Atrocities in the Bible

[Firefighter01]

I don't really see a reason to call them the "real" ten commandments. The first set got broken and now another set is made, and it's different, and that's kind of dumb.

Why do you call them the "real" commandments? Because the Israelites were commanded to destroy altars and not make covenants with other people groups, and God promised to drive out other nations, and that influenced their behaviors afterward?

*Edit* I now see that these are the only set of commandments that are actually called the Ten Commandments, so I see your point.

Thanks for the follow up.  Remember, the Commandments in Exodus chapter 20 were never written on stone tablets.  The ones in Deuteronomy chapter 5 were written on stone tablets but they are not called the Ten Commandments.  On top of that the biblical stories are not based on them.

Ever think how heavy those stone tablets would need to be?