From the time I was a little child, I had what you would call a religious up bringing. At a very early age we were taught the 10 commandments. Actually the 10 commandments have played such a great part in my life I cannot remember when I learned them. Though I do remember having to learn them by heart for Sunday school, however that was more about trying to memorize what order the 10 commandments came in rather than learning what they were all about.
Since the 10 commandments have been a part of my life as a young child, I have not spent much time reflecting on them. Just like the other aspects of my life, I have accepted the 10 commandments as a fact of life. I have spent more time thinking about them in recent times due to the media attention of having the 10 commandments displayed in public buildings. This made me stop and review closely what the 10 commandments are and as to why someone may be offended seeing them in print. I had to stop and reflect if I had just acknowledged something that may be offensive just because it has always been part of my life.
I have to confess that trying to remember the 10 commandments in sequence was a true memory exercise. Though I could remember all of them, trying to get the middle ones in the right order was a challenge. One day I had mentioned this to my husband and he couldn't comprehend why being in a particular order would make any difference. He had a good point there, that it didn't matter what order I placed them in or what precise wording I used to remember them, but the idea behind each of the 10 commandments that was the message we have to take to heart.
After pondering over each of the 10 commandments I m certain that for me they are not offensive. By displaying or seeing them in print, I would not feel discriminated against or violated in any way. The message behind each one of the 10 commandments is clear and on the whole I feel they out line an honest and courteous way to conduct my life. At the same time I do respect others beliefs and accept that not everyone has the same set of beliefs that I have. I think life would be boring if we did all think the same and had the same beliefs. I realize that we are not all from the same belief system, but I still cannot comprehend why someone would be hurt by seeing the 10 commandments in print. On the other hand there are several billboards and bus advertisements that I find offensive, but for sure I know there are others that disagree with me. At times if I find something offensive I try to look at something that is more appealing to me.
Surely we do not all need to believe the same things in order to exist together, we do not even need to understand each others beliefs, we just need to learn tolerance. Hey, guess what... maybe I just came up with the 11th commandment!
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