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May I ask you this, what do you have against:
Are you asking, what i have against them as moral codes, or as a moral code sponsored by a deity?

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Thy shalt not Kill, steal,
I accept laws based on the idea that a society cannot tolerate certain offenses against its members, so we structure social interaction and limit those offenses. I don't accept that we can only have laws if a deity tells us we should.

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lie,
I don't think lies should be illegal. Half of satire is not the truth, all of fiction, science fiction, most of advertising, tv shows, movies....all at the very least shade the truth, if not promote outright non-truths. I think there should be clear distinction between what's meant as truth and what's meant as satire...unless that's going to spoil the joke. But here, the 1st amendment actually makes more sense than a The Books commandment.

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commit adultery,
Why should the law care where people get their rocks off?

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bare false witness,
An important distinction, apart from simple lies. Testimony impacts others, so the rights of the individual demand that testimony be as honest as possible. That makes sense. I just don't think that we have to legislate perjury because any invisible god finds lying lips an abomination.

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covet thy neighbors goods,
If legislated, the economy would tank. Way too much capitalism works because we want the shiny thing the neighbor has and are willing to work to get one.

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honor thy Parents,
No wiggle room. Should we honor our dad if the alcoholic schmuck breaks our arm just to show us he's bigger?

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Is this what you call legislating their litany?
Actually, no. I was thinking of same-sex marriage, interracial marriage, creationism and ID, the blue laws, alcohol sales on Sunday. STuff like that.

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Or do you just what to live where there is no law at all?
I'm afraid you're confusing 'secular' with 'nihilism.' THat's okay, lots of The Faithful seem to think that if we don't get our laws out of THe Books, then we have none at all.