[gitmo]

You claim the country is becoming more moral as it becomes more atheistic.

The immorality is increasing, not decreasing.

1. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me.

   Your post illustrates the fact that America is turning from the first measure of morality.

2. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

   This one is interpreted different ways these days. I won't argue it is an issue in modern day US.

3. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.

   Turn on the TV any night, or listen to people at the mall. The second measure of morality if blatently rejected.

4. Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.

   Need I make any comment? The Sabbath has become a regular shopping or sports day. Nobody objects to working on the Sabbath, as long as they get a day or two off each week.

5. Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

   Does anyone think we are honoring our parents MORE these days?

6. You shall not murder.

   Yes, we've had a recent decline in the murder rate.

7. You shall not commit adultery.

   Hard to tell, but it looks like this is more prevalent and openly accepted in the country.

8. You shall not steal.

   The police told us at a recent community meeting on the daily break-ins and home invasions in our neighborhood not to bother calling in car break-ins. They throw those reports away. There are too many for them to bother with.

9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

   During the '90s we were flooded with articles about why lying is actually a good thing.

10. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

    We have an entire political party based on coveting the belongings of others.

I will submit that morality is on the decline in the states and in Europe. I find most people who maintain otherwise make up their own definitions of morality to support their particular depravity.

[Marysecretary]

Europeans are turning away from God. Hence their moral values are fast disappearing. Sad.

[ItsOurTimeNow]

>>You shall not murder.
Yes, we’ve had a recent decline in the murder rate.

You shall not commit adultery.
Hard to tell, but it looks like this is more prevalent and openly accepted in the country.<<

Don’t forget that Christ expanded on these to include sins of the heart. Hating your brother is the same as murder, and looking at someone with lust in your heart is the same as adultery.

Given the increase of secular therapy, ‘anger management’ classes, and the heavy use of pornography in this country, these two have risen the most.