I was always interested in religions - particularly its effect on humans - when the clash of morality and pragmatism happens quite more often, like the clash of morality and scientific reasoning. ( think about Heinz dilemma )
So I set upon a quest to collect the rules and instructions mentioned in the bible - Not just the Ten Commandments - but a comprehensive listing of it - And tried to ask people what could be the possible punishment that could be given ( according to him ... and then compare with what the Testaments say )
eg : I ask " What do you think would be an apt punishment for a man who beats his male or female slave with a rod and if the slave dies ?"
Please Note : This is just a mere compilation of the rules and instructions found in the bible. This is not a critique.
Well - this could be a life long research , but Iam almost sure its worth the pursuit - Starting from the Ten Commandments . Here we go -
------------- The Ten Commandments -----------
1. You shall have no other gods before/besides me. ( deuteronomy 5:7 )
2. You shall not make for yourself an idol (deuteronomy 5:8 )
3. You shall not bow down to them or worship them ( idols )(deuteronomy 5:9 )
4. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God ( deuteronomy 5:11 )
5. Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy ( deuteronomy 5:12 )
6. (On the sabbath,) you shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or your male or female slave, or your ox or your donkey, or any of your livestock, or the resident alien in your towns ( deuteronomy 5:14 )
7. Honour your father and your mother ( deuteronomy 5:16 )
8. You shall not murder ( deuteronomy 5:17 )
9. Neither shall you commit adultery ( deuteronomy 5:18 )
10. Neither shall you steal. ( deuteronomy 5:19 )
11. Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbour. ( deuteronomy 5:20 )
12. Neither shall you covet your neighbour’s wife. ( deuteronomy 5:21 )
13. Neither shall you desire your neighbour’s house, or field, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour. ( deuteronomy 5:21 )
------------- Rules for Sabbath
14. Who ever does any work on the sabbath day must be put to death ( Exodus 31:15 )
----------------- New Testament ----------------
If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you ( Mathew 18:8 )
If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. ( Mathew 18:9 )
If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother ( Mathew 18:15)
(Your brother can sin against you)up to seventy times seven. ( Till then you can forgive him) ( Mathew 18:22 )
Women should remain silent in the churches . If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church (1 Corinthians 14 :34 )
I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes ( 1 Timothy 2:9 )
A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. 12I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent
I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer, without anger or disputing ( 1Timothy 2:8)
Buying land
'If you sell land to one of your countrymen or buy any from him, do not take advantage of each other. Leviticus 25:14
About Slavery
'Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves Leviticus 25:44
You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. Leviticus 25:44
'If one of your countrymen becomes poor among you and sells himself to you, do not make him work as a slave. 40 He is to be treated as a hired worker or a temporary resident among you; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee (Leviticus 25:39-40)
Assaulting Slaves
"If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, 21 but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property. (Exodus 21:20)
If a man hits a manservant or maidservant in the eye and destroys it, he must let the servant go free to compensate for the eye. 27 And if he knocks out the tooth of a manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free to compensate for the tooth. (Exodus 21:26)
Murder
Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death (Exodus 21:12)
Cursing ones Father
Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death (Exodus 21:17)
Ye shall not oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God ( Leviticus 25:17)
