Well, ok, here's my views. Firstly you are less offensive than
some of the other folks that appeared recently.
I don't think any Christian will say that we are enslaved to the
ten commandments, or for that matter, any laws laid down in the OT.
The OT, really is there for the purpose of the Hebrews (or Jews).
There are many verses in the NT that actually helps to abolish the
notion that OT laws are to be followed, one of them being the
eating of pork.
The 10 commandments, per se, does no harm to any one wanting to
follow them. I don't think you will disagree if I am to tell you to
be filial, or tell you not to be greedy to want your neighbours'
properties. So I am guessing that the 10 commandments in itself is
not the issue, but the large scope of the laws of the OT.
So the next question is, are we then enslaved to the NT? I am not
sure if there are really any big "commandments" laid down other
that the one about loving the Lord your God with all your hearts
etc and loving your fellow men as you love yourselves.
Other "so-called" rules are probably more towards how we live our
life morally, so the issue about having one wives, don't exasperate
your children, give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar are really
good life rules.
To side-track a little bit, it seems to me that all the arguments
(not just in this forum) presented about Christianity stems from
the fact that there is a total lack of understanding on how
Christians work and may have been fanned by reading up of
anti-Christian sources. I am not sure how much of this
anti-Christian sentiments are the cause of an experiential
process.
