10 Commandments

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The only quesitons I say in your OP was that you wanted to know the hypocritical and ridiculous reasoning's and thought process behind 9 and 10. Correct?

Ok, I didn't realize you were trying to answer those two points...Mainly because your first post was set in, me only agreeing with Min at the time, but was only making a point to acknowledge what else I agreed with and disagreed with, on a broader spectrum in concerns with the 10 Com.

ok , one's about desiring what someone else has to contemplate betrayle to get it. The other's about consciously lying to save your skin. I still am having trouble seeing your question. Do you not feel the 2 are moraly bad?

That's an opinionated definition of the 9th commandment...Thou shall not steal is already up there...

The definition that is more so looked at is "Envy"....I see good and bad in envy, so it can be forked in many ways....

Same with 10...it's a desire and/or want.....The U.S. Industrial nation/ Capitalism at it's core is driven massively by wants, desires and envy......But like I stated before, I see the good and bad in both, but believe it's ridiculous to be part of the 10 commandments....

Thou Shall not "Own" humans (AKA) Slaves
Thou Shall not Rape another human or living creature
Thou Shall not Beat your children
Thou Shall not torture

ETC. ETC. ETC.

If 10 Commandments were to be the front runners so looked at, then these 4 could have replaced a few or at least been part of it..... But since women or not equal, children are whipped, slaves are owned, and the ungodly women can be taken by the godly for their own...... Well..........that's part of my point...

I never said I thought that jesus was a pacifist. He did preach Love and to be true to yourself and God. I was just answering the question. He also tore down temples and kicked over money baskets, you have to fight for what is right. You don't have to do it from hatred was , I feel, the main point.

No, in his case, it had to fight for what he wanted, not necessarily what was right....
And Jesus/god whatever states their "Hatred" for groups on more than two, three occasions throughout the Bible... And I use the word "Hate" because that's what is states....

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1- Sorry I was looking at my list of ten not yours I'll rephrase (I really wish they were numbered ).
1.9- is about forbidding whatsoever is prejudicial to truth
1.10- Is about not allowing discontent or envy into your heart
On a side note about slavery, some scholars suggest the commandment "you shall not steal" was intended against abductions and slavery, in agreement with the Jewish "you shall not kidnap"

2- If you don't agree with them, who cares you're an atheist you shouldn't be following or quoting the bible anyways. Here's something for you then.

3- You're still making me read into your statements for your point or question. Are you saying that they should have included a few more or a few different? Your assumption that they're the front runners is not in line with my experience as a Christian. We typically follow Matthew 22:37-39

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37And he said to him, (A) "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38This is the great and first commandment. 39And(B) a second is like it: © You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

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4- He is using the Greek word "miseo" with the meaning of "to love less than" or "to reject; to push away; to refuse". Contemprarily hate is the opposite of love so the best fit in (mis)translation. Do you really interpret the verse to mean you should hate your parents?

Look, I get it. You read the old testament and it sucks. There's an entire chapter about one families lineage. There's talking burning bushes and snakes, pillars of fire, floods, cities being turned to dust. There's tons of self-righteous, hypocritical war-mongering tyrants in there and say this is all a load of crap. But if you read the new testament and can't gather that Jesus preaches about peace then there truly no hope for your reading comprehension skills.