I appreciate the moral and ethical teachings of the bible those are good things [...]
You must be joking... Moral and ethics in the bible?
The 10 commandments are perfect examples of how humans should behave, they are both morally and ethically good or do you think otherwise ?
I think the bible has more pages than just one. Besides:
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. -- FAIL
You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. -- FAIL
You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. -- FAIL
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. -- FAIL
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. -- MIXED
You shall not murder. -- MOSTLY OK
You shall not commit adultery. -- WHAT?
You shall not steal. -- MOSTLY OK
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. -- MOSTLY OK (buy why is it restricted to neighbor?)
You shall not covet your neighbor's house, wife, etc -- (sometimes "desire" instead of "covet") - WHY NOT?
Also, here are some good moral principles the bible teaches us (well, not us, just those fools that believe in it):
1 Chronicles 21
2 Kings 10:18-27
Deuteronomy 3
Exodus 21:1-11
Hosea 13:16
Isaiah 13:16
Joshua 6
Judges 11:29-40
Judges 21
Psalms 137:9
HEY GUYS CAN WE SKIP THE GOD SEMINAR AND GET BACK TO NEWS ABOUT THE CURRENT CR FIASCO - THANKS!
Sorry, I just had to reply. CR is over, anyway...