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One poll respondent sent me this review:

So I popped over here to see what you were talking about and I, too, chose "perfect the way it is." But I think the popularity of that response has more to do with the wording of the question and the possible answers than anything else.

I didn't choose that answer because of any religious attachment to the ten commandments nor out of conviction that they constitute a comprehensive moral philosophy for all modern ethical conundrums.

I chose it for the same reason I would say Shakespeare doesn't need to be translated to modern American English in order to be relevant. The ten commandments are a part of the history of the Abrahamic religions. I'd leave them alone purely out of respect for history.

I thought this was an interesting observation and I have to say I feel pretty much the same way. Although I don't believe the ten commandments constitute the ten most important moral imperatives and I think the religious ones are purely optional, I would not want to see any religious or secular body attempt to change them because of respect for their historical, cultural, and literary merits.

Maybe I did word the poll poorly.

Marcia

Please take a look at the poll "Invalid Item"  and the forum thread "The Ten Commandments"   for what I hope to be a lively discussion.