When God wrote the ten comandments and handed them to Moses, he was not having his best day. He botched five of them .....and you wonder why they are not followed?
Sry, I came late to this picnic, so you may have already answered this winger, but which 5 do you think God botched? The very thought makes me giggle.
1.Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
I give god this one. I am god, you worshop me. Good comandment
2.Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them:
for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
What was God thinking? Must have had a bad day
3.Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
God showing his insecurity. You better not call me names. Unworthy of a great and allknowing being
4.Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
More insecurity from God demanding that he be worshiped. Worship should be sincere and voluntary. God should know that
5.Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Not bad, but God misses the boat. He should have used this opportunity to command parents to raise their kids properly. Provide guidance, sustenance, don't be physically or emotionally abusive
6.Thou shalt not kill.
No brainer
7.Thou shalt not commit adultery.
No brainer
8.Thou shalt not steal.
No brainer
9.Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Good one, should expand to all lying
10.Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbours wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbours.
Don't get this one. Coveting is good. It acts as an incentive to work harder and sacrifice to gain what your neighbor has
Those are the commandments that god thought up. What did he miss?
Well, Moses just led the Jews out of slavery. A commandment against slavery would have been appreciated
He should have given us a commandment to take care of his earth. Don't foul it. Appreciate what god has given you
Should have a commandment against violence and war
