THE FALLACY OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
(Rev. 240930)
If your IQ is above 100, and you are not a gullible bigot, then you
will probably understand this logical and rational explanation of
why I believe that the ten commandments were not given by God.
Instead, it is just another fictitious bible story.
The first inconsistency, that I noticed, is related to historical
dates and the invention of alphabets.
According to biblical historical data, Moses era was between the
13th and 14th century B.C. At that time Ramses was Egypt's ruler.
And the Egyptians were drawing their history in hieroglyphics, since
there was NO alphabets yet, only cuneiform written in clay tablets
in Mesopotamia. About 300 years after Moses, the first
alphabet was created by the Phoenicians. And about 50 years after
that, the Hebrews create the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet. Therefore, in
what language were the commandments written on?
But more important than the date inconsistencies, are the fact that
some of the commandments are not worded the way that God would have
worded them. And I am indicating such inconsistencies bellow, one
commandment at a time.
1. Thou shall have no other gods before me.
This logically implies that there are other gods. But
if there is only one god, then why would god imply this.
If I had been Moses, I would have asked god: "Are you implying that
there are other gods? If so, who or what are they? And
how do they differ from you?"
Of course, I do not expect that the person (or persons), that made
up the Moses story, could understand implications and inferences.
2. Thou shall not make unto thee any graven
images.
The Christianity created by the Romans do not seem to obey this one.
Their churches are full of images and statues of saints, and
apostles. In fact, the cross can be consider a graven image, since
it was the thing used to kill Jesus and thousands of early
Christians and slaves that did not please the Roman empire.
However, why would god not like us to worship the image of someone
who was a saint (divine person while he or she lived)? This can be
consider an implication that god is jealous. And jealousy is an evil
attribute, not a divine one. And god has all the divine attributes.
The evil attributes belong to the ungod. Therefore god would not
have given us this commandment.
3. Thou shall not take the name of the lord
thy god in vain.
What name? The common name we use (god)? Or a unique name? Like
Yahweh ? Or Ala, or Jehovah, or Elyon? ...etc
But names are a human concept. If there is only one god, then why
does he need a name? And who gave it to him, or her, or it. And
"lord" is a human title. God needs no human titles.
Why didn't Moses ask god to clarify how to pronounce his name? (if
he, she. or it, has one)
4. Remember the sabbath day. To keep it holy.
How do we keep it holy? And what about the other days? Are they
unholy days?
5. Honor thy father and thy mother.
What about thy grandfather and thy grandmother?
A better commandment would be:
"Love thy family, and be loyal and protective of
family member that deserve it"
6. Thou shall not kill.
Later changed to Thou
shall not commit murder.
This commandment is too vague. Killing can be justified if it is
done to save innocent lives, or in self defense.
And does it apply to humans only? What about the killing of animals
for sport?
7. Thou shall not commit adultery.
This is a good one. However, most people choose not to obey it.
8. Thou shall not steal.
This is also a good one. I can not find any problems with this one.
In fact, it is very logical, because if no body steals, then nothing
will be stolen from us.
9. Thou shall not bear false witness against
thy neighbor.
God would not limit this to neighbors. Because this implies that it
would be OK to bear false witness against some one who is not a
neighbor.
This one should have been "Thou should not bear false witness
against any one"
10. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife,
or his slaves, or his animals, or anything of thy neighbor.
Later truncated to: Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's wife.
What about the wife of someone who is not thy neighbor? Or what
about thy neighbor's husband ?
This commandment could not have been created by god. It was probably
written by a male chauvinist, for males. Because it does not state
not to covet thy neighbor's husband. It also implies that the person
who invented this commandment believes in slavery. And I believe
that god does NOT approve slavery.
I believe, that if god were to really give us some commandment, it
would be something like:
1. "BE HONEST AND SINCERE"
2. "AVOID EVIL ACTS"
3. "AVOID EVIL EMOTIONS"
4. "SEEK SERENITY"
5. "LOVE FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, WHO
DESERVE TO BE LOVED"
6. "PROTECT THE OCEANS AND THE ATMOSPHERE"
However, in order to obey 2 and 3, we must clearly define what "evil
acts" and "evil emotions" are.
Therefore I am defining them here, for your benefit:
An "Evil
Act", is something that is “done” (executed) by
an intelligent life form, and causes the physical and/or
emotional harm and/or suffering of another intelligent
life form. The life
form can be any animal that has a brain and therefore is
capable of feeling pain and suffering. And if the life form is human,
then "financial harm" must also be consider, since financial
harm can cause emotional suffering.
An "Evil Emotion"
is a strong feeling or state of mind that tempt us, or
motivates us, to commit an evil act. Some examples of such evil
emotions (or evil states of mind) are; hate, anger, lust,
delusion, bigotry, racism and ignorance.
Although some "evil acts", such as killing, are sometimes necessary,
for our survival or to prevent greater evil acts such as the bombing
of innocent civilians or mass murders. Therefore, there are certain
evil acts that can be considered necessary evils.
And now, there are some gullible idiots who are trying to
teach the fake 10 commandments (not given by god) in schools.
And to make things worst, some idiots want teachers to teach from
the bible.
I guest they must be intelligent deficient, and do not understand
the "separation of church and state" as required by
the U.S. Constitution.
What they need to teach in schools, beside science and the
humanities (art, music, etc), is ethics (moral philosophy) using
logical rationality. Not religious ideas from religious texts
created by individuals who had very little knowledge and created
stories that are not historical facts.
REFERENCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments
"Good And Evil" A
Reference Manual and User's Guide
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