If we had been listening, we would have heard Ted Turner declare that the Ten Commandments were obsolete. The creator of Cable News Network told members of the National Newspaper Association in Atlanta that the Ten Commandments do not relate to current global problems, such as overpopulation and the arms race. When Moses went up on the mountain, there were no nuclear weapons, there was no poverty. Today, the commandments wouldn't go over. Nobody around likes to be commanded.
Commandments are out.
Of course Ted Turner and other critics of the Ten Commandments are wrong, and not just because Christians say so. History and common sense reveal clearly to us that the Ten Commandments are the bedrock of justice . God did not pass these on to Moses as a way to keep us in line. These commandments were God's gracious gift to a large group of recently freed slaves to create a new society. The Ten Commandments are God's gift to us today to help us get along together in healthy society.