buzsaw writes:
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Biblical morality is subjective to the Ten Commandments. Fundamentalistic Biblical morality, foundational on the Ten Commandments, seems to be what works best, when you look around the world and look at history.
(*snort!*)
Can you give me an example of a single society that was ever founded upon "fundemantalistic biblical morality, foundational on the Ten Commandments"? The only one we can seem to find would be the supposed tribes of Israel written about in the Bible, but they didn't last very long. The Roman Empire, the Greek Empire, the Phonecians, Japanese, Chinese, Aztecs, Mayans, all of these and more have lasted much, much longer than Israel did.
And even in the modern era, where are these "Ten Commandments" societies? Even here in the US, we don't follow them. The first four are all about how to worship god and the very first, explicitly listed right granted to the people in our Constitution indicates that that is a load of crap. You get to worship any god you want or even none if you so choose.
Honor thy father and mother? Why? There's no crime in giving your parents the finger. Sometimes they need to be told just what pains in the asses they are (Mary Cheney? Are you listening?)
Thou shalt not kill? Well, actually, you can. And the state will do it for you and not consider it cruel or unusual, even if you do it to the mentally ill or to those who committed their crime while underage.
Adultery? Well, it's grounds for divorce, and there are some states that still make it a crime, but it isn't really handled that way.
Stealing? Well, that sorta depends on how one defines "stealing." "Emminent domain" is pretty much stealing, but we don't complain about it too much unless it happens to you.
Bearing false witness? You mean like "We know where the weapons of mass destruction are"?
Thou shalt not covet? You mean like "Manifest Destiny"?
My word...it seems like the US made itself what it was by deliberately breaking pretty much every commandment. But, we've only been around for a couple hundred years. We're kids.
So do, please, tell us. Where are these "Ten Commandments" societies? I can't find any.
Rrhain
WWJD? JWRTFM!