Basic morals. Broken.

This is the base of our ethics. And it would be unpopular.

  • For G_d claims exclusivity — you cannot shake and bake your own G_d.
  • For G-d demands that all rest at least one day of seven.
  • For it is commanded that you respect your parents.

The no murder, theft and adultery were seen as self evident. Anyone who has lived through a broken marriage would agree with the last being there, but the current ethos celebrates being unfaithful.

There are arguments about untruthfulness, but not many argue about perjury being wrong. However, the 10th commandment gets us all. Drooling over, and wanting to get, our neighbours toys, not being content with our blessings, is sinful.

Exodus 20

1Then God spoke all these words: 2I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3you shall have no other gods before me.4You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, 6but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.7You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.8Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 10But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; you shall not do any work – you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. 11For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.12Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.13You shall not murder.14You shall not commit adultery.15You shall not steal.16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.17You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

via PCUSA – Devotions – Daily readings for Today.

And we have entire industries that aim to make us covetous.

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