I've been reading Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson, and yesterday I came upon a fascinating diatribe from the narrator about the Ten Commandments, particularly "honor thy mother and father". I couldn't copy and paste from the text, and it's a lot to type, so to read what I'm talking about, click the link below, then click on the book cover and search inside the book for "ten commandments." It'll take you to the first page of the diatribe. Great fodder for thought, especially the passage about the ways the commandments have been misused in the past (i.e., to justify slavery).
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