Is breaking the ten comandments legal in the US?

I was thinking on the way home from work today just how many of the ten commandments are legal to break in the US.


1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Let's see, this one seems to not only be legal to break, it is usually protected by "law"

2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God.....

Graven images aren't really in style but this commandment is violated all the time legally.

3. 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.

This of course is "free speech" but please don't call a black man the "N" word.

4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

No one even thinks about this one anymore.

5. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Parents are almost universally dishonored in movies and of course in real life. Parents can be prosecuted for discipline.

6. Thou shalt not kill

Millions of babies and people like Terrie Shiavo. Need I say more?

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

I believe that this is still illegal in some states but it is universally ignored.

8. Thou shalt not steal.

Now you would think surely this one was still enforced, but tell that to the Hurst Bean company in Indianapolis. Their family owned business is having part of their property (in the family for over a century) taken away by the fascist union of the City of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis Colts football team.

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

This of course NEVER happens Seriously a friend of mine was recently the victim of false witness.

10. Thou shalt not covet......

Not only can you covet, see #8 and you can even take it if you are privileged.


So there you have it, all ten of the commandments can be broken in one way or another, legally, in the good old US of A.

 

Yes, a friend in my church was just the victim of false witness.

He had asked started to ask some people to quit smoking next to his kids at the county fair....the people got rather nasty with him so he took his family and left.
Cops showed up and the other people said it was HE that had caused the trouble and that he had assaulted him.
Anyway, it went to trial and I was not there but I was told there were 5 witnesses, each of whom gave a different story.
He was not convicted of assault but he was convicted of disorderly conduct.

When you have five different testimonies, obviously SOMEONE is guilty of false witness.

Also, TV, the news, ads etc are full of false witness.

 

And people think a theocracy would be a bad thing....

If we were truly one nation under God, we wouldn't have these problems.

The problem with so called theocracy is the theo part; which God is represented?
If theocracy means we are a nation governed by the law of God then it is fine.

If theocracy is being governed by what a pope or something like that says is law, then we have a problem.

 

Especially near election time with their TV ads!