| Wow!!!! You believe in Jesus, but don't believe in the bible or what it teaches? Where is this rationalization coming from? If you actually READ the bible (Exodus and Deut. in particular) you'd see there are consequences for not obeying the 10C's. The one that sticks out in my mind is the one where the guy was picking up sticks around his camp on the sabbath. He was taken outside of the camp and stoned to death. I'm not great on remembering verse and chapter numbers so you will have to look it up yourself. There is another where if your children disrepect you, you can stone them too. Stoning was big back in the day. Christians get around this cruel and unusual punishment because Jesus payed the price for any sin you commit. Where before YOU payed the price (by death), Jesus now pays the price and offers forgiveness.
Christians also aren't required to follow laws that aren't moral in nature. i.e. the 10 C's are moral laws, but the consequences for breaking these moral laws falls under Civil Laws and there for are only meant for the hebrews of that time. I'm not sure why Jews don't follow some of these civil laws now a days, because I know there are some who work o the sabbath and some that commit adultry, but they aren't stoned to death.
You are correct that the 10C's are pretty much "How to be nice" for dummies but the basic priciples were around a lot longer than the 10C's have been around. |