In responce to "Until the "Ritual Decalogue" theorists came about, every Christian group (even Luther's followers) were of the opinion that "Ten Commandments" (as far as we know, sak added) refers to Ex 20 and Deut " JfW, you are right, we are going in circles. You've used this line of reasoning before, it was bad then, and its still bad.  The point is, said theorisits DID come along. And they studied, and they wrote books, and they became notable.  You logic is akin to "I never lost at black (I far as I remember) unitll the time I did lose, therefore, I have never lost a black jack". Or "everone agrees with me (as far as I know), except people that don't, therefore everyone agrees with me". Bad logic.