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Originally posted by dtw
So you consider the Ten Commandments a program? Overly prohibitive? Too complicated?
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I wasn't specifically referring to the commandments here, just the fact that you're looking for a "comprehensive a guide for daily life".
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Like I said, I'll bet on your horse and take "God" out of the equation, just so you can't play the 'cramming religion down your throat' card and I'm not playing the "godless liberal hedonist" card... Ten Commandments aren't elegant?
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There's nothing in the commandments about rape, assault, sexual abuse, child molestation, or other things that clearly fall under under the category of "doing harm". When you start to codify laws against specific behaviors, you end up having to cover all the bases. "Do no harm" is truly elegant.
Further, all who profess to be Christian are violating commandments 1 and 2 (no other gods and graven images--I don't buy that BS about Jesus and God being the same thing) and I'm willing to bet most of you violate commandment 4 on a weekly basis.