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The '''Ten Commandments,''' or the ''Decalogue,'' are a set of laws which were given to [[Moses]] by [[God]]:<ref>The , as found in the books of [[King James VersionExodus]] and [[Deuteronomy]] is quoted here.</ref>#I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out The biblical text of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. #Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that Ten Commandments is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself differently divided according to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third [[denomination]]al [[tradition]]s. The [[Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. #Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. #Remember the Sabbath day, [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] tradition traces back to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven 3rd and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. #Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. #Thou shalt not murder4th centuries. <ref>(The Hebrew term, ''ratsach'', can mean Protestant tradition traces back to kill, slay or to murder)</ref>#Thou shalt not commit the 16th century [[adulteryProtestant Reformation|Reformation]]. #Thou shalt not steal. #Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. #Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.

The [[Protestant]] Ten Commandments, stressing their opposition to statues, contain "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" as the 2nd commandment. The [[Catholic]] Ten Commandments omit this, shifting include it as part of the Commandments up while splitting first commandment against having other [[Idolatry|gods]], and divide "Thou shalt not covet" into "...thy neighbor's wife" (9th) the wife having far more dignity than mere ''property'' (chattal), and "...thy neighbor's goods" (10th)which are property.<ref>An atheistic website provides a comparison among faiths with respect to the Ten Commandments, and many sources: http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/whichcom.htm</ref>:"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife::"nor ''his'' house, nor his field, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his." (Deuteronomy 5:21, [[Douay-Rheims Bible]])

The [[Jewish]] Ten Commandments contain "I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of [[Egypt]], out of the house of [[slavery]]" as the 1st commandment, with their 2nd commandment combining the first two Protestant commandments"Thou shalt have no other gods before me: thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image...thou shalt not bow down thyself to them", and their listing of the remainder following of their ten follows the Protestant listing, making wives property.<ref>Ibid. http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/whichcom.htm</ref>

However, as Jewish people would also recognize, the ''[[Torah]]'', or [[Law]] (the first five books of the Old Testament) actually contains not ten, but [[Mosaic Law|613 positive and negative commandments]]. Thus, when [[Jesus]] is asked (at [[Matthew]] 22:34-36) which is the greatest commandment in the Law, he picks two of the other 603: 'You shall love the Lord thy God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength' (Deuteronomy 6:5) and 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself' ([[Leviticus]] 19:18).

# Past state laws have enforced the [[sabbath]] by forbidding various activities, such as the sale of specific goods, on Sundays. These, however, are all almost now repealed or struck down. Closure of shops on Sundays is by convention, but not legally enforced. However, some states still restrict the sale of alcohol on Sundays. The seven-day week, however, is accepted world-wideworldwide, and most people observe at least one day free from work.# No law enforces the commandment about honoring parents, and it is doubtful that it could be enforced. Liberals are currently attempting to undermine this commandment, by trying to make [[disciplining ]] children illegal. In contrast, the Bible tells us the correct way to bring up a child and teach him to respect his parents: '''"He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him."''' (Proverbs 13:24)

# The commandment against stealing is enforced by U.S. law.See also: [[Atheism and stealing]]

In recent years, [[liberal]] attorneys and judges have opposed the display of the Ten Commandments on public property by exploiting the judicial system. Obama appointment, Judge Michael F. Urbanski, put forward the ridiculous idea of censoring the Ten Commandments by removing the first four to render them more secular.<ref>httphttps://www.theblaze.com/stories/judge-suggests-stripping-10-commandments-down-to-6-to-remove-religious-elements-in-aclu-led-lawsuit/</ref><ref>http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/308501</ref> . The [[ACLU]], [[Freedom From Religion Foundation]], and other liberal organizations regularly file lawsuits in an attempt to censor the display of the Ten Commandments.

''The Ten Commandments'' is also the title of a famous 1956 motion picture, produced and directed by [[Cecil B. DeMille]] and released by Paramount Pictures, starring [[Charlton Heston]] as Moses. It tells the story of Moses essentially as told in the Book of Exodus, with a few changes.

As publicity for the film, and in conjunction with a project of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Paramount helped finance the placement of hundreds of stone tablets engraved with the Ten Commandments. These were placed at courthouse squares, at city halls and in public parks, and became a controversyclaimed by liberals and atheists, particularly in recent years, as to whether they violate the claimed separation of Church and State.<ref>''Ten Commandments Monoliths'', from the [March 2002 issue of ''Eagle Magazine'' http://www.foe.com/tencommandments/mar_2002_ten_commandments.html]</ref>

==See Alsoalso==

* [[Judaism]]* [[Christianity]]* [[Catholicism]]* [[Morality]] versus [[Immorality]], [[moral degeneration]], [[Moral relativism]], [[Amoral]]* [[Essay:Immorality in America]]* [[Abortion]] - [[Abortion and promiscuity]]* [[Sexual immorality]]: [[Promiscuity]] and [[Homosexuality]] / [[Homosexual agenda]] verus [[Chastity]], [[Purity]], [[Celibacy]]* [[Christianity in Conservapedia]]* [[Cause and effect]] and the [[Five Precepts]]* [[Bioethics]]* [[Values]]** [[Conservative values]]** [[Libertarianism|Libertarian values]]** [[American values]]** [[Small town values]]** [[Family values]]versus:** [[Liberal values]]** [[Public school values]]** [[Hollywood values]]** [[San Francisco values]] and the [[Homosexual Agenda]]: [[Homosexuality and Promiscuity]]** [[Fashion industry values]]** [[Professor values]] ==References== {{reflist|2}}<references/>