The New 10 Commandments

[Disciple]

Hey Nihilist, You know, you could shorten your list a bit and sum all those up with the exception of 2. and 3.  It could read something like, Love your neighbor as yourself.  Im sure nobody would notice it isn't original   Just being silly, If I may ask though, Why in your commandment 1 is it permissible to harm other people when under orders? Personally, I couldn't follow a commandment like that. If I find an order immoral I will not comply.  And if I may add a commandment to the conversation myself, I would have it read,  Any politician who declares war should be compelled to fight in said war.  We would live in a different world if that were the case.

You wouldn't harm other people if you were ordered to? Can you possibly have lurked on these forums and be unaware of how your deity, Jehovah, ordered genocide after genocide with the occasional mass murdering wherein the virgins of a village would be spared so they could be taken as war booty?

Nope, I sure wouldn't. It appears as if you would I assume? When I replied, I was hoping we were going to discuss the actual issue but, we can go to the ancient events you don't believe ever happened.  I was aware of the old testament before I made it to the atheist fourm. Although I have indeed noticed it is among the favorite subjects of biblical discussion here. All new testament Christians I have ever been around have no dealings with the OT.  Christians deal with the teachings of Christ, and the new covenant. The OT was written for the Jews who at the time, were being established as Gods people and who were expecting a messiah. Even the 10 commandments at the time, weren't meant for the whole world to follow, just the Jews, who still follow only OT scripture.  And don't catch a fraction of the heat Christians catch on here I might add. And before you bring up that part where Jesus said he came to fufill the law, all that means is it was satisfied. Like if you fufill your contract with somebody, your no longer under the contract.