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!The Ten Commandments

!The Ten Commandments

!Meaning

!Meaning

!Response of liberals and secular society

!Results of liberal and secular society demands against the Commandments

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|'''1'''

|'''1'''

| ''Thou shalt have no other gods before me.''

| ''Thou shalt have no other gods before me.''

| You cannot worship any god other than the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.  Includes material objects or concepts which serve to replace God, such as money or power.

| You cannot worship any god other than the God of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob.  Includes material objects or concepts which serve to replace God, such as money or power.

| Various religions world-wide; cults; "Church" of Satan; paganism; material goods; anything that promotes or pushes a replacement of God as a center of daily life.

| Various religions world-wide; cults; "Church" of Satan; paganism; atheism; material goods; politics and political philosophies; anything that promotes or pushes a replacement of God as a center of daily life.

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|'''2'''

|'''2'''

| ''Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.''

| ''Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.''

| You cannot make an image (photo, sculpture painting, etc.) for the purpose of worshiping it.

| You cannot make an image (photo, sculpture painting, etc.) for the purpose of worshiping it.

| Popular culture (record labels, shows like ''American Idol'', movie stars, etc); atheism.

| Popular culture (record labels, shows like ''American Idol'', movie stars, etc); secular science.

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|'''3'''

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|'''4'''

|'''4'''

| ''Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.''

| ''Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.''

| Destructive of the day of rest earned from a week of work.

| If violated, destructive of the day of rest earned from a week of work.

| Successful removal of the "Blue Laws" in most states, forcing employees to skip church and work or be fired.

| Successful removal of the "Blue Laws" in most states, forcing employees to skip church and work or be fired.

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|'''5'''

|'''5'''

| ''Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.''

| ''Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.''

| Destructive of the Creator/creation relationship, which the father/mother represents.

| If violated, destructive of the Creator/creation relationship, of which the father/mother represents.

| Incidents of patricide/matricide; wrathful words spoken by children against their parents

| Incidents of patricide/matricide; wrathful words spoken by children against their parents.

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|'''6'''

|'''6'''

| ''Thou shalt not kill.''

| ''Thou shalt not kill.''

| Destructive of life in general.  Includes murder, manslaughter, negligent homicide, simple hatred.

| If violated, destructive of life in general.  Includes murder, manslaughter, negligent homicide, or simple hatred against someone else.

| Hatred for Christians, Jews, conservatives, including demands for death; abortion industry; support for third-world dictatorships engaged in socialism/communism.

| Hatred for Christians, Jews, conservatives, including demands for death; abortion industry; support for third-world dictatorships engaged in socialism/communism.

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|'''7'''

|'''7'''

| Thou shalt not commit adultery.

| Thou shalt not commit adultery.

|Destructive of the family unit.  Included with adultery are extra-marital relations; platonic relations; affairs; homosexuality; perverse sexual practices; thoughts and dreams of doing it.   

|If violated, destructive of the family unit.  Included with adultery are extra-marital relations; platonic relations; affairs; homosexuality; perverse sexual practices; thoughts and dreams of engaging in it.   

| Promotion of homosexuality and pedophilia; spread of pornography; large number of divorces; recurrent themes of adultery within the media.

| Promotion of homosexuality and pedophilia; spread of pornography; large number of divorces; permissiveness and acceptance of adultery within the media and popular culture.

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|'''8'''

|'''8'''

| ''Thou shalt not steal.''

| ''Thou shalt not steal.''

| Includes robbery, burglary, piracy, embezzlement, taxation without representation.

| Stealing includes robbery, burglary, piracy, embezzlement, taxation without representation.

| Eminent domain (taking of property to give to others); heavy progressive taxation.

| Eminent domain (taking of property to give to others); heavy progressive taxation.

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|'''9'''

|'''9'''

| ''Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.''

| ''Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.''

| Destructive of the individual committing it as well as the victim receiving it.  Includes lying and deceit.  

| If violated, destructive of the individual committing it as well as the victim receiving it; destructive to society as a whole.  Includes lying and deceit.  

| Corrupt politicians in state and local governments; liberal media distorting news items to manipulate the audience; evolution; global warming; atheism.

| Corrupt politicians in state and local governments; liberal media distorting news items to manipulate the audience; evolution; global warming; atheism.

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|'''10'''

|'''10'''

| ''Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.''

| ''Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.''

| A "want" or "desire" to acquire or control someone elses property, up to and including convincing a legislature to be a party to such a desire.

| A "want" or "desire" to acquire or control someone else's property, up to and including convincing a legislature to be a party to such a desire.

| Eminent domain; heavy progressive taxation; prevention of others to develop their own properties; prevention of the country from exploiting its own resourses.

| Eminent domain; heavy progressive taxation; prevention of others to develop their own properties; prevention of the country from exploiting its own resources.

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