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Originally posted by Mojo_PeiPei
What is with you people? Having the Ten Commandments is not a religious endorsement. They are 9 practical laws (8 if your cool with adultery) that have been at the foundation of morals for our country and countless others for centuries. And Wry1 calling America a puritanically obsessive society is insanity and demonstrates the anti-religious attitude this country is taking, not to mention that it couldn't be further from the truth.
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i dont see how 10 commandments had any influence over our legal system
ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me - err......how is this related to our judicial system?
TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.' - again, relevance? it is legal to create any carved image....
THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.' - oh HELL NO GOD DAMN IT! this is also permitted.
FOUR: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.' - nope. no relevance to the american judical system. almost all the "blue laws" are gone.
FIVE: 'Honor your father and your mother.' - govt has no law that makes you honor your father and mother!
SIX: 'You shall not murder.' - finally.........but almost all the religions on earth say somethin against murder
SEVEN: 'You shall not commit adultery. - Hhehe! we all know about this one.
EIGHT: 'You shall not steal.' - same as murder. this is also something in common with most of the world religions.
NINE: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.' - i cant quite interpret that one well. if that means you shall not lie then it's completely irrelevent as people lie everyday and you usally dont get prosecuted for lying (perjury is different)
TEN: 'You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.' - err.....i can covet whatever i want.......as a matter of fact, i'm coveting jennifer aniston right now!
as you can see, the 10 commandments have very very very minutely little relevance to our justice system.