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To: GovernmentShrinker
he 10 Commandments, on the other hand, are very specific and a direct affront to many people's beliefs.

What do you find offensive with the 10 Commandments?

49 posted on 12/09/2004 10:01:50 PM PST by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner

As I have previously posted on this thread, the most obviously offensive -- to our whole Constitutionally established system of non-establishment of religion -- is the commandment about "Thou shalt have no other gods before me". Guess what, lots of Americans worship different gods than the one who allegedly handed down this set of commandments (and plenty worship no god at all). And they should not be greeted at a courthouse by a plaque which explicitly dictates that their religious beliefs are wrong, and by implication, that the court does not respect their religious beliefs as equal before the law.


52 posted on 12/10/2004 8:37:45 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: stainlessbanner
What do you find offensive with the 10 Commandments?

Nothing, per se. Just as long as you post the correct version of the 10 Commandments.

I. I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides me.
II. You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.
III. You shall remember the Sabbath and keep it Holy.
IV. Honor your father and your mother.
V. You shall not kill.
VI. You shall not commit adultery.
VII. You shall not steal.
VIII. You shall not bear false witness.
IX. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
X. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.

57 posted on 12/12/2004 4:10:56 AM PST by Non-Sequitur (Jefferson Davis - the first 'selected, not elected' president.)
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