Ten Commandments Too Many?

The United States Supreme Court issued its decision that the Ten Commandments can be displayed on some government property and not on others.

Good thing they settled that issue once and for all.

These matters will have to be settled on a case by case basis.

Let's just make this easy for everyone. Let's not display the Ten Commandments anywhere.

I'm still not convinced they're a good idea. They're really restrictive on the one hand, but on the other hand you can almost always come up with a good excuse why you broke one or two or ten of them.

There's all that coveting stuff. Now I personally never coveted my neighbor's wife, not really being attracted to her at all. So that commandment is very easy for me to keep.

Keeping holy the Sabbath -- does that mean no football? Except in Texas where it is a religious event?

I can agree with the not killing, the not stealing and the not lying. Then again there's that grey area over "white" lies and matters of self-defense. And except for Tyco and Enron executives, I think most people would agree that stealing is wrong.

Very ambiguous stuff, if you ask me. Not nearly as cut and dried as everyone would have you believe.

I think maybe we should have some discussions about these commandments. Do we really want to take Moses' word for their validity? Did he knock a few off or add a few on during his trek down the mountain?