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The Ten Commandments: Commandments 1 & 2: “I am the Lord your God. Thou shall have no other gods before you but me.” I don’t believe in the God defined in the Judeo-Christian Bible (despite being raised Jewish). There is plenty of reason to not believe in God, and people who do not believe are not necessarily guilty of leading an immoral life. There is such a thing as a good agnostic, atheist, or believer in something other than a deity. On the contrary side, one has to simply look at the recent revelations about the Catholic Church to question the benefits of leading a religious life. I appreciate how the commandments were crucial to the creation of modern forms of gov’t, but I refuse to apply them as law in and of themselves. The active enforcement of such commandments is anathema to a free society.
Our rights come from GOD—not government: Please see previous paragraph. Which rights are these? The right to bear arms? The right to freely assemble? The right to practice any belief system one chooses? Whose God is this that is supposed to be the purveyor of these rights? And who should enforce that these rights be observed and followed? Should the democracy be replaced by a theocracy? Please explain. Is homosexuality an abomination? In Exodus 21:7, I am granted permission to sell my daughter into slavery. Should I? I insist on working on the Sabbath. Should I be put to death as is decreed in Exodus 35:2, despite my years of volunteer service to my country and fellow man? If so, who should do it?
- It's nit too late to become a good little jew-boy you know?MyMommies
- Your point being...luckyorphan