Do you think the ten commandments should have a place in the American court houses?
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ABSOLUTELY.  The US government was founded on Christian principles.  Its the turning away from them that is destroying us.  The so-called separation of church and state is NOT in the constitution, but the opinion of a handful of people.  Further, it was designed to keep the government from having a church sponsored religion, like the church of england when we were colonies....not to remove religious principles.
504063
Yess the new 10 commandments should be:-\n\n1-No one will hate other religions/beliefs\n2-No one will try to correct God's designs (like for foreskin)\n3-Bush will be hanged\n4-There will be no morals but humanity\n5-No meat is banned\n6-No drinks are banned\n7-No ban on pre-marital sex and abortions\n8-No racism\n9-no cruelty towards animals and plants\n10-No prophet, no book, no dogma, no ritual allowed
422186
Do we need to follow the ten commandments, they are part of the old testament and we are supposed to follow the new testament.
778335
No.\n\nFor Christians, Jesus fulfilled the Law of Moses.\n\nChristians are not held to the ceremonial parts of the Mosaic Law concerning of dietary purity and temple worship.\n\nChristians are held to the moral law of God, some of which is expressed in the Ten Commandments.\n\nHowever Jesus took the Ten Commandments to the next step summarizing them into the two Great Commandments:\n+ You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.\n+ You shall love your neighbor as yourself.\n\nAnd teaching things like\n+ Everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.\n+ Everyone is our neighbor including our enemies.\n\nTherefore we have to go much farther than the original recipients of the Ten Commandments ever dreamed.\n\nWith love in Christ.
100660
Greetings, oh brave one. Don't worry.GOD will bring the Commandments back, and soon! Believe it or not, Christ is coming to subdue and CONQUER all rebellion and usher in a new world--and this time mankind WILL HAVE PEACE!!! I don't care what the scoffers say--I'm not addressing them anyway--either there is an all-loving GOD ALMIGHTY soon to intervene FORCEFULLY in this world, or we will have no world! And how anyone can be against killing,theft,and the other commandments is beyond sanity!!! MOST LAWS ON THE BOOKS ARE AN EXTENSION OF THOSE COMMANDMENTS!!! Should we throw away the law against rape? How about murder? The commandments are summed up in 4 words: LOVE OTHERS AS YOURSELF. See? GOD is pretty smart after all, huh?.....
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HEY ROCKETSCIENTIST: that's a really funny name, considering. The laws of this country ARE NOT based on the Ten Commandments! If they were, then the following actions would be punishable by law:\n- Having gods other than the Judeo-Christian god\n- Worshipping false idols\n- Taking the lord's name in vain\n- Ignoring the sabbath\n- Dishonoring thy father and mother\n- Coveting thy neighbors ass\nAdultery is not a crime, but in some states (not all) it can be used against you in a divorce proceeding. \nSo out of your 10 commandments, only murder, theft, and perjury are actually upheld by our laws. Do you think that these things aren't crimes in every other country in the world? \nAlso, when you get to high school, you'll get to take civics class and learn what the term "free society" means. Seriously, change your screenname to something a little more appropriate. \n********\njohnny_cee: I think you may be alone among Christians who think that decency and monogamy are wrong. Check your wording on that one.\n********\n\nNo, Christian activists are not the only ones who try to force others to live by their archaic belief system. They happen to be the ones this question is talking about. Do any of you seriously believe that because other people do it too, that let's you off the hook? And if you don't feel that you are one of the Christian activists that this refers to, then good for you, god bless, peace out.\n\nEver hear that phrase "Do unto others as you would have done unto you"? Can't remember who said that, but it's a good saying, anyway. Here's something to ponder: How would you like to live under MY theocratic government? I'm going to make Santeria the national religion. You will have to sacrifice goats and chickens several times a day. No other religion will be tolerated. I am justified in imposing my religion on you, because I think it will make the world a better place, and anyway, I don't want my kids to be exposed to anything that doesn't kill chickens.
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It wasn't meant to keep the church or the ten commandments out of society.  The 'separation of church and state' comes from the clause in the first amendment which states:  \n\n"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. . "\n\nThe interpretations of this have bastardized the original intent of the Founders to the extent that what it says and what they mean are entirely different things.  We had those things on our money because the Founders never intended to eliminate them from society.\n\nAll they intended to do was prohibit any state sponsored religion
940375
The 10 commandments of the bible can be applied to all situations including social relations, in fact, if we all followed them we would have a wonderful world and incredible relationships.
