A little boy was once asked by his Sunday school teacher if he knew the Ten Commandments. "No ma'am," came the reply, "my dad said that I don't have to know them since they are doing away with them anyway." It is one thing to be ignorant of the Ten Commandments; it quite another to mock them with impunity. Millions dismiss them as mere platitudes fit for nothing more than a dusty old bookshelf. They disdain them because they are "religious."

There are still others who want to do away with the Ten Commandments altogether. This cannot be an option. These are not just words; they are principles woven into the very fabric of life. They are not just another lifestyle option. They are basic realities upon which all of creation is structured. If we violate them, there will be consequences.

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