How many of the Ten Commandments do people break?

[Obvious Leo]

You already know the tablets have been lost for many years

I think "the dog ate my homework" excuse has been well tried over the years, Phil. Is it not possible that these tablets are merely a literary metaphor or am I just being a cynic?

[surreptitious57]

Check my OP again as that is not what I said. In the meantime you are contradicting my online dictionary - whose word do
you think I will accept for the Ten Commandments? Yours when you are not a recognized authority or my online dictionary

Your first mention of tablets was in response to me telling you that there were six hundred and thirteen Commandments not ten. Your OP
never mentioned them. Your online dictionary is wrong. You can check that by reading from the four books of the Old Testament I quoted

[Philosophy Explorer]

Check my OP again as that is not what I said. In the meantime you are contradicting my online dictionary - whose word do
you think I will accept for the Ten Commandments? Yours when you are not a recognized authority or my online dictionary

Your first mention of tablets was in response to me telling you that there were six hundred and thirteen Commandments not ten. Your OP
never mentioned them. Your online dictionary is wrong. You can check that by reading from the four books of the Old Testament I quoted

My online dictionary is right about the Ten Commandments and that settles it. My OP does mention the Ten Commandments which is what I base this thread on (btw the OT starts off with the five books of the Pentateuch).

PhilX

[Philosophy Explorer]

You already know the tablets have been lost for many years

I think "the dog ate my homework" excuse has been well tried over the years, Phil. Is it not possible that these tablets are merely a literary metaphor or am I just being a cynic?

It's possible, but more likely the tablets really did exist. They're mentioned a number of times in the Bible, their importance to the Israelites can't be overstated, they've been housed in the Temple for many years, and certain other stories are turning out to be fact (e.g. King David and the city of Troy). Isn't it also true that for the Babylonians, they had their law encoded on tablets too?
(the code of Hammurabi)

PhilX

[Obvious Leo]

They're mentioned a number of times in the Bible,

That settles it then. Blokes living for nearly a thousand years are also mentioned several times and so surely that can't be bullshit either.

I can't actually believe that I'm arguing over the factual nuances of a suite of fairy tales, Phil, so why don't you get to the point you're trying to make.

[Philosophy Explorer]

They're mentioned a number of times in the Bible,

That settles it then. Blokes living for nearly a thousand years are also mentioned several times and so surely that can't be bullshit either.

I can't actually believe that I'm arguing over the factual nuances of a suite of fairy tales, Phil, so why don't you get to the point you're trying to make.

How many of the Ten Commandments do people break on average?

PhilX

[surreptitious57]

more likely the tablets really did exist

No not if they were given to Moses by God

[Philosophy Explorer]

more likely the tablets really did exist

No not if they were given to Moses by God

Are you saying they never existed? That they weren't carried around in an ark? And that they didn't rest in the Temple for many years? What a bummer!

PhilX

[Harbal]

Which tablets would they be, Phil? One would think that in the modern age a photograph of them would be available online somewhere but I've drawn a blank. In which museum might I find these tablets?

I thought Harrison Ford had got them.

[Philosophy Explorer]

Which tablets would they be, Phil? One would think that in the modern age a photograph of them would be available online somewhere but I've drawn a blank. In which museum might I find these tablets?

I thought Harrison Ford had got them.

Actually they're resting in a government warehouse.

PhilX