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To: jonno
For those of us who are not of Jewish descent, which of "The 10" can we ignore?

Well, as a practical matter:

1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Freedom of religion; no civil penalty for worshiping other gods.

2. 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.

Again, freedom of religion. No civil penalty.

3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

Freedom of speech. No civil penalty.

4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Freedom of religion. No civil penalty (besides...football).

5. Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Great advice, but dishonoring you parents is perfectly legal.

6. Thou shalt not murder.

Finally, one that's illegal!

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

While there might be a few laws still on the books outlawing adultery, in practical terms it's legal everywhere.

8. Thou shalt not steal.

Illegal, government confiscation of income aside.

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

In the context of sworn testimony in court, illegal.

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

No laws against coveting, well...anything, as far as I know.

Final score: 3 out of the 10 Commandments are illegal.

46 posted on 09/23/2013 1:36:49 PM PDT by Kip Russell (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors -- and miss. ---Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Kip Russell

...I sense you’re belittling....

BiPolarBear posits that the “TC” were around since the garden of Eden. Source, sir? Do Christians have an oral tradition? Where in the literal word of the Five Books of Moses do you see the hint to this? (as it turns out, you’re more of a prophet than you think... Jews know that G-d “looked into the Torah and created the world...” IE, the Torah came first. We even know that Abraham and all of our forefathers kept all of the commandments BEFORE they were transmitted at Sinai. Nice going prophet!)

For both: How do you split hairs and say that the Jews had a mission...or that the “TC” apply to all mankind...when they were given to Jews. Your top Jew (or his followers...and willful accomplices) nullified commandments. Quite a few of them, no? “...it’s what comes out of the mouth not what goes in...” Way to nullify G-d’s word! So why be such a stickler to the Jews’ Ten Commandments? You like them? Great! You’re right, in the macro, but I’m splitting hairs now to make a point. You pick and choose. Now, if you didn’t pick and choose: www.noahide.org. Your commandments encompass everything in the Ten Commandments. Anyway, seven is easier than ten, right? :)

PS—I like you guys better than Jews for Js....


49 posted on 09/23/2013 6:22:33 PM PDT by Phinneous
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