If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
If God would have wanted us to live in a permissive society He would have given us Ten Suggestions and not Ten Commandments.
Man has made 32 million laws since the Commandments were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai... but he has never improved on God's law.
The Ten Commandments are the divinely revealed law.
Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any person of any religion or even an atheist can recognize and appreciate.
I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.
The Ten Commandments were not a suggestion.
If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions.
Accuse a person of breaking all Ten Commandments, and you've written the promo blurb for the dust cover of his tell-all memoir.
If Moses had gone to Harvard Law School and spent three years working on the Hill, he would have written the Ten Commandments with three exceptions and a saving clause.