(January 26, 2018 at 4:35 pm)Haipule Wrote:If you're going to believe in the fairy tale the least you can do is to learn what the real Ten Commandmants are. The commands in Exodus chapter 20 were verbal; they were never written on the stone tablets. The real Ten Commandments are found in Exodus chapter 34. If you don't know that then you will never be able to understand any of the biblical stories.(January 26, 2018 at 5:31 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: All of the biblical stories illustrate the effects of following or ignoring the Ten Commandments found in Exodus chapter 34:10-28. Verse 10 is the one that explains the purpose of the miracles. The only commandment everyone follows is the First Commandment, about invading other people's land, destroying their religious artifacts, and enslaving or killing them.The Decalogue are two sets of five; five toward God and five toward man.
When you read a particular story you should be able to identify which of the Ten Commandments it's about.
The first one is "I am the Lord your God". A proclamation and not a command.
All the "Thou shall not(s)" are in the future tense and are also proclamations and not commands.
The first of the toward man is number 6 "Obey your parents" is written as a command.
The word translated as 'commandment' is dabar and means a word given in any capacity.
In the NT quoting Jesus saying, "Do not murder". Is not in the imperative mood of command but is in the subjunctive mood: not you-all-might-be-murdering. These are proclamations of who we are to be and not commandments.
The word dabar is translated into English by no less then 85 different words in the KJV. See the problem? I do not understand why no one in 2,000yrs has ever pointed out the future tense!
BTW, the First Commandment tells the Israelites to invade other people's lands, destory their religious artifacts, and to engage in ethnic cleansing. It's the most universally observed practice followed by nations throughout history.
