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The Ten Commandments
(Exodus 20)
And God spoke all these words:
"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of
slavery."
1) "You shall have no other gods before me."
2) "You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in
heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow
down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God,
punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth
generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand {generations} of
those who love me and keep my commandments."
3) "You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will
not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name."
4) "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor
and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On
it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your
manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates.
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that
is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the
Sabbath day and made it holy."
5) "Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the
land the LORD your God is giving you."
6) "You shall not murder."
7) "You shall not commit adultery."
8) "You shall not steal."
9) "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor."
10) "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your
neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything
that belongs to your neighbor."
When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the
mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance and said
to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to
us or we will die."
Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that
the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning."
The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness
where God was.
Idols and Altars
Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites this: You have seen for
yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven: Do not make any gods to be
alongside me; do not make for yourselves gods of silver or gods of gold." 'Make
an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship
offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be
honored, I will come to you and bless you. If you make an altar of stones for
me, do not build it with dressed stones, for you will defile it if you use a
tool on it. And do not go up to my altar on steps, lest your nakedness be
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Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of
actively, and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and
/ or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation,
experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and
action.
In its exemplary form, it is based on universal intellectual values, that
transcend subject matter divisions:
clarity, accuracy, precision, consistency,
relevance, sound evidence, good reasons, depth, breadth, and fairness.
It
entails the examination of those structures or elements of thought implicit in
all reasoning: purpose, problem, or question at issue, assumptions, concepts,
empirical grounding; reasoning leading to conclusions, implications and
consequences, objections from alternative viewpoints, and frame of reference.
Critical thinking, in being responsive to variable subject matter, issues, and
purposes, is
incorporated in a family of interwoven modes of thinking, among them:
scientific
thinking, mathematical thinking, historical thinking, anthropological thinking,
economic thinking, moral thinking, and philosophical thinking. |
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