>arethereanyotherstandardstojudgewhetherapersoniinful?theaweriositive.
thecriteriohouldnotbethecommoncustom.itead,itshouldbethegod’tandard.
becauseaccordingtothecommoncustom,itisverydifficulttojudgesometimes.everybody
isamixtureofvirtueandevilandtheemphasisofeveryone’elfishdesireisquite
different.somecravenlyfeardeath,someclingtowoman’scharms,someseekonlyprofits
andsomehankerafterreputation.somearefrankandhonestandotherlyandcuing.
thereforeitishardtodecidewhoisrightandwhoiswrong.furthermore,thecommoncustom
isrelativeandchanging.forexample,twentyyearsago,tocommitadulterywasenoughto
ruinaperson’sfame.however,intoday’ociety,cohabitatioeforemarriageis
universal.besides,althoughsomepeopledilayhighermoralstandardsthanothers,they
stillcan’tgetridofselfishneandavoidcommittingcrime.ifweadoptsthecriterion
ofthecommoncustom,althoughweknowthatwearenotiocent,wewillcomfortourselves
thatwemaybeworsethaomepeople,butstillbetterthanothers.
thuswecanonlyusegod’scriteriatodecidewhetherornotapersoniinful.god’s
criteriaarethetencommandmentsandthesevendeadlysi.
thetencommandments:
iamthelordyourgod,whobroughtyououtofegypt,outofslavery.youshallhaveno
othergodeforeme.
youshallnotmakeforyourselfanidolintheformofanythinginheavenaboveoronthe
earthbeneathorinthewaterelow.
youshallnotbowdowntothemorworshipthem;fori,thelordyourgod,amajealousgod,
punishingthechildrenforthesinofthefatherstothethirdandfourthgenerationof
thosewhohateme,butshowin

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