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originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: grandmakdw
And how do you handle all the laws and financial benefits now attached to marriage?
originally posted by: grandmakdw
They would be exactly the same.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
Four of the Ten Commandments are about obeying God. I'm pretty sure those four commandments are pretty much irrelevant to anyone that isn't a Christian. So no, let's not do your suggestion.
Ten Commandments
Thou shalt have no other gods before me
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image
Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy
Honour thy father and thy mother
Thou shalt not murder
Thou shalt not commit adultery
Thou shalt not steal
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour
Thou shalt not covet (neighbor's anything)
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: Gryphon66
How far do you want to go? Indo-European, Atlantean, Pleiadian? (The last two are jokes)
Or are they? Dun-dun-dunnnnn.
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: Krazysh0t
I don't care what it symbolizes. If we start down that road of removing everything that offends us, then we will have to remove everything. Someone will always be offended.
a reply to: grandmakdw
What, symbolism for the weak minded, how offensive and judgemental.
I know it's offensive, but it's the truth. Why would somebody quake in their boots from just seeing the 10 commandments? It's just words from a book. Only a weak-minded person would become confused at the very sight of something like that.
originally posted by: gwynnhwyfar
...yoga is of Satan.
originally posted by: tony9802
a reply to: AugustusMasonicus
I think the monument of the 10 Commandments is being removed because of shame: the gov is ashamed of what they are doing to the country..
According to John Bright, however, there is an important distinction between the Decalogue and the "book of the covenant" (Exodus 21-23 and 34:10–24). The Decalogue, he argues, was modeled on the suzerainty treaties of the Hittites (and other Mesopotamian Empires), that is, represents the relationship between God and Israel as a relationship between king and vassal, and enacts that bond.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
I keep seeing references to "Mosaic Law" as if that arose from nowhere and was not derived from older practices.
It is simple logic (and provable history) to show that the more developed cultures in the region influenced the Hebrew codes (i.e. Egyptian, Babylonian, Assyrian, etc.) that is, when it wasn't copied directly.
originally posted by: Logarock
originally posted by: Gryphon66
I keep seeing references to "Mosaic Law" as if that arose from nowhere and was not derived from older practices.
It is simple logic (and provable history) to show that the more developed cultures in the region influenced the Hebrew codes (i.e. Egyptian, Babylonian, Assyrian, etc.) that is, when it wasn't copied directly.
This is a common idea that floats around......and also a full wagon load of BS.
originally posted by: grandmakdw
originally posted by: Indigo5
originally posted by: grandmakdw
There are no more legitimate reasons for the government to control marriage.
visitation rights, property rights, child custody, inheritance, estate, pensions, workplace healthcare benefits, social security and dozens of other legal differentiators that are afforded a spouse vs. some person you just live with..
If religious zealots want to stop being legally married because some gay couple they have never met got married...they are welcome to..I kinda wish they would so that they might better understand the struggles that gay couples have faced not being able to legally marry..
a marriage contract that doesn't involve government permission to marry
will offer all the same benefits you mention above
.