The New 10 commandments:

I believe most of the original commandments are outdated or just plain ridiculous. Who, these days, carves images of gods or worships multiple gods?

I have come up with my own rules to live buy. I think they work better in these modern times.

1. Do not kill another human. Do not kill animals except for food or survival, never for sport.
2. Do not steal.
3. Do not lie.
4. Honor your family above all others.
5. Do not judge your fellow man.
6. Do not amass great wealth for yourself, share with those less fortunate.
7. Treat others with respect & kindness.
8. Do not have sexual or romantic relations with children.
9. Do not force your religion or beliefs upon others.
10. Obey the laws of man, when they do not conflict with these.

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Here is the ORIGINAL 10

“And God spoke all these words, saying: I am the LORD your God…

1. Thou shall have no other gods before me.
2. Thou shall not make for yourself a carved image.
3. Thou shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor thy father and thy mother.
6. Thou shall not kill.
7. Thou shall not commit adultery.
8. Thou shall not steal.
9. Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
10. Thou shall not covet your neighbors wife, nor anything that is thy neighbors.

My problems with those commandments are as follows:

#1 #2: does that include Jesus, because a lot of people seem to worship him or the cross.

#4: Do you have to go to church? It just says remember it, not “Go to church”.

#5: But, do you have to obey them? What if their rules conflict, or are just plain dangerous?

#6: What about bugs? Cows? Rats? Self-defense?

#7: So, if you aren’t married you can have sex with as many people as you want? I have no problem with that.

#10: Come on, you can’t not do this. Everyone wants something that someone else has, as long as you don’t break #6, #8 or #9 to get it, what is the harm?

There are so many different religions in the world, how do you know which one is the “right” one? Simple: They all are. And none are.

There are a lot of elements from different religions that are very good for mankind. There are equally, if not more so, bad elements. Remember Jim Jones & the poison Flavor-Aid? How about the Heavens Gate suicides? Or the Crusades? These atrocities all took place in the name of religion.

Killing in the name of [insert deity here], is still killing. There is no way of getting around that face. The commandment reads “Thou shall not kill.” It doesn’t say it’s ok if the people won’t follow your views. It doesn’t say it is ok if it is for a religious ceremony. It is pretty clear.

There has been more turmoil over the simple name of God, than almost anything else. I believe that God does not really care if you call him God, Buddha, Jehovah, Allah, or any other name man has thought of. If God is omnipotent, then what would that matter? Something so trivial would not even enter into the equation. God, no matter what name we call him, would not concern himself with a name. I seriously doubt that such an entity would even require a name at all.

It is that reason that I believe all religions are correct in the belief in a supreme being, a creator of everything. I also believe that they are mistaken about the details of such a being. Such a thing would, in reality, be completely incomprehensible to normal men. That is why we have made up so many different versions of the same truth. Truly, how could we ever write about something that we cannot even understand? Until we pass on to the next world, we will never understand these things.

So, trying to assign a religion to them is a fruitless undertaking that we will never get right.