I argue with my mom on this issue. We are both Christians.
The difference is that I have a simple moral code that God has given me.
I think a lot of religious people complicate the subject of faith.
My faith resolves around this. It's all I need.
Add in the Golden Rule as well
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You shall have no other God before me.
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Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images.
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Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
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Remember the Sabbath day and keep it Holy.
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Honor your father and mother.
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Thou shalt not kill.
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Thou shalt not commit adultery.
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Thou shalt not steal.
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Thou shall not bear false witness.
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You shall not covet.
All the other stuff isn't worth the time to argue about in my view.
And why isn't anyone keeping these laws?
Because no one is hammering them at home. Most religious people teach scriptures, and quotes and argue over the meaning of the word.
They do not drill the basics into their children.
My dad taught my brother a very simple 10-commandment style of morals.
He hammered them over and over again. Rarely did he go into scripture unless we asked him about it.