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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhich of the Ten Commandments do Republican Christians actually believe in?
They certainly don't believe in:
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors goods.
Lovie777
(12,278 posts)onecaliberal
(32,864 posts)Walleye
(31,028 posts)LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)dalton99a
(81,515 posts)and the evangelicals
lark
(23,105 posts)Laws do not apply to rich white straight males - ever.
Buckeyeblue
(5,499 posts)The more money you make, the closer to God are yea.
Bettie
(16,110 posts)but that they are exempted from all.
LeftInTX
(25,375 posts)They are "false prophets"
The only thing they do is "Keep the Sabbath Holy" because most of them go to church...
But why are they at church? So they can keep their false prophesy charged up...
Atticus
(15,124 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,299 posts)Especially the THOU part.
LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)sanatanadharma
(3,707 posts)Twice in the commandments, coveting is mentioned; the subject must be important.
For humans, it's kinda like the 'tree of knowledge', something to get; maybe coveting is too good to give up.
So, giving up all the commandments covers the personal selfishness of coveting.
The story of the 'garden of Eden' is the story of having it all (paradise) and wanting more (the apple).
It is a story of desire for shinny temporal things rather than permanence.
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)Anti-Christian in every other way
badhair77
(4,218 posts)He doesnt just break them. Hes run over them, backed up and then spun his wheels on them. Hes no ordinary sinner and doesnt even believe in redemption. Ill never understand why people think hes a man of faith.