Not too long ago, a judge in an Alabama court of law fought to keep the ten commandments posted in the state supreme court building. Of course, his wishes were disregarded and the monument came down. Now this was a good thing because this country is founded on the principle that the government will not honor any particular religion over another...I.E.-separation of church and state. unless they were will to erect monuments to every other religious belief in the country, it had to take it down.
However, the ten commandments listed on the monument were not the final set handed down in the bible, so why were they all up in arms when they were not even honoring the correct rules???
Here is the ten commandments that most people know. They were given to moses in Exodus 20
1. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me.
2. You shall not make for yourself a graven image. You shall not bow down to them or serve them.
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor your father and your mother.
6. You shall not kill.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet.
However, when Moses came down and saw everyone dancing, drinking, and gallivanting, he got mad and broke the tablets. Mad at himself, he goes back up the mountain and requests the commandments again. This time, in Exodus 34, god gave him a new list!
1. Thou shalt worship no other god (For the Lord is a jealous god).
2. Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
3. The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep in the month when the ear is on the corn.
4. All the first-born are mine.
5. Six days shalt thou work, but on the seventh thou shalt rest.
6. Thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the feast of in gathering at the year's end.
7. Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread.
8. The fat of my feast shall not remain all night until the morning.
9. The first of the first fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God.
10. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.
Now some of those look familiar, but some of them are nothing like the original. So why would people get up in arms when the version that was removed was wrong to begin with?
And why is it that most christians still follow (or pretend to follow) the commandments that were clearly replaced with new ones?? Discuss
However, the ten commandments listed on the monument were not the final set handed down in the bible, so why were they all up in arms when they were not even honoring the correct rules???
Here is the ten commandments that most people know. They were given to moses in Exodus 20
1. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me.
2. You shall not make for yourself a graven image. You shall not bow down to them or serve them.
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor your father and your mother.
6. You shall not kill.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
10. You shall not covet.
However, when Moses came down and saw everyone dancing, drinking, and gallivanting, he got mad and broke the tablets. Mad at himself, he goes back up the mountain and requests the commandments again. This time, in Exodus 34, god gave him a new list!
1. Thou shalt worship no other god (For the Lord is a jealous god).
2. Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
3. The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep in the month when the ear is on the corn.
4. All the first-born are mine.
5. Six days shalt thou work, but on the seventh thou shalt rest.
6. Thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the feast of in gathering at the year's end.
7. Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread.
8. The fat of my feast shall not remain all night until the morning.
9. The first of the first fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God.
10. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.
Now some of those look familiar, but some of them are nothing like the original. So why would people get up in arms when the version that was removed was wrong to begin with?
And why is it that most christians still follow (or pretend to follow) the commandments that were clearly replaced with new ones?? Discuss