Ten Commandments
It is nice to come across pleasant e-mails. I received one today regarding the ten commandments. Here are my thoughts.
I know this is kind of a played out subject. Religion is never really a good idea to dabble in. It's so political, and there are so many. I grew up in an Episcopal church. I was forced to go every Sunday. I hated it. Anytime anyone is forced to do something they don't want to do they begin to build a grudge against it.
Not knowing then what I do know now, I couldn't have asked for it to be any other way. I never payed attention in Sunday school, during sermons, or to what the whole idea of church is all about. I just went.
I do know that I have a grounded perception of life. I have respectable morals, and values that are instilled in me. I was never sat down as a child and told what was right and wrong in life. I give the church complete credit for that.
There is something about the foundation of a church that seems to impact you without even realizing it. It gives you a foundation as a person whether you paid attention or not. Tempation is the devil.
The ten commandments are the foundation of our country. It is virtually impossible to follow them as strict as they are, and as human as we are.
It was here before any of us alive existed. Who are we to try to make rid of it?
The world is more f'd up now then ever before. Sex, drugs, stealing, killing, pedofiles, materialism, and just outlooks on life are just f'd up. Church has become more of a fad and social status phenomenon. Is this happening because we are slowly trying to remove the original foundation of our country?
If parents do not take their children to church, or teach them some good moral value, school is the only other place they can learn it. Read the ten commandments again. If you can seriously tell me that there is no value in them, you are battling with the devil.
1. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor thy father and mother.
6. Thou shalt not kill.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8. Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
10. Thou shalt not covet.
I know this is kind of a played out subject. Religion is never really a good idea to dabble in. It's so political, and there are so many. I grew up in an Episcopal church. I was forced to go every Sunday. I hated it. Anytime anyone is forced to do something they don't want to do they begin to build a grudge against it.
Not knowing then what I do know now, I couldn't have asked for it to be any other way. I never payed attention in Sunday school, during sermons, or to what the whole idea of church is all about. I just went.
I do know that I have a grounded perception of life. I have respectable morals, and values that are instilled in me. I was never sat down as a child and told what was right and wrong in life. I give the church complete credit for that.
There is something about the foundation of a church that seems to impact you without even realizing it. It gives you a foundation as a person whether you paid attention or not. Tempation is the devil.
The ten commandments are the foundation of our country. It is virtually impossible to follow them as strict as they are, and as human as we are.
It was here before any of us alive existed. Who are we to try to make rid of it?
The world is more f'd up now then ever before. Sex, drugs, stealing, killing, pedofiles, materialism, and just outlooks on life are just f'd up. Church has become more of a fad and social status phenomenon. Is this happening because we are slowly trying to remove the original foundation of our country?
If parents do not take their children to church, or teach them some good moral value, school is the only other place they can learn it. Read the ten commandments again. If you can seriously tell me that there is no value in them, you are battling with the devil.
1. Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.
2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor thy father and mother.
6. Thou shalt not kill.
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8. Thou shalt not steal.
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
10. Thou shalt not covet.
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