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, 17:03, December 10, 2009moved Talk:The Ten Commandments to Talk:Ten Commandments: drop "the" in accord with usual practice
Trouble is that an encyclopedia is supposed to ''refer to'' the evidence, not quote it verbatim. It would be a nice idea to quote ''all'' the translations (there are dozens), but IMO PhilipB's proposal is the best, not because the KJV is always the most accurate (it isn't) but because it is the most literal (sometimes absurdly so), and therefore tends to preclude all 'interpretations'. It is also out of copyright. Given the tendency around here to quote the NIV (!) that would seem to be a wise precaution!--[[User:Petrus|Petrus]] 13:25, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
Trouble is that an encyclopedia is supposed to ''refer to'' the evidence, not quote it verbatim. It would be a nice idea to quote ''all'' the translations (there are dozens), but IMO PhilipB's proposal is the best, not because the KJV is always the most accurate (it isn't) but because it is the most literal (sometimes absurdly so), and therefore tends to preclude all 'interpretations'. It is also out of copyright. Given the tendency around here to quote the NIV (!) that would seem to be a wise precaution!--[[User:Petrus|Petrus]] 13:25, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
== The Ten Commandments in US law ==
You would probably be better off looking up the Noachide covenant and its influence on law - in paticular Hugo Grotius along with the 102nd Congress passing P.L. 102-14. --[[User:Mtur|Mtur]] 22:27, 21 March 2007 (EDT)
Also, laws against "elder abuse" could be interpreted as supporting the Fifth Commandment. [[User:Knoodelhed|Knoodelhed]] 13:07, 19 June 2007 (EDT)
== American spellings ==
Shouldn't the American spellings be used in this article? [[User:Fairandbalanced|Fairandbalanced]] 13:47, 22 March 2007 (EDT)
:I believe they are now! Though quite how they knew what they would be in 1611 I cannot imagine! ;) --[[User:Petrus|Petrus]] 13:10, 23 March 2007 (EDT)
==Blue laws==
I added a bit saying that some states still restrict the sale of alcohol on Sundays to the 4th commanded in US law section. I'm pretty sure this is still true in some places; at least it was as of recently. Massachusetts did not permit liquor stores to be open on Sunday last I heard (though bars can be), and in New York I still think you can't buy alcohol before noon. If I'm wrong and these laws have changed feel free to revert, although I'd like a source. [[User:PortlyMort|PortlyMort]] 09:32, 1 August 2007 (EDT)
== Third mention ==
Shouldn't there be a mention of the third reference to the Ten Commandments given in Exodus 34:14-16,[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=exodus%2034:14-26;&version=9; Exodus 34:14-16 (KJV)]? These were the ones given to Moses after he destroyed the first set following his anger over the Golden Calf.--[[User:British_cons|British_cons]] [[User_talk:British_cons|(talk)]] 16:30, 24 January 2008 (EST)
== title of article ==
should be "Ten Commandments" dropping "the" in accord with our usual CP style. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 12:00, 10 December 2009 (EST)