# Christians and the Ten Commandments.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-and-the-ten-commandments/539481>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 14, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-and-the-ten-commandments/539481 "2010-05-14T22:08:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-and-the-ten-commandments/539481/21 "2010-05-16T02:33:41Z")

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> [@Kyla](#):
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> Thanks for responding, everyone. What I’m gathering is that my initial understanding was correct, that there is no particular theological reason Christians are obliged to follow the Ten Commandments, but they’re in the Bible and Christians like them and think they’re neat.
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> Okay, then.

Actually, the points have been made that Jesus & Paul & the New Testament all reinforce them, with the possible exception of the Sabbath. Which is a pretty solid theological reason.

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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-and-the-ten-commandments/539481/22 "2010-05-16T02:36:05Z")

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> [@FriarTed](#):
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> Actually, the points have been made that Jesus & Paul & the New Testament all reinforce them, with the possible exception of the Sabbath. Which is a pretty solid theological reason.

Hm, okay.

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