Keep it Honest and with Integrity

I am not a religious person. I never go to church except for Christmas Eve, and that is solely for joy of singing carols. But imagine that everybody in the world honours this:

1. I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before Me...
   
   • He freed us, and yet we are running towards slavery so eagerly. Money is our new god, right?
   
   
2. Do not make an image or any likeness of what is in the heavens above...
   
   • OK I cannot explain this...
     
   
   
3. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of your God
   
   • Well be nice, basically, and be happy.
     
     
4. Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy
• Cool one. Have a part of your life when you do not make money. Modern eypression is unwinding...
  
  
5. Honour your Father and Mother
• Do that. They raised you.
  
  
6. You shall not murder
• And not only because it is illegal...
  
  
7. You shall not commit adultery
   • Do not sleep with other's people partners.
     
     
8. You shall not steal
• Do not steal!!!! Do not steal ideas, do not steel goods, do not steal happiness!!!
  
  
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour
• And how many times did you do it?
  
  
10. You shall not covet your neighbour's wife
    • When was the last time your really looked at your partner?
    
    

And notice, unlike church rules, unlike common moral rules, they do not say:

• Do not swear


• Go to war for your government


• Do not be a homosexual


• Go to church


• Do not have sex


• Work until you die
  

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!