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Tuesday, July 13, 2004 Debate Around Relevance of Ten CommandmentsHere in Oz, we are gearing up for a federal election, sometime prior to the US election (the PM can call one anytime now, with 33 days notice). Interestingly, a debate has begun about the relevance of the 10 commandments to modern society, all started by our Treasurer, Peter Costello, attending a Hillsong revival meeting in Sydney.In yesterday's Age, there was an article "Abide by Commandments: Costello", followed by this article by Pamela Bone "Disregard the gospel according to St Peter". Here's some quotes from the Costello article: Federal Treasurer Peter Costello yesterday repeated his call for people to abide by the Ten Commandments. Mr Costello said the moral code laid out in the Ten Commandments were universal values, which people should not be ashamed of talking about. Mr Costello said a community focus on faith and the values of the Ten Commandments remained relevant and contemporary. "Times will change, but I think respect for life, respect for property, respect for your neighbour, I think these are universal values and I don't think we should be ashamed to speak about them," Mr Costello said. Mr Costello said a visit last week to Sydney's evangelical Hillsong Church had been inspirational. "I think in a society where young people are looking for direction and values, the values of the faith are very important and to see 20,000 people in Sydney engaging in a church service, mostly young people, was quite inspirational actually, quite inspirational - showing the kind of enthusiasm that you normally only see at a football match," he said. University of NSW law professor George Winterton supported Mr Costello's view that the Ten Commandments were the basis of modern criminal law. "Not killing, not stealing, these are fairly universal foundations in any society . . . but certainly much of criminal law today has been built upon the basic principles set out in the Ten Commandments," he said. By contrast, Bone's article is a classic case of the man-centric thinking that John Piper defined so well. # posted by geoff @ 2:28 pm 0 comments
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