the 10 commandments. It is not uncommon to find people who consider them the foundation of Western society, in theory should be the rules that direct the life of a Christian (for the Jews are slightly different, curious as we are talking of the same book inspired from being known as only god ...), but in practice?
first consider one thing: the human law, although it is different from country to country, the pillars in common all over the world, apparently suggested by an innate nature that each population has always possessed.
Not only the old testament is not the first code of laws known.
There is no agreement on the dating of the Bible, but the hypothesis that attaches more years is that it is drawn up and for the first books in the thirteenth century BC. But it may be more recent. Thus, the Code of Hammurabi, dating from about the seventeenth century, hundreds of years old. What Ur-Namma not talk about it either.
This code, as I hope everyone knows, already provided for the types of crimes such as murder or theft, and proportionate penalties (albeit with a report that today would consider a bit exaggerated). A little 'what is written in the Bible.
Then, we start to analyze to the nth Once the 10 commandments and see if they have been so helpful to our history and our society:
1 have no other gods before me.
Totally useless. Having the different harms no one. Not only! This sentence would think that there are really different. Meanwhile, in the name of this command were killed millions of people.
2 not take the name of God in vain.
Ugualmente inutile. Tanto che oggi nessuno lo segue. Se Brian Wilson dei Beach Boys avesse dato ascolto alla bibbia, non avrebbe scritto "God Only Knows", e il mondo sarebbe un posto peggiore.
3 Ricordati di santificare le feste.
Inutile perchè ridondante: la gente celebrava le feste ben prima che arrivasse dio a dirlo. E le popolazioni che la bibbia non l'hanno mai conosciuta hanno comunque fatto lo stesso. In realtà la versione originale direbbe di santificare il sabato, ma poco importa, sappiamo bene che in giro per the world celebrate different days and no one is struck by lightning for this.
4 Honor thy father and mother.
useless, because it is human nature (and animal) being tied to their parents, is an instinct. In reality, the parents and ancestors are honored more in areas of the world that do not have the Bible as basis.
And anyway there are cases in which parents in front of despotic and violent, this law must be respected.
5 Thou shalt not kill.
Useless. As mentioned, a code above the commandments of at least 500 years already provided. In short, the man comes to us alone. There can be no organized society where murder is permissible.
But even here you can not always adhered to. Stopping Hitler without killing anyone would be very difficult.
6 not commit acts impure.
No one has ever hurt a soul through adultery. Indeed, because of his performance against adultery, many people were killed in the story. If now we see a woman stoned to death in Afghanistan, we see the source of everything.
7 not steal
Same as the 5: since there is no concept of possession and ownership in the company human, there is also the concept of theft. The commandment does not require no human laws that were not already prescribe.
8 Do not bear false witness
This law falls under the staff, but lying is not always a bad thing, in some cases, it is a necessity. If I want to take the blame for something to protect my friend, I have to lie. Ergo, the command is not always valid. So, as such, can not be part of a relentless code.
9 You shall not covet your neighbor's wife
Absolutely useless. The desire can not be controlled, this commandment is written to instill guilt in innocent people. Another speech is to control their actions dictated by the desire, but do not want Jessica Alba is quite difficult.
10 not covet the property of others
Same thing. The desire is, needless to feel guilty about it. The important thing is not to steal, as the laws of man we remember.
In summary: the 10 commandments are completely useless. Were irrelevant in the development of our society, and continue to be.
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