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I dont care if they do. As a matter of fact, I think they should. Seperation of church and state, marriage, legally, is a state issue.\n\nHowever, a friend of mine, a Christian, does not support it, because it contributes to the moral decline of marriage. My point to her was "Doesnt the 50% HETEROSEXUAL divorce rate do that too?" She had no answer.
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Great question!!!\nHere is your answer:\n\nAlthough many individuals would like to obey the commandments, the Nation (US) is no longer run by individuals like you and me.  It is run by a select group of criminals whose official head is Bush, which pursue their own personal interests and who do not give a sh*t about the commandments.\nIt's funny how Al-Queda just happens to release videos when Bush is low in the polls, almost as if they are in league together because as we know, the american sheep are easily manipulatable by fear.\nWe bomb other people in the name of a just war, we do that already and in the process kill women and children and many innocents but hey! they're not american so who gives a sh*t. \nThe latest announcement by Bush that there was a foiled attempt in 2002 is such a crock. He said they think the tower may have been a target. If you don't know the target, how can you say you stopped the attack - it's not logical.\nBush not only derserves to be impeached for the breaking of treaties, the illegal wars, the lies to the American people, the torture (where recently Bush Legal Advisor Mr. Yuu acknowledged that smashing a child's testicles to make a parent speak is an acceptable interrogation technique) but Bush should also be tried for high treason and convicted.
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Absolutely.  It's funny that Christians call it persecution when they are forced to obey the law.  No other religion gets to put up their commandments in the courthouses, but block the Christian 10 commandments suddenly it's persecution!\n\nOur country was not founded on any god, it was founded on the Constitution.  The consitution has an amendment barring Congress from making any law that respects the establishment of religion.\n\n[edit] for the person below who mistakenly thinks the constitution allows establishement of religion:\n\n"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."\n\ncongress cannot do anything that even touches on establishement of religion.
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This question clearly illustrates the reason why we Europeans find America such a primitive community. To us the idea that religionists, whether Jews, Christians or Muslims,  should influence the way in which the courts operate is a denial of the Democratic principal. Save us from archaic Christian extremists and from a Jewish mafia or the dangerously mad Sharia law guys. This is the age of reason - not the 14 century.
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I don't think so.  I think each house should have its own individual rules, so you can make that rule in your house.  There are probably some people who don't feel the same way, like me.
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I think there are occasions when it would be okay. For example, in the Bible when people are selling things in the temple in John 2:12-16 it says:\n\nAfter this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days. \n\n 13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.\n\n 14 In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.\n\n15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.\n\n16 To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!"\n\nHere, Jesus has a right to be angry and rude.
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Because most of those old laws are really just an embarassment to the religion, so they are desperate to find a way to rationalize their abolishment.  Where in the bible does it say that the 10 commandments are still ok, but not stoning for adultery or putting women in tents during their periods?\n\nThe entire religion is based on 2 things:  Picking and choosing which "holy books" were included in the final version of the bible, and then picking and choosing which verses in those books de-emphasised the Jewish tradition and emphasised what they wanted their new religion to say.
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I would say so. They need laws on dishes.
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The Ten Commandments were 10 laws written on stone by God personally and given to Moses. These laws concerned man's relationship with God and also with each other.\n\nPerhaps you are referring to the New Testament passage Mark 12:13-17 13 Paying Taxes to Caesar \n\nThey sent some Pharisees and followers of Herod to bait him, hoping to catch him saying something incriminating. 14 They came up and said, "Teacher, we know you have integrity, that you are indifferent to public opinion, don't pander to your students, and teach the way of God accurately. Tell us: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" \n\n15 He knew it was a trick question, and said, "Why are you playing these games with me? Bring me a coin and let me look at it." 16 They handed him one.\n\n"This engraving — who does it look like? And whose name is on it?"\n\n"Caesar," they said. \n\n17 Jesus said, "Give Caesar what is his, and give God what is his."\n\nThis passage indicates that it is correct to pay taxes if you are a citizen of a country (or state) and the governemt levies taxes of all people.