Fairy Tale Spotlight: The Problem with the Ten Commandments

This is something that has really been bothering me lately. For all my life, I have been taught the importance of the Ten Commandments. In may ways, this list is a sort of book within a book. People often separate it from the Bible and have it posted on walls and in court-houses where it is defended. I would happily defend it too, if anything just to stop all the Christian hate going around. But... I'm sorry to say I do not consider the Ten Commandments to be a valid document in the modern day.

Don't worry. I want to explain myself here.

I'm not here to parrot anybody's opinion. This is just a conclusion I came to recently. My problem with this document comes at multiple angles. I'll list them out and explain them for you.

1. The Ten Commandments were intended for the Jews. Another way to say this is that the Ten Commandments were intended for a bunch of idiots living at the time, These Jews were witness to a slue of miracles. The plagues, the parting of the Red Sea, food falling from the heaven, and even still, God figured they still could not cope without having some sort of list to explain the difference between right and wrong. Pathetic really, but these guys were idiots. The Golden Calf incident is proof enough of that. The Jews would have been lost without that document.

2. The Ten Commandments is obsolete. It's a document forced within the far more chaotic and harsh Old Testament. This is a pre-Jesus document. Jesus even countered the laws of Moses in a conversation with someone. And when he died, the curtain at the temple was torn in two. In my mind, that turns the Old Testament from a collection of theological laws into nothing more than a very interesting history lesson. Jesus was intended to be the new way. The Ten Commandments is the old way. Remember that God the father passed on command to his son. Jesus did no write the Ten Commandments. That was daddy.

3. The Ten Commandments is nothing but a simple list for lazy idiots. One of my problems with organized religion is that they focus too much on the organization while completely neglecting the actual Christianity. People are, more often than not, stupid. They are too stupid to understand context, nuance, or subtleties. They need a big pretty picture that they can look at so that they know how to act.

Or a list. A list is good too.

The Ten Commandments is a very simple list used by organized religion to make it very clear how people should and should not act. As if we can't figure out if we are doing wrong through context! You know what you're doing. Anyone who needs a list is inevitably going to look for loopholes anyways. The heart knows right from wrong. Use it.

So in summary, I believe that the Ten Commandments is an obsolete document that has been propped up well outside of its intended period. If you want to know right from wrong, why don't you actually try to be more than a pointless person and go out and do some good. Let your heart guide you. If you are a true believer in Christ, then you don't need that stupid list. He's the way, the truth, and the life. The Ten Commandments are not. Not even close!

On a side note, I do plan to go into this more in the future. I want to break down the Ten Commandments and explain my problems with each one and why the advent of Jesus ultimately proves its obsolescence. Stay tuned!

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