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Discovery compares the 10 Commandments to laws of modern American society

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SpecialKO

SpecialKO

Are the Ten Commandments really the basis for our laws? | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

I'm no expert, but I thought this article was fascinating, and seemingly fair.

Any folks here who would consider them experts, or amateur researchers, of the matter care to chime in?


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JONJONAUG

I liked this better.



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Joe Johnson

Hadn't actually read the 10 commandments in awhile. I forgot the sabbath is actually in there (ye shall only work yo asses 6 days a week).

So, if God is all powerful, why'd he have to rest on the 7th day, anyway?


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Covar

Covar

He was finished after the sixth day. So on the seventh day he rested. think of it like taking a long weekend after you finish up your project ahead of time.


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Joe Johnson

But I'm not Omnipotent and perfect.

Like SOME people.


#6

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Joe Johnson said:
Hadn't actually read the 10 commandments in awhile. I forgot the sabbath is actually in there (ye shall only work yo asses 6 days a week).

So, if God is all powerful, why'd he have to rest on the 7th day, anyway?
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That's a popular misconception. The original Hebrew word does not mean God was tired, and needed rest:

Apologetics said:
When we hear the English verb “rest” most of us immediately think of being tired or needing to recuperate drained energy, but the Hebrew translated “rest” in Genesis 2:2 does not always carry that same idea. In fact, the first two definitions given for the Hebrew word translated “rest” (shābat or shābath) are to “cease, desist.”
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Also, in Isaiah states this:
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
- Isaiah 40:28
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phil

phil

Covar said:
He was finished after the sixth day. So on the seventh day he rested. think of it like taking a long weekend after you finish up your project ahead of time.
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SpecialKO

SpecialKO

He probably just needed to take the seventh day to log back in and set up his skill queue.


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