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| 1 | Please read disclaimer in comment v0.1 before reading this and put a "maybe ? " on the end of each "commandment" . Anything after the # is not from wikipedia | |
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| 3 | 1. "I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods in My presence..." | |
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| 5 | # Is this not saying that we should understand who LORD is before we throw out all other gods ? | |
| 6 | # Was it not a man who brought people out of Egypt ? | |
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| 8 | 2. "Do not make an image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above..." | |
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| 10 | # Is this not saying that because we do not understand who LORD is we should not assume what the #"heavens" are ? | |
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| 12 | # Or maybe we should not be making likenesses to things that are not there, either way maybe we should be # concerned about what is happening in our only promised "heaven" = earth ? | |
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| 15 | 3. "Do not swear falsely by the name of the LORD..." | |
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| 17 | # Is this not saying that we should understand who LORD is before we can swear by "him" ? | |
| 18 | # Or maybe we should not be swearing by LORD as it would be false ? | |
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| 20 | 4. "Remember [zachor] the Sabbath day and keep it holy" (the version in Deuteronomy reads shamor, "observe") | |
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| 22 | - | # Is this not saying that everybody should rest, maybe even the guardians of life, so they can be refreshed to perform their duties for the 6 days ahead ? |
| 22 | + | # Is this not saying that everybody should rest, maybe even the guardians of life, so they can be |
| 23 | # refreshed to perform their duties for the 6 days ahead ? | |
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| 26 | 5. "Honor your father and your mother..." | |
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| 28 | # Is this not saying honor those that have walked before you on earth as you would not be here without | |
| 29 | # them? | |
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| 31 | #Have those before us not fought and died to keep our free will ? | |
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| 33 | 6. "Do not murder" | |
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| 35 | # Is this not saying that murder should not be committed as it is mostly achieved by taking away | |
| 36 | # another's free will ? | |
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| 38 | 7. "Do not commit adultery." | |
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| 40 | # Is this not saying that adultery should not be committed iff it is achieved by taking away another's | |
| 41 | # free will ? | |
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| 44 | 8. "Do not steal." | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | # Is this not saying that theft should not be committed as it is mostly achieved by taking away | |
| 47 | # another's free will ? | |
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| 50 | 9. "Do not bear false witness against your neighbor" | |
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| 52 | # Is this not saying that bearing false witness against another being should not be committed as it is | |
| 53 | # mostly achieved by taking away another's free will ? | |
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| 55 | 10. "Do not covet your neighbor's wife" | |
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| 57 | # Is this not saying that coveting your neighbor's wife should not be committed as it is mostly | |
| 58 | # achieved by taking away another's free will ? | |
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