What do you think about the 10 commandments?
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Someone once told me they make an excellent outline for good, solid, mental balance.  As a religious guideline they may lack something.
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The commandment is correctly translated as 'thou shall not murder'.  Killing, in self-defense or in a time of war is permitted, even obligatory.
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how about the 10 commandments?\n\nExo 20:2  [#1]  I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. \n\nExo 20:3  Thou shalt have no other gods before me. \n\nExo 20:4  [#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. \n\nExo 20:5  Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; \n\nExo 20:6  And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. \n\nExo 20:7  [#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. \n\nExo 20:8  [#4]  Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. \n\nExo 20:9  Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: \n\nExo 20:10  But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: \n\nExo 20:11  For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. \n\n[Note:  The "sabbath day" being referred to here is the Hebrew/Israel/Jewish sabbath day [the seventh (7th) day of the week, Saturday], that begins Friday at sundown, and continues until Saturday at sundown.] \n\nExo 20:12  [#5]  Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. \n\nExo 20:13  [#6]  Thou shalt not kill. \n\nExo 20:14  [#7]  Thou shalt not commit adultery. \n\nExo 20:15  [#8]  Thou shalt not steal. \n\nExo 20:16  [#9]  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. \n\nExo 20:17  [#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. \n\nExo 20:18  And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. \n\nExo 20:19  And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. \n\nExo 20:20  And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. \n\nExo 20:21  And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. \n\n~ Idols and Altars \n\nExo 20:22  And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. \n\nExo 20:23  Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. \n\nExo 20:24  An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. \n\nExo 20:25  And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. \n\nExo 20:26  Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
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The 10 commandments say nothing about going to "church" on "saturdays".\n\nThe word "church" comes from the word "circ" as in "circle" - specifically the word used for a circle of witches.\n\nThe word "saturday" comes in honor of the false god "saturn". \n\nWhy in the world would you think that the Bible would use either of these words?  The commandment is to work 6 day and then rest upon the 7th day and do no work on that day.  It says nothing about coming together as a group at all. In fact, as written, you could fulfill the commandment in its entirety just by staying in bed all day!
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They will never be out of date insofar as they are still relevant today.  The rest of the Bible speaks about other sins but in different ways.  The Book of Leviticus takes the commandments and explains more in depth what each one means and what God wants for our lives.  In some ways though, I think we do need an updated set so that people will have no way to question what God wants.  You must look to the Greek text to find out about recreational drugs, you need better language to tell people that homosexuality is wrong, they don't understand the man lying with another man, as a woman idea or that it is an abomination, or that living together is not right.  You can go on forever trying to update those Ten Commandments, but, ultimately, all the answers are already in the Bible.  You just have to search for them and obey them.  God doesn't want His Word turned into a lie, as is being done in today's society.
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read the ten commandment with the thought that they are for your good, not just silly laws.
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Jesus wasn't re-writing the 10 Commandments...He was actually re-inforcing them...BUT He was summing them up into 2 commandments, meaning that we should observe them from our heart...The 2 Commandments are to Love God with all our heart, and to Love one another.\nIf everyone in the world actually did this, would we have the mess the world is in now?\n\nYour addition of: "Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.\n\nDoes this mean we can now covet our neighbor's stuff? \n\nHe also changed "keep Holy the Sabbath Day". Doesn't that mean that it is perfectly fine to work on Sundays?"\n \nYour additional question prompts me to include these commandments into the 2 Commandments that Christ summed all the commandments into......\nIf we love our neighbor, we wouldn't covet our neighbor's stuff...so that fits into Jesus's 2nd commandment, to Love our neighbor as ourself.\nWorking on the Sabbath was not done away with; that Commandment falls into the 1st Commandment re-inforced by Christ, and that is to "Love God"...\nHope this clarify's your understanding of how the Commandments are still in effect, but since Christ came,  we observe them with our whole Heart.
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Hope I'm not out of topic but I joined the Seventh Day Adventist a few months ago.  I believe they observe and follow the bible and teachings of Jesus a lot closer than most denominations do. The Seventh Day Adventist keeps all the commandments including the four one(which alot of denominations ignore) and abstaining from pork and other unclean animals.  So far I am happy being a Seventh Day Adventist and so far I havent seen any major flaws in their doctrine.  I'm on my way to Sabbath School now but I'll definately check out that link to the former Adventist Yahoo group when I get back and view some of the opinions on there.  May God Bless.
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1) You shall have no other gods before me\n2) You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain\n3) You shall make no graven images\n4) Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy\n5) Honor your father and mother\n6) You shall not murder\n7) You shall not steal\n8) You shall not comitt adultry\n9) You shall not bear false witness\n10) You shall not covet your neighbors house, wife, servants, oxen or anything that belongs to them.\n\nNot bad.  Take about 2 1/2 minutes to type with looking anything up.  Yes, there are people who know the Bible.
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The first 10 are pretty good. I would also add the 11th and 12th:\n\n"Thou shalt not bring up my name 20 times a day."\n\n"Thou shalt not proselytize and threaten damnation when thy neighbor doesn't agree."
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Let's see.  These are probably out of order and poorly summarized but here goes.\n\n1.  Thou shalt have no other gods before me.\n2.  Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God, in vain.\n3.  Remember the Sabbath, and keep it holy.\n4.  Honor thy father and mother.\n5.  Thou shalt not kill.\n6.  Thou shalt not steal.\n7.  Thou shalt not commit adultery.\n8.  Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.\n9.  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.\n10.  Thou shalt not covet anything else that is thy neighbor's.
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Well.... I have a problem with 1, for starters.  I don't think the 10 commandments of the bible are that hard to improve on.  Let me find a thread for you.
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I get your point but why take away the 10 commandments? Those are things that hurt people and God wants us to love others. Those commandments were given so that we are educated on what hurts people if we do those things. Honestly the church and man really dont understand the concept of what Christ's love is. ya I like to go out on Sat nights too and I sleep in haha
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A1. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength; and love your neighbor as yourself. There are no greater commandments than these. It is our purpouse, and what we were designed for.\nA2. Because the world is messed up. From the time humankind first sinned the world has been in a state of decay, so to live we have to resist that decay (i.e. WORK) in order to, out of the chaos of decay, produce order (food, shelter, video games, etc;). Think second law of thermodynamics, the only way to counter it is orderly input of energy, in this case, through work.
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The bible may say an eye for an eye. But one of the 10 commandments is Thou shalt not kill. No exceptions!
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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
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Many people find a beauty and moral truths in Christianity, regardless of the imperfection of the humans who brought the message.  Christianity is not superstition.  The words and days are not magic, but representations of ideas.\n\nReview again Christs' response that there are only 2 commandments, the most important is to love God, and the next to love your fellow man.  All other commandments from God follow from these two.\n\nDon't worry.  Be happy.  This is faith.