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If you paraphrase the 10 commandments as "do unto others etc" and interpret 'others' to include all living creatures you have a tenet everyone can embrace without the need for the creation of a 'god'
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The "old testament" explained how god made a covenant with the jews, the rules being the ten commandments. The jews broke the covenant. End of covenant, old testment, ten rules, poof, all gone.
The "new testament is a new deal, this time it's christians and one rule. Love thy neighbor as thy self. You'll have to figure out if your neighbor is limited to humans or christians, or baptists or whatever.
Of course there's many people that see this clearly and are more than willing to set you straight...or else.
07-04-2003, 08:56 AM
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