Originality of Biblical Morals
5 entries.
| Row | Objection | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Golden Rule ('Do unto others as you would have them do unto you') is not a unique biblical insight. Confucius stated a near-identical ma… | Argument page → |
| 3locator: medium confidence | The Ten Commandments are traditionally dated to roughly 1490 BCE, but the oldest physical manuscript that can actually be verified is the Na… | Argument page → |
| 5–9 | The substantive content of the Ten Commandments — prohibitions of murder, theft, adultery, and false witness, and the command to honor one's… | Argument page → |
| 4–10 | The Egyptian Book of the Dead contains 'negative confessions' declaring innocence of theft, murder, and adultery ('I have not stolen,' 'I ha… | Argument page → |
| 11–13 | The lex talionis principle ('eye for an eye') and the broader tradition of written legal codes long predate the Ten Commandments: the Laws o… | Argument page → |