 And you are far more authoritarian in your assistance upon that than any Christians are in America. Then here's the kicker. While most of the Ten Commandments involve universal principles and moral precepts can be found in the Bible, not everyone draws ethical guidelines from religion. And when the Ten Commandments say, thou shalt have no other gods before me, the implication is there is one true God. That is decidedly not true for all Americans. Line by line. While most of the Ten Commandments involve universal principles, what makes a universal principle?