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There is a prevailing mindset within the current strata of human society that every individual human being has the right to live by their own creed. Creed, from a secular human perspective, can be defined as the way a person chooses to live their life based on their own personally developed civil and moral code. The content of this personal code may involve how the person views the existence of a God, the relationship, both spiritual and physical, between a man and a woman, or the affirmation or denial of the sanctity of life at all stages of development.
The relationship between the general credal order of society and the exercise of a credal belief system can be traced back to the Old Testament and the Great Shema instituted by God through Moses. The Shema can be described as a set of beliefs under the guidance of a specific creed of faith meant to guide Israel towards a proper worship of God the Father and respect for their fellow Israelites. The following chapter and verses from the book of Deuteronomy explain the structure and practice of the Shema,
Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the ordinances which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it; that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged. . . Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.[1]
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The relationship between the general credal order of society and the exercise of a credal belief system can be traced back to the Old Testament and the Great Shema instituted by God through Moses. The Shema can be described as a set of beliefs under the guidance of a specific creed of faith meant to guide Israel towards a proper worship of God the Father and respect for their fellow Israelites. The following chapter and verses from the book of Deuteronomy explain the structure and practice of the Shema,
Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the ordinances which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it; that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged. . . Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.[1]
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The Risk of Acknowledging the Creed of Jesus Christ | Knowing Is Doing
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