1. I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
---based on exaggerated myths, automatically qualify it for something that should never be questioned or investigated
2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
--- this one would really make a difference in society if everyone followed it… it really would
3. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that 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 to them, nor serve them.
--- removes competition from other schools of thought
4. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
--- we call those weekends, and my definition of holy involves a lot of naked women…
5. Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long
--- not bad, but some parents really aren’t honorable… they usually end up in prison for dealing meth and or child abuse
6. Thou shalt not kill.
--- except to stone people to death for questioning religious authority (the first useful commandment, and most often abused by the religions that preach it)
7. Thou shalt not commit adultery
--- as long as this commandment doesn't include consensual adultery its fine
8. Thou shalt not steal
--- the second useful commandment
9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor
---the third useful commandment
10. 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 anything that is thy neighbor's.
--- this one might actually be the 4th useful commandment, as long as “covet” is defined as jealousy with ill-will.
Which would you rather hang in a courthouse???
Old world religions are anachronisms that have failed to evolve at the same pace as logic and reasoning.
