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They are not bad rules to live by, maybe the guys in charge should start following them as a test run to start with before they impose them on the "peasants".
The first several are entirely related to worshipping Yahweh. It has no business being in public school, aside from maybe inside a history textbook.
some of them are pretty reasonable, but others are just outdated, even from a pragmatic "rules for society" sense.
Murder, theft and perjury? Bad, shouldn't do 'em. Adultery? Super shitty, no argument. Not sure it's in the same order as murder, or even petty theft.
Coveting, or more modernly called "embracing feelings of strong envy"? Isn't that just saying not to do the thing that causes stealing sometimes? It's not really a societal thing, just a life tip.
Honor your parents? Maybe, but some people have really shitty ones, so being sent to hell for not obeying your abusive Dad is actively cruddy. I'll charitably accept it as "care for the elderly".
That's something like 50% that I'd call good rules. Most of the rest are just "God says to like God".
Adultery, in my opinion would just fall under perjury as it amounts to breach of (the marriage) contract from a legal standpoint. That means the only significant rules are against lying, stealing, and illegally killing people. That's just 30% of them.
They should really put up signs that simply say, "DON'T BE A DICK" Of course, if you put up that sign, conservatives would all get up in arms claiming that it's a partizan political attack aimed at them because being a dick is a fundamental part of conservatism.
Those could be useful in case some tyrant takea over and says he's your god now, like he's some Egyptian pharaoh building gold statues to himself...it's a declaration of independence for another age :D
...not that modern fanatics could ever reach that conclusion, they couldn't spot satan even if it were telling them to vote for him to punish the unbelievers.
That first one is rather pesky for non believers.
just skip it, lol, it's just a formality anyway. Or is it? 🤐
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The billionaire and ruling caste needs not follow for they are ascended beings who know what is best