The Law of Laws
Mood:  caffeinated
Now Playing: J.S. Back---Oster (Easter) Oratorium
Topic: The 10 Commandments
Since the Supreme Court has deigned to hear arguments concerning the constitutionality of displaying the 10 Commandments upon public land, I thought it appropriate to post the Decalogue on my blog:

The 10 Commandments are found in the Bible's Old Testament at Exodus, Chapter 20. The tradition is that they were given directly by God to the people of Israel at Mount Sinai after He had delivered them from slavery in Egypt:


"And God spoke all these words, saying: 'I am the LORD your God…

ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'

TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'

THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.'

FOUR: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'

FIVE: 'Honor your father and your mother.'

SIX: 'You shall not murder.'

SEVEN: 'You shall not commit adultery.'

EIGHT: 'You shall not steal.'

NINE: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.'

TEN: 'You shall not covet your neighbour's house; you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbour's.'


And those are the Ten Commandments. It is amazing to this blogger, that in this "liberal and tolerant" day and age, these simple and wise laws should be so despised by the intolerant amongst us. What possible harm could result from them? Alas, this has nothing to do with "the establishment clause" of the Constitution, but everything to do with those who hate any moral code of conduct that limits their predilections. In short, this is just another small stepping stone for those who seek to destroy any notion of "right and wrong" from society. Until these individuals can scour all notions of "higher law" from civil society, their plans to create a humanist utopia will forever be thwarted. As such, the Ten Commandments must be sacrificed upon the altar of secular humanism.

In short, this is yet another front of the eternal war between good and evil, reason and irrationality. Which side are you on?