2003-08-27 The immorality of the Ten Commandments
{{#vardefine:keylist|}}{{#vardefine:Date|2003-08-27}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Date}}{{#vardefine:Date.disp|2003-08-27}}{{#vardefine:Date.disp|[[{{#var:Date}}]]}}{{#vardefine:Topics|\Christopher Hitchens\Bible\Ten Commandments}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Topics}}{{#vardefine:Topics.disp|\Christopher Hitchens\Bible\Ten Commandments}}{{#vardefine:URL|http://www.slate.com/id/2087621/}}{{#vardefine:keylist%7C{{#var:keylist}}\URL}}{{#vardefine:URL.disp%7Chttp://www.slate.com/id/2087621/}}{{#vardefine:Title%7CMoore's Law: The immorality of the Ten Commandments}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Title}}{{#vardefine:Title.disp|Moore's Law: The immorality of the Ten Commandments}}{{#vardefine:Text|by Christopher Hitchens: “The first four of the commandments have little to do with either law or morality, and the first three suggest a terrific insecurity on the part of the person supposedly issuing them. I am the lord thy god and thou shalt have no other ... no graven images ... no taking of my name in vain: surely these could have been compressed into a more general injunction to show respect. The ensuing order to set aside a holy day is scarcely a moral or ethical one, unless you assume that other days are somehow profane.”}}{{#vardefine:keylist|{{#var:keylist}}\Text}}{{#vardefine:Text.disp|by Christopher Hitchens: “The first four of the commandments have little to do with either law or morality, and the first three suggest a terrific insecurity on the part of the person supposedly issuing them. I am the lord thy god and thou shalt have no other ... no graven images ... no taking of my name in vain: surely these could have been compressed into a more general injunction to show respect. The ensuing order to set aside a holy day is scarcely a moral or ethical one, unless you assume that other days are somehow profane.”}} {{#xploop:{{#var:Topics}}||}} {{#xploop:{{#var:keylist}}|\n* $s$: \o#var:$s$.disp\c}}