 In a manner of speaking, they are road signs for life. If everyone on earth would follow these road signs, there would be no need for prisons. In fact, if no one would kill, steal, or covet another's possessions, this world would be paradise. I've heard people reject the Ten Commandments as out of date and too narrowly confining. But the Ten Commandments, like road signs, provide the limits and direction I need to reach my destination in peace and safety.