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Date Posted: 19:26:36 02/28/12 Tue
Author: George
Subject: Re: What if we actually obeyed the commandments?
In reply to: Lois 's message, "Re: What if we actually obeyed the commandments?" on 23:05:15 02/27/12 Mon

>Just imagine if we actually obeyed the
>commandments of the Lord. God didn't give us
>commandments so that He could punish us if we
>disobeyed them. He gave us commandments for our well
>being.
>
>I'm going to list the ten commandments. Then I will
>pick one of them and list all the ills of the world
>that we have because we don't obey it.
>--------------
>
>You shall have no other gods before me.
>
>You shall not make for yourselves any graven
>image.
>
>�Graven images� are things that we worship instead
>of God. Do you think it has to be a statue? Not
>necessarily. Here we go, I�ll list some things we
>worship instead of God, and also some examples of the
>ridiculousness that this causes.
>
>�Keeping up with the Jones�s�, commercials that try to
>convince us to be �special� for buying a certain
>product, ego inflated celebrities, paparazzi,
>inquiring magazines at the grocery store check stand,
>the whole class system, dishonest politicians, a lot
>of bankruptcies, anorexia, bulimia, Barbie
>wannabees
>
>You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in
>vain.
>
>Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
>
>Honor your father and your mother, that your days may
>be long upon the land which the Lord your God gives
>you.
>
>You shall not kill.
>
>You shall not commit adultery.
>
>You shall not steal.
>
>You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
>
>You shall not covet anything that is your neighbor's.
>-------------
>
>Lois
>

Material objects are supposed to be possesions. When you have bought something that possesses you, that is an idol. Likewise, some persons possess beliefs. In the case of others, the beliefs possess them.

The Book of Mormon can be an idol.
The Bible can be an idol.
An activist cause can be an idol. Carrie Nation was possessed by the idea of Prohibition.

George

George

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