Ignoring the Truth

July 12, 2009, 9:33 am by dc-agape.

Exodus 20:14-15

It looks like the United States is in for an extended period of time before we receive the blessing of YHWH.  And the next two commandments don’t help.  They just happen to be about adultery and stealing.  The statistics of these “sins” are staggering.  And unlike the previous Commandments where religion can influence the outcome, it is religion itself that makes these nearly impossible to correct.

Number 5: You shall not commit adultery.  This one alone will not change.  The percent of adultery that occurs is in the US has reached 50 – 70%.  More shocking is the percent by religion: Barna Research Group has discovered that the lowest divorce rate in the US is between the Catholics, Lutheran, and Atheist!  Now as you know remarriage is considered adultery (Matt 5:21-22)!  So by Jesus’ standards, that he expected his followers to obey, in US adultery is the biggest problem towards receiving YHWH blessing.  Remember, YHWH punishes to the four generation those who do not obey his commands (Exodus 20:5).  As you read through these 10 commandments, it should become clear to you that the United States, in fact any country, will never be able to receive YHWH blessing.

Number 6: You shall not steal.  Wow, this one is a killer!  The foundations of this country were on two acts of stealing.  First, we cheated (stole) the land of the American Indians.  Then, we (North and South) stole African to work as slaves here in the US.  In neither transaction did we pay proper value for the “commodities” we “purchased”.  But even today we continue to steal from each other.  Worker salaries are a condition of stealing.  This occurs either by forcing them to work more hours/week (nurses) than is legal or negotiated (salaried persons).  But salary is not the only thing that is being stolen from these workers: time, energy, health, and family are also being stolen.  Forcing workers to extend the work day/week is stealing time that these people need to accomplish other required activities.  A single human being only has so much energy that their bodies can produce.  Being pushed beyond those limits is stealing those people’s rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.  Worse is the stealing of a worker’s health.  The rates of sickness in the US compared to European nations prove this point.  So you have to understand that stealing from the worker is actually stealing from the company, which leads to stealing from the investors of that company.  It is a lose/lose situation for everyone.  Maybe that is why stealing ranks in the top ten sins a community can perform!

These two “sins” or breaking of the 10 commandments are universal.  Worse, Christian and non-Christian do not recognize the harm that these acts cause.  And even when it is recognized, it is ignored.  “It’s just the way it is” and “the company cannot compete” are the rationalizations used to allow these two acts of breaking these two Commandments.  As an Atheist, I do not see any supernatural agent in understanding the harm that these two “sins” create.  It is obvious, in communities that breaking these two commandments are harmful to the entire society.   

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