... TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN.  REMEMBER THOU KEEP HOLY THE SABBATH DAY.  HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER.  THOU SHALT NOT KILL.  THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.  THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.  THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOR.  THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE.  THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S GOODS. (http://www.themiracleofstjoseph.org/tencmds2.htm ... ) From past experiences, people who go to church don't always follow these rules. It's like people change when they go to church and change back to who they really are when th...

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... said unto me, let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments and live. Deut 6:7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thane house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. Prov:22:6: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is ... have been born again) Ps 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. Ps 89.26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. Ps 103:13 Like as a father pitieth his child...

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... adultery, (4) not to tell lies, (5) not to take intoxicating drinks. These five precepts apply coincide with some of the ten commandments of the Christian and Jewish faiths, namely thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not commit adultery. Intoxicating drinks, on the contrary are not forbidden in the Jewish faith. The Kiddush is the prayer for wine said before the Sabbath on Friday ... ...

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... religions that provide heavenly rewards for sacrifices made in war. The first of these documents originate from verses taken from Hindu scripture Bhagavad gita 2.37, "If thou fallest in battle, thou shalt obtain heaven; if thou conquerest, thou shalt enjoy the earth. Therefore, O son of Kunti, arise and be resolved to fight." This verse is very encouraging of warfare by claiming those who die ... who win will be rewarded on earth. The next verse from Bhagavad gita 2.38 also encourages war, "Regarding alike pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat, fight thou battle. Thus sin...

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... their beliefs from it. For example: since nobody was homosexual in the bible, homosexual people shouldn't exist and get put down for it. Also, written in the Ten Commandments is, "Thou shalt not kill". The argument here is that abortion and birth control/contraception are killing unborn babies and not giving them a chance at life. The most prevalent issue is that of ... against discrimination based on sexual orientation though. Many Catholics are also against birth control and contraception. They argue that the pills are not allowing life to happen which goes against "thou shalt not kil...

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... have paid back in full for you sin. When couples are married the idea that you should not cheat on your spouse is formed from an idea of Matthew 5:27, "thou shalt not commit adultery". But, everyone who has looked at a woman and lusted for her has already committed that sin of adultery in heart. So, if your eye causes you to ... . The political views that a person can kill someone and be tried before judge and jury to decide whether he shall be killed himself is one that threatens the idea that "thou shall not kill", (Matthew 5:21). These religious beliefs are being affected also because...

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... ). This God was figured as an authoritarian deity in Blake's engravings, as an old man with flowing white hair too old to father children, whose commandments are the negative 'Thou shalt not' with which most of the Ten Commandments of the Old Testament begin. This false, jealous God of Experience is distant, threatens punishment and rules by fear. In Blake's personal ... ...

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... member in society. They have done nothing to deserve their life being taken from them. The seventh commandment of the Ten Commandments, which is found in Exodus 20:13, says "Thou shalt not murder." Taking a life which you do not have the authority to take is wrong, and killing a child for no reason but difficulty for the mother is murder, and therefore ... ...

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... millions over the years. Refer to one such passage, found in the book of Deuteronomy. Specifically, a passage found in chapter 28, which reads " and it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee" (The Holy Bible, Darby's New Translation). The list of blessings is ... ...

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... it. This takes control of their lives and even when they attend church they carry their guns with them to use after the service. This goes against the Ten Commandments "Thou shalt not Kill." There are many other instances in which Twain pokes fun at religion. One specific instance is after the killing of a black man Aunt Sally has a dialogue with a man ... ...

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... it. This takes control of their lives and even when they attend church they carry their guns with them to use after the service. This goes against the Ten Commandments "Thou shalt not Kill." There are many other instances in which Twain pokes fun at religion. One specific instance is after the killing of a black man Aunt Sally has a dialogue with a man ... ...

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... ," not dead tissue. Also, religions that base their doctrines on scriptural text face the problem that nowhere in the Bible, the Qur'an, Talmud, or the Sutras does it say, "Thou shalt not splice DNA' or 'It is thy destiny to clone". One can find opposition in the Bible, even when it comes to deciding what to do. It can ask humans ... ...

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... and state thing. There would be no problem with posting the commandments if they didn't seem like they were trying to enforce religion. First, there is the commandment which states, "Thou shalt not have any god before me." There is no way anyone will be convinced the Ten Commandments are there for a secular purpose. It blatantly supports a religious view, as you will ... ...

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... follows: Two years he walks the earth. No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom. An extremist. An atheist voyager whose home is The Road. Escaped from Atlanta. Thou shalt not return, "cause the West is the best." And now after two rambling years comes the final and greatest adventure. The climactic battle to kill the false being within and ... ...

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... would establish the Puritans to be secure and in order, therefore there"d be absolutely no chaos. Witchcraft was unacceptable to the Puritan's beliefs. The Puritans lived by the Bible's statement, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." A person who practiced witchcraft was perceived to be weak in the eyes of a Puritan. The witches were Satan worshippers, which resulted in the Puritans to ... ...

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