You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Keep the Sabbath day holy.
Honor your father and your mother.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet.
1-4 are obviously worthless for non-Christians. 5 sounds good on paper, but there are a whole lot of parents that do a lot of harm to their children, so I don’t think it’s a great blanket rule
6-10 are solid, although I’d argue 10 is a bit redundant. The main issue with coveting is it can lead to 6-9. I’ll give it though since I vetoed 5
5/10 on the 10 commandments. That’s 50%, which is a failing grade
All that being said, I don’t actually have anything against it as a concept, same as I have nothing against Mormons not drinking alcohol, or Muslims not eating pork. In all cases though, I have a problem with the government promoting the idea using tax payer funds
This seems like the only genuine reply to the question tbh. Most others comment something like “Well so many Christians do X or Y”, but that’s not the commandments’ fault.
I think we should all strive to live by 5-10. Except of course if your parents are horrible, then that one shouldn’t apply. But then 6, 8, 9 are all basically laws in most places already
Here are the 10 commandments:
1-4 are obviously worthless for non-Christians. 5 sounds good on paper, but there are a whole lot of parents that do a lot of harm to their children, so I don’t think it’s a great blanket rule
6-10 are solid, although I’d argue 10 is a bit redundant. The main issue with coveting is it can lead to 6-9. I’ll give it though since I vetoed 5
5/10 on the 10 commandments. That’s 50%, which is a failing grade
All that being said, I don’t actually have anything against it as a concept, same as I have nothing against Mormons not drinking alcohol, or Muslims not eating pork. In all cases though, I have a problem with the government promoting the idea using tax payer funds
This seems like the only genuine reply to the question tbh. Most others comment something like “Well so many Christians do X or Y”, but that’s not the commandments’ fault.
I think we should all strive to live by 5-10. Except of course if your parents are horrible, then that one shouldn’t apply. But then 6, 8, 9 are all basically laws in most places already
Fair enough and fair reply. Thank you! 👍🙏