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Old 08-06-2018, 01:05 AM
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The 10 Commandments have a lot to do with how we treat others.

It occurred to me that the original 10 commandments in the old testament had a lot to do with how we treat others, and less with how we treat ourselves. In this day and age the emphasis is now on how we treat ourselves; in the sense of self love, diet, exercise, self development etc. I have noticed this shift in emphasis quite a lot.

To be honest I prefer it when the emphasis is on how we get on with others rather than how we get on with our-self. But I do understand that both aspects are important.

Things like "do not kill" "do not steal" "do not commit adultery" are specifically aimed at how we get on with YOU. Please don't say that YOU are my own self! Homicide is not suicide. Nor do I steal my own property. Please have a sense of perspective rather than just say "well everything is ME".

If you killed someone you would have harmed another and not just your own self.
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Old 08-06-2018, 01:40 AM
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The slaves were freed and society was running rampant, so Moses put together the 10 commandments. That is why they are society based.



Mankind sure could of use the 10 commandments of self mastery too. :)
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Old 08-06-2018, 04:17 AM
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Sorry, Honza if you have to be commanded to be a "good" person, what does this say about you?
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Old 08-06-2018, 05:21 AM
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It occurred to me that the original 10 commandments in the old testament had a lot to do with how we treat others, and less with how we treat ourselves. In this day and age the emphasis is now on how we treat ourselves; in the sense of self love, diet, exercise, self development etc. I have noticed this shift in emphasis quite a lot.

To be honest I prefer it when the emphasis is on how we get on with others rather than how we get on with our-self. But I do understand that both aspects are important.

Things like "do not kill" "do not steal" "do not commit adultery" are specifically aimed at how we get on with YOU. Please don't say that YOU are my own self! Homicide is not suicide. Nor do I steal my own property. Please have a sense of perspective rather than just say "well everything is ME".

If you killed someone you would have harmed another and not just your own self.



' The 10 Commandments have a lot to do with how we treat others '

What about the people who have never heard of them
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Old 09-06-2018, 12:01 AM
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Mankind sure could of use the 10 commandments of self mastery too. :)

Perhaps we could put some together.....
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Old 09-06-2018, 12:01 AM
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' The 10 Commandments have a lot to do with how we treat others '

What about the people who have never heard of them

The word spreads.....particularly these days.
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Old 09-06-2018, 12:05 AM
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Sorry, Honza if you have to be commanded to be a "good" person, what does this say about you?

Well, it's not just for me but for humanity in general. It is also a very useful guideline for establishing laws for society.

Goodness in people was not always taken for granted, and still isn't in many ways.
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Old 14-06-2018, 05:09 PM
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Goodness in people was not always taken for granted, and still isn't in many ways.

Honza,


Soceity was guilty of breaking all the commandments originally and it still is. I have a very different understanding of the 10 Commandments. Truthfully, IMO, they could be renamed as the 10 Promises or the 10 Predictions. The repetitive use of the word 'shall' indicates something that will occur in the future at some unspecified time. If, indeed, it is promissary or predictive in nature because it was said by God it must necessarily be true.


Furthermore because it was spoken to specific people it must apply to them. The only way,IMO, this could happen is to indicate that the afterlife we call 'heaven' is a reality. I believe that in heaven this means that for any one of these commandments it means we shall be free of the desire to commit any one of these sins. If these were genuine commandments instead of 'shall' the words 'must' or 'cannot' would have been more appropriate.......either of the latter two usages would have had the unspoken connotation of 'or else'. In other words, immediate punishment. This has not been the case in history.


As we know and/or accept the wages of sin is death. Heaven is a promise of a realm without sin thus eternal life, not death, becomes a reality and a fulfilled promise. In that realm, the ego is absent and consequently 'sin'.
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For myself I prefer Hitchen's suggestions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9weXGtCk7c
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I disagree. Most of the 10 commandments except the few ones you mentioned are all about pleasing god. And even though he says 'thou shalt not kill' in other chapters he orders his followers to commit mass genocide and throw infants from walls?

Once again, no. The 10 commandments should be having more rules like 'help those in need' and 'don't backstab anyone' instead of nonsense like 'thou shalt not take my name in vain' and 'keep the sabbath day holy'.
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