| It it my personal belief that the Ten Commandments were not so much laws for the sake of laws (as a test, where if you fail you go to hell) but laws to keep people safe and happy, to maintain full lives in cooperation with each other. Don't kill people. Don't steal. Don't hurt others. Don't sleep around. These are pretty elementary even to a society set upon reason and logic. If you live a good life and respect others, you will have a greater chance of living a full and happy life. The reprocussions? Being hated by others, putting your own life in jeopardy, etc.
All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force… We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. - Max Planck, Father of Quantum Theory |