The jewish calendar states was the first day of existence. If one adapts there moral code to Adam and Eve (thou shalt not) would that one have four thousand and seventy five years of knowledge from then until now? I feel ones morals is a law of order. If one adapts there moral code further back is that the same thing? pljames
Huh?
That is what I was also thinking.
History has recorded happenings since biblical days. Knowledge changes over time. If in twenty eleven I understand “thou shall not kill” from four thousand years ago do I retain that wisdom today. A four thousand year old saying? pljames
No. Theories, opinions, the truth, weight or application of evidence may change, but what we know about the physical universe, knowledge, does not change.
Actually, it’s thou shalt not commit murder. In any case, it was an unjustified and unexamined opinion, written by a man and attributed to God, making its authority a lie to begin with.
On the other hand there is much wisdom in the allegory of Genesis that is still wise today, such as, we are all “created” in God’s image; meaning, allegorically created in God’s self-aware likeness–not a physical likeness. And most of the Ten Commandments are self-authorizing examples of moral behavior, such as, thou shall not commit murder.