Joe Offer says: "Well, Bill, that doesn't apply to the Ten Commandments. "

But Joe, the point was about one of the commandments which suffers from mistranslation. If 'kill' used to mean 'murder', then indeed *many* Christians would properly accept the admonition as basic guidance, and "use their heads" about when to apply it.

Even I, as a non-religious sort, see the list of 'commandments' as generally good ideas that, as historical text, have a place in Western culture.¹ I personally find better expressions of them in other formats, but when I do so, I recognize the basic concepts as pretty universal.


1. (Kant's "Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals" for example)