Quote Originally Posted by avatar4321 View Post
Funny how no one who actually believes in the ten commandments agrees with you. Take Joshua for example:

"15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." (Joshua 24:15)

Now here we have the words of a man taught directly by Moses and also by the Lord. Obviously there was no contradiction for the Israelites a generation later. Why then should this interpretation be rejected for your own?

The Lord doesnt force anyone into anything. He gives us a choice. So choose this day whom you will serve.
Stray under penalty of death you mean...some choice. Submit or die.

16When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you. (Joshua 23:16)

You'll have to do better than plucking one small verse.