Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: daemon@garage.att.com (Joseph H. Buehler) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Eternal Law of God (Why the Mosaic Law) Message-ID: Date: 13 Oct 89 06:45:26 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 18 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu It's a mistake to look at the 10 commandments as a purely arbitrary act of God's will. The principals behind the 10 commandments are eternal. They can't be any other way. It's called the natural law. Human beings should act according to right reason, in accordance with their nature. For example: God made us from nothing, and preserves us in existence from moment to moment. Therefore, we should show Him some respect: "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord Thy God in vain." All 10 are like that; there's some intrinsic undelying reason for the command, something underlying that must be, and cannot be any other way. What else could the law be? Thou shalt kill? Thou shalt occassionally insult thy father and thy mother?