who are unable to keep the Ten Commandments. We still have to strive to do our best but we are not under the Law and it's associated punishments - Jews or Christians. Of course belief in Him is required.
but we are not under the Law and it's associated punishments - Jews or Christians. Of course belief in Him is required. So, in other words, the 10 commandments are like an optional exercise in the appendix? It's ok to murder someone, as long as the love of jesus is in your heart?
Have you reached perfection yet?
No, but on the other hand, the requirements of due care placed on me are not so very rigorous, as I haven't been forcing jews into ghettos and kidnapping their children for the last 1400 years. Nor, at the present moment, do I plan to enforce my religeous beliefs on the unwilling in compulsory public schools at the expense of science education.