They forgot one.
By dark_joev
@dark_joev (3034)
United States
August 19, 2011 9:19pm CST
Most of us can tell you the ten commandments in our sleep as our families for the most part took us to church for some of us. Me being one of them. They tell you the ten commandments but practice there being an eleventh commandment which if you won't follow then your parents need to take care of it. This eleventh commandment is what has since kicked me out of nearly every Christian church I have ever gone to. This commandment is "Thou shall not question." I don't remember reading it but if you have a single question about the creation or any part of how the Bible says something happened then you should just trust what another person tells you it all means that you shouldn't question the Priest or the Church.
My parents had to deal with the Church telling them that they needed to have me watch the Veggie Tales over Bill Nye. That they should tell me to just follow the Church. I remember this when I was in third grade it started when we started to cover The Creation and Exodus form Egypt and well at the time I was into Eqyptian History and no where does it talk of the events that transpired in the Bible no massive leaving of slaves no death of the Pharaohs son. Which would of been Ramsses II also you have the then found discovery of markings inside some of the monuments talking of the great God King who they where building the monument in honor of and how they where wishing for Osiris to Grant them life in the life after with the God King. I wasn't a normal kid in that I didn't watch a lot of cartoons. Then as it progressed I was getting ignored being told that I shouldn't just ask questions that I should just lock step like everyone else and become a sheep. And that to me felt like I wasn't growing in a relationship or the understanding of the Universe I was just going to be a static sheep not learning not expanding just sitting. This isn't a thing that is unique to Christainity I have found it in all Religions that have a central structure and is ultimately what makes me despise orgianized religions as it seems to seek to dull the mind and turn it into a robot that mindlessly follows the will of the Church.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
20 Aug 11
The Bible is full of questions. Jesus used questions all the time. It's ok to ask questions. That's how we learn and that is how we grow spiritually.
As for the Egyptians not mentioning the defeat recorded in the Bible, that is no surprise, as countries often write the history for their own aggrandizement. They mention the victories but don't record defeats. The Bible is unique as it records both the victories and the defeats.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
21 Aug 11
I have not done an in-depth study of the issue so I can't really argue.
The Bible has often been attacked as being inaccurate which is nothing new. I remember reading some material on the ancient city Of Nineveh which the Bible mentions with some details. Some criticized that the city never existed, until the ruins were discovered.
From my own research on many fronts I have come to view the Bible as the word of God. If others want to view it differently that is their choice.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
21 Aug 11
Did you read this article? http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/tj/v15/n1/moses
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@Chiang_Mai_boy (3882)
• Thailand
21 Aug 11
1hopefulman Homer has been often attacked as being inaccurate which is nothing new. I remember reading some material on the ancient city of Troy which the Iliad mentions in some details. Some criticized that the city never existed, until the ruins were discovered.
If the city of Nineveh legitimizes pre-Christian Jewish mythology then the city of Troy does the same for pre-Christian Greek mythology.
@Latrivia (2878)
• United States
20 Aug 11
The very first question I ever remember asking was how the Great Flood was even possible. The answer was, it wasn't, which is why I was instructed to have faith that it just DID happen. The first person I ever heard talk about the unlikeliness of the Great Flood happening was a Christian. A religious scholar, in fact, who was prone to the mindset that the Bible should be taken with a large grain of salt.
There are religious people who do question and do reconcile their beliefs with reality. What some of us lack that believers have is the ability to make that jump from tangible evidence to intangible faith. I believe that religion attracts those who want the easy answers and/or reassurance, but I think this is more of a correlation rather than a causation. Having met mindless non-religious people and intelligent religious people, I think "thou shall not question" is more of a tenant among those who just don't want to evaluate what they've been taught.
@BalthasarTheRat (656)
• United States
21 Aug 11
The concept of "do not question" is pretty much covered in no God but me, no false idols and honor thy mother and father.
It's sad that these three have combined to bring about your concept of an 11th Commandment but it is definitely common practice to interpret them this way.
Catholics would have a 12th: The Pope is God's seat on Earth. Honor him as thou would Me.
And there are SO many other possibilities for Commandment status now.
Organized religion is about rules. And the first of any religion is usually to "believe what we say and nothing else".
I'm glad you are not a sheep. Welcome to my religion, the religion that knows no boundary, also known as your religion plus.
@haopee (493)
• Philippines
20 Aug 11
I share your sentiments. The problem with religion, once again, is that they do not allow people to question because of the obvious reason that they don't have answers.
That is why people are no longer believing in God because of what the Church is teaching us. I haven't gone to Church anymore but I'm not an atheist. People have grown smarter and less ignorant to facts created by Science which is why religious sects are becoming more defensive about their beliefs.
Extremists and Fundamentalists demand for respect yet they do not respect or at the least open their minds for the possibilities that their scriptures may be wrong. I'm not pertaining to God Himself because I still have faith, but the scriptures sometimes are almost contradictory to what Science is teaching us.
Religion stunts our growth and hinders our attempt in seeking more knowledge. They are trying to instill fear of the unknown when they should be encouraging people to seek out the truth for themselves.
@Chiang_Mai_boy (3882)
• Thailand
20 Aug 11
All religions are built around a mythology or the central structure you describe. What distinguish them is how dependant on the acceptance of that mythology they are. Some religions can not survive if their founding myth is called into question so they have dogmatized it and consider it blasphemy to question it. There are some religions whose teachings are not dependent on their mythology and encourage questions.
