This would never happen, but if you could abolish one of the 10 commandments, which would it be?
Mine would be “Thou shall not kill.”
Not because I’m psycho, but because I have a lot of pent up frustration. 
I had to look the ten commandments up. Shows you how well acquainted I am with them. 
Probably “You shall have no other gods.”
Definitely the one about coveting thy neighbor’s wife. What the hell does that even mean anyway?
Coveting thy neighbors wife is sleeping with her. Actually its a sin if you even think about sleepign with her. Hope your neighbors wife isn’t hot.
As someone who is somewhat pagan I would have to go with daowajan.
LOL, then a little more LOL.
I’d have to go with the other gods thing, or else the taking God’s name in vain. I mean, taking God’s name in vain IS awfullly fun, and looking at the people around me I have to figure the big guy’s surely got a sense of humor.
The one that says “Thou shalt respect my authori-tay!”. Which one is that again?
I too had to look them up, so for all those who did not listen in RE: Here are (THE RULES).
- I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
2.Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
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Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them.
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Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
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Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long.
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Thou shalt not kill.
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Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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Thou shalt not steal.
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Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s.
The site lists them as the 18 commandments - with 3,5,7,9,11,13,15 & 17 being blank - for you own private musings
So I’d lose 5, 9 and 2.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s ass?
Get rid of that one, for sure.
I’ll have what she’s having:) 5, 4, 10 and 3 soon to follow.
Let me get this straight… the assumption of the OP is that Jehovah (the God of the Old Testament) is real. IF you accept that assumption, then He is the one and only God in all the cosmos.
You’re saying that, even if you knew there was only one God, you’d still want to worship other gods who don’t exist?
No, “coveting” is not having sex. To “covet” means to desire. The commandments are, essentially, prohibiting envy. It’s telling us not to want what doesn’t belong to us, and not to envy those who DO possess what we want.
Of course, if we never coveted other’s possessions and never coveted others’ wives, there’d be no need for the commandments prohibiting stealing and adultery!
7 & 10.
When I was very young, I thought this was “cover thy neighbor’s ass” and everytime my brother’s rear stuck out from the blankets when we shared a room, I would wonder why it was such a big sin.
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Where do you see that assumption expressed in the OP? If what I’ve read on the subject is correct, the ancient Hebrews accepted the existence of other gods, they just had a deal with their own god that none of the other gods could be worshipped more than Himself. Otherwise, what sense would the wording of the First Commandment make? The idea that only one capital ‘G’ God existed came about long after Exodus was written down.
Actually, I just wrote a paper on this in which I argued that, without a reason to keep the covenant (the prologue to the 10 commandments “I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt”) there is no reason to follow the first two or three (YMMV depending on numbering system.)
I will not hijack the thread talking about how it can be compared to ancient covenants such as the ones of the Hittites.
Probably the not killing one. Everyone ignores it anyway.
Either that or change it to
“Though Shall Not Kill. No, Really. Yes, I Mean Other People. Yes, Your Enemies Are Other People. No, I Don’t Care If They Don’t Believe In Me, Don’t Kill Them. Convicted Murderer? Don’t Kill Him. Prisoners Of War? Don’t Kill Them. Guy Who Stole Your Wife Away? Don’t Kill Him Either.”
Actually, I’d add one, in His Name. Specifically, “Thou Shalt Live Thine Own Life Answerable to Me, and Shall Not Try to Run Someone Else’s Based on What Thou Thinkest Is My Will, For I Am God And Thou Art Not.”
I have to honestly say this is a far better idea than abolishing a commandment.