{{Cquote|Twelve of the original thirteen colonies adopted the entire [[Decalogue]] into their civil and criminal laws. While the lone hold-out, Rhode Island, did not adopt the first four Commandments, they did adopt the last six. Surveying the organic development of law, former Chief Justice William Rehnquist forcefully argued: “It is… undeniable… that the Ten Commandments have had a significant impact on the development of secular legal codes of the Western World.<ref>[https://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF10I86.pdf Ten Commandments: Foundation of American Society] by Dr. Kenyn Cureton</ref>}}
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{{Cquote|Twelve of the original thirteen colonies adopted the entire [[Decalogue]] into their civil and criminal laws. While the lone hold-out, Rhode Island, did not adopt the first four Commandments, they did adopt the last five. Surveying the organic development of law, former Chief Justice William Rehnquist forcefully argued: “It is… undeniable… that the Ten Commandments have had a significant impact on the development of secular legal codes of the Western World.<ref>[https://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF10I86.pdf Ten Commandments: Foundation of American Society] by Dr. Kenyn Cureton</ref>}}
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all commandments derive there authority from god regardless if its all ten of them or just the last six that rohde island adopted the only diffrence is rohde island was the only
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colony that did not adopt the first four only the ones proposed by roger williams founder of the baptist church in america
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rohde island was the only colony to adopt the last six of the ten commandments without the first four roger williams faced critisism but regardless
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even the last six of the commandments still derive there authority from god just like the first four of the ten commandments