Ten Commandments. Do you live by them & how importantare they to today's soceity?

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Maybe_Maybe_not · Accepted Answer

I'd say they served a useful purpose, long time ago. They were foundations to organize and enforce order in our societies around key concepts, for example to prevent us to randomly kill each other. However, from a political leader's perspective, people murdering people is not an ethical problem, it's an organizational problem. They enforced private property, which facilitated the evolution of trade, currency, economics, finance etc. In short, they were ready-to-eat, moral guidelines, yes, but also made for the masses and serving leaders' goals, since a controlled and submissive crowd is easier to manage, unlike a disobedient one.

However these commandments are one side of the story, regarding morality, other lines have been created in the meantime to assemble moral compasses for us. Philosophy gave birth to ethics, for example, to reflect on morality, fairness, justice, equality, equity etc. Giving birth to humanism, human rights, and later women rights, and later a wider range of individual rights because human rights, back then, were unable to accommodate for the full picture that is humanity.

In my opinion, the Ten Commandments have become obsolete during the course of history, because they are set in stone, inflexible and coming from a centralized source asking for an unconditional obedience. Obedience without questions allowed is death of the spirit, to me, it is immobility against galaxies in motion. So, I prefer to break ties with the old texts, to trust other sources of value, other guidelines.

Knightwatch27 · Accepted Answer

Yes, I do.
“Don’t suppose for a minute that I have come to demolish the Scriptures—either God’s Law or the Prophets. I’m not here to demolish but to complete. I am going to put it all together, pull it all together in a vast panorama. God’s Law is more real and lasting than the stars in the sky and the ground at your feet. Long after stars burn out and earth wears out, God’s Law will be alive and working."
-Matthew 5:17-18

CupcakeTheDestroyer · Accepted Answer

I don’t really live by them since I left the church a while ago, and christianity too. They’re a decent list of dos and don’ts for living in our current civilization but it’s not inclusive to every problem society currently has and a lot of that is because so much of western culture is influenced by christian culture.

GOLDFISH_smile · Accepted Answer

I try to live by them. Some it's harder bc of society (like I sometimes have to work on Sundays).

MisterWack · Answer

Do I live by them? V. Honor your father and your mother. V. You shall not kill. VIl. You shall not steal. VilI. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. IX. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. X. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods. How important are they to today's society? Apart from those…. Not really since people have a right to be religious or not, can pray or not, etc. Non Christians can follow their religious beliefs / select certain parts they relate to most. 🤷‍♂️

RavVid · Answer

I have always thought them a basic structure of a workable society.

It is hard to not covet the neighbors wife if she is hot or his car if it is hot but the important thing is not to act on it and at least try to keep your tongue in your mouth.

TheWombRaider · Answer

First of all those are not the 10 commandments those are 9 commandments. Commandment 3 is really commandment for and commandment 9 and 10 are the same commandments.

You left out commandment 2 you shall have no ingraven images.

The ten commandments are split into two the first four are duties to God the last six our duties to man. Where is Jesus summoned up love the Lord thy God with all your heart mind and soul and love thy neighbor. Those two commandments some up all 10.

I try to live by them as best as possible but no man can that's why there's the need for a savior because every man falls short and all fail. The ten commandments are extremely irrelevant in today's just as they were then because if you don't know the law you can't be held accountable for transgressing the law by laying out the law now you know what you can and can't do.

Massageman · Answer

The first three relate to your relationship with God. The next four to yourself and family. The last three to yourself and "neighbors" (others).

I live by them as well as I can. The World would be better off by trying to follow them instead of whatever it is that is going on.

mandyfire98 · Answer

I live more by the golden rule. It pretty much covers everything.

Lliam · Answer

I don't kill, commit adultery, steat or covet.

Honoring your mother and father is iffy, depending on your parents' behavior.

The first four commandments are irrelevant to me.

My #1 rule is to try to do unto others as I would have them do unto me.

Jessica405 · Answer

1, 2 and 3 are irrelevant to many people. The rest are mostly reasonable, and logical in any society. That does not necessarily mean a Christian society.

Tarifa · Answer

Almost reads as the lyrics to this Prince Far I song.

genericname85 · Answer

i do live by 9 of the 10 commandments. not because of the 10 commandments but because to me that's just a nobrainer. cause i'm not an asshole or an idiot and i do have common sense. the first one is extra. i don't need that. i live by the categorical imperative and if you do that, you automatically don't do the shit that the 10 commandments are prohibiting. except as already stated: the first one. this is just the delusion part that every religion needs to exist.

coxoabean · Answer

I try ti live by them! I'm nit perfect tho as nobody is! I think they are very important

EmmaMary · Answer

I'm in complete and total agreement with @jessica405

AviatorTom · Answer

We only need 2 commandments. George Carlin explains why.

BoobMan · Answer

I'd say they're pretty important for a functioning society. At least if people generally TRY to live by most of them. I'll admit to not REALLY being clear on what precisely 2 and 3 mean, but the rest make good sense.

BCRanger10 · Answer

Yes, I do live by them. They are very important and things would be a lot better in the world today if more people did.

Anonymous · Answer

You can be a good and moral person without religion. Some of the worst and deadliest people in the world are religious fanatics and religious leaders.

Pupweb · Answer

The 10 commandments are important to me and I try my best.

WhitneySnow · Answer

Our minister taught us that the Ten Commandments have been replaced by the one commandment of the new covenant, the Lord Jesus Christ’s commandment to Love thy neighbor as thyself.

strateguy632 · Answer

To quote my pastor "did jesus ever say that?" To keep ten commandments.  But i still obey 6th and other moral ones toward other people.

saraupstairs · Answer

I believe in God, but not religion. If religion was real, there wouldn't be 10,000 flavors.

Anonymous · Answer

anti-religious folks can disagree all they want but society would not be where we are today without religion for me I just try to avoid the 7 deadly sins as much as possible

BetaBucks · Answer

I got 5-10 down pretty well. I should probably do better with 4, but my parents make it difficult.

Unit1 · Answer

Pass. See AviatorTom reply with George Carlin's summarized explanation. That's what I am about.

worldscolide · Answer

I do my best to, but not for religious reasons. I follow a simpler doctrine. Do as you will but harm none, which covers basically all of them.

slatyb · Answer

They ones that are about religion are irrelevant to civil society. The ones about murder and theft are far older than the Bible. So totally irrelevant.

Staximus · Answer

The first three commandments are 100% bullshit.

bananathunder · Answer

I try to but only because most of those will make you a good person. Not religion reasons at all

Anonymous · Answer

I try to. I'm human. They're very important. You see how people are when they do not have God's love in thier life.

hotman5 · Answer

yes i follow the abrahamic laws morals and values such as not sinning, my life has been smooth like butter ever since

Queenofhypotheticals · Answer

Nobody's perfect but I feel I'm doing pretty good at the way I lead my life though I could d better.

jjj101010 · Answer

1-3 are the only religious points. The rest are just about being a decent human being

Anonymous · Answer

I don't know 🤷‍♀️

Ironic_Method · Answer

Nah. I mostly just go by the golden rule.

ClassicDropout · Answer

I'm failing on 2 9 and 6

sage2021 · Answer

I am good with all of them.

Dongie · Answer

Yes!! I have cracked a couple. Repentance.

nawtee_me · Answer

Very important indeed…

impalabill77 · Answer

Some of them.

Agape93 · Answer

Nope

exitseven · Answer

yes, pretty much.

shortster · Answer

I try to, but I am struggling with 6 and 9.

jimmy2 · Answer

No one can

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