Who were the commandments written for? Mindless automatons that need guidance? Neanderthals? Weak beings? Fools? Have you read them, in this age they are transparent demonstrating prejudice and segregation of the Human spirit for control and repeat business of an institution that cares only for the survival of the institution itself.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;
[*** In other words, the beings whom kept you as slaves are not at fault. The only important thing is this imaginary deity rescued you and now demands your worship under a new rule. You have escaped one capture to belong to another.]

Do not have any other gods before me.
[*** How convenient that you should be told to worship this one god and make enemies of people whom are different.]

You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
[*** If you value the Sun as a token of the creation of Life then you are in violation, nature is not allowed to be responsible for your creation. You must absolve your free will and be told what you are and are not allowed to consider spiritual.]

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me,
[*** wow, if that isn't a threat I don't know what is. This deity is hateful. If a parent abuses a child the child is no longer bound to respect this hateful parent.]

but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
[*** forced allegiance, only those who keep these insane laws are allowed into this exclusive fold to create this negative force not to be reckoned with.]

You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
[*** This imaginary deity needs to live on forever, so do not tarnish its name so it can live on through your infinite generations]

Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.
[*** Don't forget to give to your local institution regularly to support this new enslavement of Human life]

For six days you shall labour and do all your work.
[*** I would hate for free will to interfere with when it believes forced labor should and should not done.]

But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns.
[*** Nice to give your slaves a day off]

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and consecrated it.
[*** Hate to bust your bubble, but the night is infinite and has no pauses to separate it. To force the beings of this planet into a repetitive cycle and make one of those lapses reserved for this imaginary deity is simply nuts]

Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
[*** And when father and mother no longer respect themselves (as seen with the 50 percent divorce rate) you must still honor them, lol! Also it is gracious for this deity to parse out the land in its name, no ego there.]

You shall not kill/murder.
[***Someone actually had to write this in? What kind of barbaric animal was this written for?]

You shall not commit adultery.
[***Someone actually had to write this in? What kind of barbaric animal was this written for?]

You shall not steal.
[***Someone actually had to write this in? What kind of barbaric animal was this written for?]

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
[***Someone actually had to write this in? What kind of barbaric animal was this written for?]

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
[*** At least they are equal opportunist when slavery is concerned. Again, someone actually had to write this in? What kind of barbaric animal was this written for? If you were equals then their would be nothing to covet.]

Wake up, your imaginary deities laws are a bunch of crock. Smell the coffee and understand you and your generations are being manipulated and a true escape is required. It will only come when the Human race on this planet matures and learns to depend on the mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers existing in this physical plane sharing here and now and actually loving one another to survive all. When that day occurs you would realize no deity would need to convince how a "conformed" being should behave, you would already be one living with the billions in peace to see your world peace true. You would not be the mindless barbaric animal these rules were written to control.