From: DRAGONFLY           
To: TURTLE              
Subject: Buddhist Morals
Date & Time: 05/14/91 08:15:01
Message Number 16806

>Yeah, the damn silly ones that don't have a whole lot of bearing on
>the way one interacts with the real world ("Thou shalt have no other
>god before me," etc.)  The /useful/ commandments are pretty much
>universal, simply because it's difficult to build a society without
>them.
      
   Manifest Bullshit (tm) to two points:
     
   The second, and easiest, first:  It's very easy to build a society
without all the remaining six commandments.  Capitalism as a system is
based around breaking the tenth commandment: "Thou shalt not covet."
     
   Now, on to your first point:  Again, complete and utter bullshit.
How one views God has a great bearing on how one interacts with the
real world, especially if you feel that doing well will bribe God
into a better place in Paradise (or get you out of Torment.)  If you
feel that certain actions (dying in a jihad, going to a certain
building every Sunday, not eating pork) will bribe God further, you
will also do those things. 
   Those first four commandments put the real power behind the last
six. Very simple, no?
                        //Dragonfly//