US Congress to Decide Historic Question - Which Set to Post?

The Ten Commandments I

Exodus 19:20 "The Lord descended to the top of Mt. Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain..."

Exodus 20:1-2 "And God spoke all these words: 'I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.' "

Exodus 20:3-17

I. "You shall have no other Gods before me."

II. "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below . . . "

III. "You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name."

IV. "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor . . . On (the Sabbath) you shall not do any work, neither you nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservent, nor your animals nor the alien within your gates . . . "

V. "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you."

VI. "You shall not murder."

VII. "You shall not commit adultery."

VIII. "You shall not steal."

IX. "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor."

X. "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's' wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

Exodus 20:18 "When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear."

Question: Which set do you prefer? Ten Commandments I, the shorter traditional set? Do you want to bring back the "Sunday Blue Laws" of Commandment IV? What gov't agency will enforce number X?

The Ten Commandments II

Exodus 32:19 "When Moses approached the camp and saw the (golden) calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain."

Exodus 34:1 "The Lord said to Moses, 'Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.' "

Exodus 34:12-26

I. "Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you . . . "

II. "Do not worship any other God . . . "

III. "Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land . . . "

IV. "Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread . . . in the month of Abib . . . "

V. "The first offspring of every womb belongs to me . . . "

VI. "Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest . . . "

VII. "Celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year . . . "

VIII. "Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning."

IX. "Bring the best of the first fruits of your soil to the house of the Lord your God."

X. "Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk."

Exodus 34:27 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."

The second set has problems with all the new holidays, Commandment V, Commandment VIII ("No beer with your barbeque") and Commandment X ("No milk gravy on your chicken fried steak"). "No treaties" will appeal to the militias.

(Quotes from New International Version)