Christians Are Being Persecuted & No Evidence Would Change His Mind!

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15. And I repeat they are not

... symbols for a step in progress toward having the rule of law

At best this is a foolish assertion as you are, in effect, claiming an role for these priestly decrees far beyond any actual influence they may have had. These incoherent theocratic rules were largely unknown outside Judea until long after true legal systems and written laws were in effect; it is the Roman Lex Civilis that should be commemorated.

In actual practice the 10 Commandments became an excuse for a step backward in Jurisprudence, where the administration of the Law was left in the hands of theologically trained clerks. They are symbols for a theocratic theory of law and as such should not be commemorated