I am the Lord thy God. Thou shall not have strange gods before Me.
I’m atheist, so this does not apply.
Thou shall not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
Again.
Remember to keep holy the Lord’s day.
And again.
Honor thy father and mother.
Nice, but hardly something we should legislate.
Thou shall not kill.
Duh.
Thou shall not commit adultery.
Again, not something we should legislate.
Thou shall not steal.
Has merit.
Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
If extrapolate this to mean not to lie in general, then it’s good practice for life.
Thou shall not covet thy neighbor’s wife.
Thou shall not covet thy neighbor’s goods.
We’ve already covered stealing, so I imagine these are about jealously. Hardly the responsibility of the state to legislate.
So, at best I agree with 25% of the Ten Commandments, hardly a “universal code” of morality. Missing rape and slavery, pretty big omissions of you ask me.
Personally, I don’t think it’s about jealousy but about greed overall, and how that might convince you to forcefully take things, lives and freedom. And whether there’s punishment by society or not (legislation), you believe these stances are right, disagreeing only with the ones that concern faith and rite (the Sabbath). That’s nice.
Maybe instead of arguing with atheists who aren’t doing anything wrong, you should focus on the “Christian” politicians promoting the 10 commandments while actively breaking them.
They’re too far gone, they left their values behind if they ever had any to be part of the empire’s power structure. At least atheists online stand by what they believe in, they’re more intellectually honest (and overall as well).
I’m atheist, so this does not apply.
Again.
And again.
Nice, but hardly something we should legislate.
Duh.
Again, not something we should legislate.
Has merit.
If extrapolate this to mean not to lie in general, then it’s good practice for life.
We’ve already covered stealing, so I imagine these are about jealously. Hardly the responsibility of the state to legislate.
So, at best I agree with 25% of the Ten Commandments, hardly a “universal code” of morality. Missing rape and slavery, pretty big omissions of you ask me.
Personally, I don’t think it’s about jealousy but about greed overall, and how that might convince you to forcefully take things, lives and freedom. And whether there’s punishment by society or not (legislation), you believe these stances are right, disagreeing only with the ones that concern faith and rite (the Sabbath). That’s nice.
Maybe instead of arguing with atheists who aren’t doing anything wrong, you should focus on the “Christian” politicians promoting the 10 commandments while actively breaking them.
They’re too far gone, they left their values behind if they ever had any to be part of the empire’s power structure. At least atheists online stand by what they believe in, they’re more intellectually honest (and overall as well).