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| | | (...) Hmm, hmm. A tangent... If the Ten Commandments had been written by a Libertarian instead of a Christian, I wonder how different they would look? Would there still be 10? Or only 5? Or would there be 15? Commandments 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 strike me (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Which of the Ten Commandments are Libertarian? (was: Re: Mormon bashing again) —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | (...) Whoops, I didn't literally mean Christian there. IIRC, the Ten Commandments predate Christianity by thousands of years. --Todd (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Which of the Ten Commandments are Libertarian? (was: Re: Mormon bashing again) —Dan Boger
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| | | | | (...) don't know anything about Libertarianism, but why do people keep saying the Ten Commandments were written by Christians? According to the Bible (the Old testament), it was handed to Moses on mount Sinai... Wasn't this mention before? :) Dan (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Which of the Ten Commandments are Libertarian? (was: Re: Mormon bashing again) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) You only need 1... this one: 8 - Thou shall not steal. All the rest that make sense derive from it. (left hanging and unproved in a previous thread is the assertion that "all rights are property rights" and "no initiation of force" and "people (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Which of the Ten Commandments are Libertarian? (was: Re: Mormon bashing again) —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) That's incredible! I didn't expect it to come down to THAT elegant of a list! Freeking cool, man! --Todd (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Which of the Ten Commandments are Libertarian? (was: Re: Mormon bashing again) —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | PS, as far as coveting of the housing of neighbors, call me a bad, vain and shallow man but I *expect* some coveting by my relatives... why else move into a big house if not to: - have more room for LEGO (which I do, all my bins are on shelves, I (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Which of the Ten Commandments are Libertarian? (was: Re: Mormon bashing again) —James Brown
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| | | | (...) Heh...If you really want to engender some downright coveting from relatives, go visit some in Europe. ;) Of course, (in my case) going to Europe inspired some coveting right back, as I spent a lot of time in buildings older than my nation. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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