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Originally Posted by accyman

if that was a picture of mohammed this thread would be long gone

personaly i will laugh at any religion because they are ALL wrong and anyone who lives their lives by rules set out thousands of years ago needs their head looking at

Presumably the rules that you refer to are the Ten Commandments except there are more than ten, depending where you look.

Exodus lists 18 and Deuteronomy lists 16. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments But in general this is what most people would remember:
1. You shall have no other Gods but me.
2. You shall not make for yourself any idol, nor bow down to it or worship it.
3. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.
4. You shall remember and keep the Sabbath day holy.
5. Respect your father and mother.
6. You must not kill.
7. You must not commit adultery.
8. You must not steal.
9. You must not give false evidence against your neighbour.
10. You must not be envious of your neighbour's goods. You shall not be envious of his house nor his wife, nor anything that belongs to your neighbour.

Presumably the list is in order of importance and that says it all for me. The God saw it as he was more important than his followers’ actions. Hmmmm!

But this God was also a hypocrite. Did not this God command Joshua to take Jericho, Ai and other townships by force and kill all before him? Did not this God part the waters of the Red Sea to allow the Israelites to cross and then closed them on the following Egyptian army - drowning them? Did not this God kill those who broke the Ten Commandments?

However the laws of the land today, that I assume you obey, or do you go around killing, stealing and committing adultery, are based on the laws, or rules if you like, laid down thousands of years ago.

Time to get your head examined.