Why do Christians care so much about the Ten Commandments?

[DinoDoc]

The fact that they are lashing out at me without even being able to offer an explanation is telling.

That they think you are a ******?

[Egbert]

True. Ministers don't look down from the pulpit and point at someone and say, "Poof! You're a pile of sh1t".

unless homophobic

[SlowwHand]

The music director at my church is gay.

[giblets]

That they think you are a ******?

Go ahead, explain why Christians care about the Ten Commandments so much. That's all I'm asking. I've noticed Christians do eat pork so clearly they don't feel obligated to do something just because God wanted Israelites to do it. The Ten Commandments were given to... the Israelites. So they're irrelevant to 99% of Christians.

[SlowwHand]

What do you think is the basis for most, if not all, of our existing laws?

[DinoDoc]

Go ahead, explain why Christians care about the Ten Commandments so much.

You've yet to give an intelligent reason why they shouldn't.

[giblets]

What do you think is the basis for most, if not all, of our existing laws?

IMO, not the Bible. But if you want to go with what the Bible says, Genesis 9 appears to apply to all humans...

[giblets]

You've yet to give an intelligent reason why they shouldn't.

Does there need to be a reason why they shouldn't care about it? If Christians care about it for no reason at all, just say so.

[notyoueither]

I'm really curious about why Christians devote so much attention to the Ten Commandments. I'm looking for a theological explanation. The fact that they are lashing out at me without even being able to offer an explanation is telling.

Do you have the same view of your parents that your older brother does?

[notyoueither]

Seriously, though, what's with the Trinity? And for the Catholics, what's with the veneration of Mary and the Saints? You pray to Mary and the Saints to relay the message to Jesus who relays it to (but also is) God?

What kind of convoluted mess is that? Why can't you pray directly to God and get rid of all the pagan nonsense?

Catholics are the bureaucrats of religion.

[MrFun]

Except the Christians are polytheists.

[Dinner]

They don't. They just care about making sure they're on every government building even though they aren't actually interested in following said commandments in their personal lives.

[Jon Miller]

Gribbler, a short serious answer that relates to what you were not understanding before.

The Bible was not written by God.

Except for the Ten Commandments.

JM

[Lonestar]

Aren't they part of the covenant that the Israelites are said to have made with God? Why do Christians think it's important for them to follow it?

Because jesus said he wasn't there to overhtrow the covenant, but to complete it. He also pretty explicitly said you have to follow the Law and the Prophets. Then Paul "Had a Vision" that tossed a lot of those rules out so they could convince people other than Jews to convert.

[Dinner]

Gribbler, a short serious answer that relates to what you were not understanding before.

The Bible was not written by God.

Except for the Ten Commandments.

JM

I thought the book of covenants was also supposed stuff god said/gave to Moses in the Sinai. Though it doesn't appear in the bible until some later book so I find it suspect as to authentisity but then again you can say that about most of the book.