Why Only Ten Commandments?

plowter | 15:46 Thu 28th Feb 2008 | Religion & Spirituality

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Why did God give Moses only 10 Commandements?

If homosexuality is a bad thing, why isn't it mentioned in the Commandments?

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dannykay

There were actually 15 but Moses dropped one of the Tablets when he was coming down the hill!

jackthehat

An additional tablet of stone fell off the back of his car..............'Moses came down the hill in his triumph'.........:o)

dannykay

I thought he had them on the roofrack?!

plowter

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I vaguely recall someone explaining that Mr God gave Moses twenty commandments, but Moses smashed them in anger. He then wrote the Ten Commandments.

What are the missing commandments?

jackthehat

Ah.........that makes much more sense, now !
Should have gone to Halfords !!

dannykay

The other Ten were the "Good time Party" commandments that mentioned homosexuality, drugs, women, fast cars, alcohol, sex, etc

Octavius

The OT I think had 14 or 15 statements, but even in there, you are quite right that there is no commandment that specifically prohibits homosexuality or says that it is a bad thing. So rest assured plowter, you can be homosexual without worrying about the 10 commandments.

jackthehat

Phew...........!

Doc Spock

It was mentioned in tablet No 11 which he dropped but daren't bend down to pick it up.

whiffey

Spock - POST OF THE DAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually Jesus supplanted the ten with just two I think? The first to love God etc, the second to love your neighbour as yourself.

plowter

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lol Octavius.

As I recall, the cheery Leviticus describes homosexuality as an 'abomination'. He also describes shellfish as an 'abomination'.

How many fundamentalist Christian groups campaign against those filthy scallop-munchers?

plowter

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lol Doc Spock.

You'll burn in Hell and be plagued by a ring of fire, fnar fnar.

dannykay

The 10 Commandments are another engima, whose purpose and very existence have been passed down through the millennia, allowing souls to believe in a god who would seek balance and light in our human experiment, yet by the very nature of our creation, duality, could never be achieved!

Octavius

Mrs Octavius thinks that all shellfish type sea-nasties are an abomination, but she isn�t a fundamentalist, just fussy about food.

Le Chat

There are some unpleasant things in life, yes ...but to describe a poor meagre shellfish as an 'abomination' is a quite ridiculous! What about a baboons' backside...that's a lot less appealing than an oyster but you don't get him calling that an abomination. What was it that drove his hatred of the shellfish I wonder?