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    the most commonly known fact about Judaism is the Ten Commandments. In Judaism, the Ten Commandments provide God’s universal and timeless standard of right and wrong (The Access Bible. Exodus. 34:28; Deuteronomy. 4:13). In the Jewish tradition Yahweh gave Moses the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai and Moses recorded these commandments on two stone tablets. These commandments became the central elements in the Judaism faith. The Ten Commandments can be found in the Torah books of the Hebrew bible

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    Thankfully, his wife Corretta gave this speech for him, reading the very notes from Martin’s pockets. Martin Luther King, Jr’s wife’s speech “Ten Commandments on Vietnam” uses pathos and logos to persuade her audience and everyone listening to help her protest for the poor, for abundance and for racial rights. Corretta Scott King's speech “Ten Commandments on Vietnam” uses pathos and logos to persuade her audience and everyone listening to help her protest for the poor, for abundance and for racial

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    state issues. The separation of church and state has been challenged an insurmountable number of times by avid church-goers wishing to spread their morals to public schools and federal courts through the erection or display of the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments are the rules that define the Christian way of life, from moral values to instruction on how to properly appreciate their God. The first amendment has kept these religious displays out of courtrooms and public schools thus far,

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    The Ten Commandments mirror the Jew values in a way that it ultimately focuses on the central belief of respecting God in following the Ten Commandments and following the path of justice by taking responsibility for your actions. The First Commandment reminds us that God is the true creator and He is the one and only holiness: “I the Lord, am your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage: You shall not have any gods besides me.” Jews mainly believe that they have a choice

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    Basic Beliefs and pillars of Jews are defined as "Ten Commandments". These Commandments were given by God to Jews. These form the set of Jewish ethics, behavior, worship and responsibility. God gave Ten Commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai to serve as principles of moral behavior for the human race. These are mentioned twice in Torah (Exodus and Deuteronomy). These Commandments are also being followed and Practiced in Christianity. The Ten Commandments are following: 1. I am the God your Lord, who

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    ever been convicted of a felony I always check no. I find that most people do not even do a background check. Maybe some employers don’t care because who doesn’t have a past history of doing something they feel bad about or regret. One of the Ten Commandments is Thou Shalt Not Lie. A man in church said he lies when his wife asks if she looks fat in this dress. The Bible says in the Book of Proverbs, Chapter 19, Verse 22, “A poor man is better than a liar. It must be pretty important not to lie if

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    Not everyone has the same views about general rules that every person on Earth should follow. There are several popular lists to guide how people live; such as: The Beatitudes, The Ten Commandments, and The Code of Hammurabi. Each of them are similar in some ways, but also they have differences because they are not the exact same. Each guide is different in its own way, and is why some people may agree or disagree with it. Between these three lists of rules, there are different ideas between them

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    Religion The ten commandments I have left the Israelites at where we were staying at mount Saini  so i could talk to god. God told me to get the Israelites ready. Everyone went to out to look over the mountain there was lightning and thunder it was cloudy so you couldn't see the top. Because it got louder i wanted to hear god again. God told me ‘go down to the people and tell them not to follow you up the mountain as i am here.’ so i  warned the Israelites not to go up the mountain ,go close or touch

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    The Russ Kaia Pravda is known as the earliest Russian law code. I will be compared and contrast the Russian law code with the Hammurabi and Ten Commandments. Firstly, the Russ Kaia Pravda was writing around the 11th century and considered as the main source of law in Russia during the early era. The Russ Kaia Pravda had guidelines such as person committed a vengeful death is not accepted and will face penalties depends on the circumstances and they may be fine from 40 or 80 grivnas. Another regulation

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    The term sin in Christianity could be seen as unethical or at least not consistent with normal thought practices. To analyze sin, I will use the Ten Commandments for the King James Bible (King James Ex. 20). Failure to abide by these commandments would result in the Christian being a sinner. “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy” (King James Ex. 20:08) is very subjective. When looking at this with a critical mind one must think what was meant. In the modern day many people work on Sunday

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