Ten Commandments
biblical principles relating to ethics and worship
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Videos Mentioning Ten Commandments
Yuval Noah Harari: Human Nature, Intelligence, Power, and Conspiracies | Lex Fridman Podcast #390
Lex Fridman
Contrasted with the American Constitution, noted for its inability to be amended and its support of slavery.
Sam Harris and Ross Douthat Debate Belief
Sam Harris
Mentioned as a moral guideline that should indicate that killing people is wrong, used as a point of reference when discussing the moral failings of 20th-century communists.
Yuval Noah Harari: Free Speech, Institutional Distrust, & Social Order | Making Sense #386
Sam Harris
Used as a comparative example of a foundational societal text that claims divine origin and lacks a mechanism for amendment, thus preserving potentially problematic aspects like the endorsement of slavery.
Why Abrahamic Faith Is About Justice, Not Escape | James TaboR
Closer To Truth
Culminated in the Hebrew Bible narrative, given to Moses at Sinai or Horeb.
Dante #8 Hell Cantos 20-32
Predictive History
Discussed in comparison to Dante's hierarchy of sins, noting that thievery is a serious sin in Inferno despite being lower in the Ten Commandments.
Why an Atheist Studies Religion | Michael Tooley
Closer To Truth
Mentioned as an example of rules laid down by God in the Old Testament, with the observation that few of them are about moral right/wrong, and notably, owning slaves is not prohibited.