Ten Commandments Purpose

[peteresther]

Originally Posted by mattwilson

Not at all, it is quite possible to detest someone within these "guidelines". Indeed the 10 commandments say nothing about assault, slavery, mutilation, torture or rape. Just don't kill them and don't steal their stuff. There's plenty of room for manouvre.

Hi Matt, I have been thinking a bit about this...

Yes, you are right the 10 c's do not mention other things, but could it be that each one of the 10 could be chapter headings? That although the following things are not mentioned, they could be worked into the 10 chapter headings?:

Rape, prostitution, incest, child molestation, cruelty to animals, bestiality, torture, exhortation, slavery, cannibalism, kidnapping, fraud, forgery.

The way I see it is that if you love your fellow man, you will never do them any harm, and you will actually even go out of your way to do them good. What do you think?