The Supreme Court heard two cases yesterday, one from Texas and another from Kentucky, about whether or not it's constitutional to erect monuments to the Ten Commandments on government property. Personally, I don't see how anyone could be offended by the Ten Commandments, so to me it's a non-issue whether they are displayed publicly or otherwise. What I don't understand is why this particular kernel of law from the Old Testament plays such a large role in the Christian world, while other Jewish laws are completely ignored.

The Decalogue is the cornerstone of Jewish law, not Christian law. As far as I know, there's no mention of the Ten Commandments in the New Testament. So why is it that the Ten Commandments has such a pre-eminent role in Christianity? There are tons of other laws in the Old Testament that Christians simply ignore. Christians do not keep kosher, but Jesus did. Christians don't observe the sabbath on Saturday, but Jesus did. Jesus was Jewish. He observed all sorts of laws, most of which are completely ignored by Christianity. So what gives?

I don't understand the neuroses of modern Christianity. I don't understand how you can cherry pick passages in the Old Testament that suit you, while blithely disavowing others. It doesn't make any sense to me. Perhaps someone out there can sort it out for me, but I doubt it because no one ever wants to comment on religion here.