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    The 5th commandment

    Hello all.

    What is the deal with the 5th commandment? The first 4 deal with man's relationship with God, the last 6 deal with man's relationship with man. We have:

    Don't murder (6)
    Don't commit adultery (7)
    Don't steal (8)
    Don't lie (9)
    Don't covet (10)

    These are all pretty general..

    But number 5 is to honor your father and mother. And this has extra associated with it (that your days may be long upon the earth).

    What is special about honoring your mother and father? It seems to be one of the general things that is common in all cultures, but I am looking at it from a Judeo-Christian prospective.

    Jon Miller
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    GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.
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    Re: The 5th commandment

    Originally posted by Jon Miller
    But number 5 is to honor your father and mother.
    I thought that was #4.

    It's a good idea, follow the establishment, don't rebel. Don't be a Commie or anything nasty like that.

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    • #3
      Re: The 5th commandment

      Originally posted by Jon Miller
      Hello all.

      What is the deal with the 5th commandment? The first 4 deal with man's relationship with God, the last 6 deal with man's relationship with man. We have:

      Don't murder (6)
      Don't commit adultery (7)
      Don't steal (8)
      Don't lie (9)
      Don't covet (10)

      These are all pretty general..

      But number 5 is to honor your father and mother. And this has extra associated with it (that your days may be long upon the earth).

      What is special about honoring your mother and father? It seems to be one of the general things that is common in all cultures, but I am looking at it from a Judeo-Christian prospective.

      Jon Miller
      Whoever was sitting around making up commandments that he was going to claim were written by God had a son who didn't listen to him, so he stuck one in there about that.
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      • #4
        They only put the rest of their life on hold to try and raise you.
        Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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        He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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        • #5
          Re: Re: The 5th commandment

          Originally posted by KrazyHorse


          Whoever was sitting around making up commandments that he was going to claim were written by God had a son who didn't listen to him, so he stuck one in there about that.
          That goes outside of the Judeo-Christian prospective, and goes against the point that it is in all cultures (I think), including ones where it isn't tied to religion.

          We can expand the discussion to include other prospectives, and I would be interested to know a culture where it wasn't part of the culture to respect your father and mother.

          And to the jokers who say this one, while there are some elements as such, it is also in the culture to respect your parents.. so it isn't an example.

          JM
          Jon Miller-
          I AM.CANADIAN
          GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.

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          • #6
            In Heinlein's Job: A Comedy of Justice, the protagonist says you don't actually have to like your folks, just honor the sacrifices they made for you.

            If you want to get a less literal interpretation you could perceive it as a recommendation to respect everyone who has made sacrifices on your behalf, or at least sacrifices from which you benefit today (WW2 vets, for example).

            Edit: And I suppose it need not be sacrifices either. I honor the Greek philosophers for their work in advancing science and Reason, from which we all benefit today.

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            • #7
              Re: The 5th commandment

              Originally posted by Jon Miller
              Hello all.

              What is the deal with the 5th commandment? The first 4 deal with man's relationship with God, the last 6 deal with man's relationship with man. We have:

              Don't murder (6)
              Don't commit adultery (7)
              Don't steal (8)
              Don't lie (9)
              Don't covet (10)

              These are all pretty general..

              But number 5 is to honor your father and mother. And this has extra associated with it (that your days may be long upon the earth).

              What is special about honoring your mother and father? It seems to be one of the general things that is common in all cultures, but I am looking at it from a Judeo-Christian prospective.

              Jon Miller
              It's the reason christianity is still around. If you didn't honor your mother and father, you'd have not reason to continue on the same stupid religious traditions as them.

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              • #8
                Like:

                Don't murder (6)
                Don't commit adultery (7)
                Don't steal (8)
                Don't lie (9)
                Don't covet (10)
                I see your point. What an archaic line of thought.
                Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                • #9
                  everything in moderation
                  Monkey!!!

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                  • #10
                    It's a commandment to take care of the elderly, since they can't take care of themselves and you too will be old one day, God willing.
                    Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Japher
                      everything in moderation
                      murder in moderation.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Dis


                        murder in moderation.
                        Why not. Killing even one person is extreme.
                        Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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                        • #13
                          Don't lie (9)
                          Dont bear false witness, slight difference. Lying to harm the innocent... You know, a journalistic standard over at Fox

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                          • #14
                            It's not don't lie, it's don't lie in court.
                            Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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                            • #15
                              Actually it's "Thou shalt not bear false witness againt thy neighbor".
                              Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                              "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                              He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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