Quote:Not at all. It establishes relationship. First 4 - relationship to God. Last 6 - relationship to fellow man.Rubbish
It is about community and family. At the heart of Christianity, that is what it is meant to look like. How it's presented many times, not so much.
My parents gave my brother and I various rules to follow. Had nothing to do with kissing up to them. If one of us broke a rule, they dealt with us but in a loving way. If it weren't for those rules, then there would've been no standard for order, and that disorder would extend beyond the household. Sometimes there was a penalty, but it wasn't because they wanted there to be, but because it reinforced the rule and I knew not to try it again. Perfect love is unconditional and it didn't matter how many times I broke the rules, they still loved me the same. God does the same for us.
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.
Inuit Proverb
Inuit Proverb
