Thank you for posting @narrowminded, which has brought many thoughts to mind.

If one may add to the dialogue...The ten commandments was not only part of the Mosaic Law in Code One but also a freedom code..which one could call 'The Five'. Respect for authority, respect for privacy, respect for property, respect for human life, respect for volition of others.

Thank you for making it clear that the commandment is ...thou shalt not murder as it is in the original Hebrew.

And it is appreciated that you have written regarding the taking of God's name in vain, if one has a look at almost any other time in history, there were those who spoke of God and His Son Jesus Christ in their writings and speechs as comman knowledge......ie. Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, Douglas MacArthur, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, John Adams, Isaac Newton...and so many others. Yet today...say Providence, say God the Creator of mankind and the universe and the haters of their Creator and provider of time cannot let it stand.

Rejection of authority is key to understanding why one would reject God...the ultimate authority...did he not decree when one is born and when one would die.

It is appreciated you presented God's solution for fallen mankind. His perfect Son, Jesus Christ qualified to die as a substitute for all mankind. Faith alone in Christ alone for salvation.

Thank you for the opportunity to express thought and to ponder these things.