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- Embed this notice@gnu2 @augustus If I haven't made sense, I've either been too brief or something got lost in translation. But I have a truly fantastic source for the argument I'm making, so let me elaborate. For the categorization my source ordered them by topic.
To get them out of the way, these first couple of commandments are ritual commandments. They're not freedom related, as they simply guide life with God.
- I am the lord thy God: well, obviously you're expected to follow the ideas presented in these writings.
- Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image: Yours can't be better than mine and we're not to dispute over Him and which of His images or names are superior
- Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: He is serious business, unachievable, out of this world.
- Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy: Think of God once in a while, as if you don't you're not living life /with/ God.
Now come the three freedom-related ones:
- Thou shalt not kill: Protect human life. This includes character, by the way. Don't even think about ending another.
- Thou shalt not steal: Protect property.
- Thou shalt not covet what is thy neighbour's: Don't even think about the previous one.
- Thou shalt not commit adultery: Protect family.
- Honour thy father and thy mother: As they (hopefully, in this age) provided you with an intact household, don't jeopardize yours by even thinking about the previous one. This includes that young generations carry on tradition and the ways of being, culture, which are defined in a pretty detailed manner in any civilized age.