Too much power in the office of the Presidency

That may be an argument in favor of the Ten Commandments, and a reason to support the candidacy of Roy Moore.

There is just way too much public attention vested in the politics of the chief executive of this country.  Historically speaking, the one Civil War that this country had was largely started over the election of Abraham Lincoln to the White House.

If there is too much power in one man, it could degenerate into a cult of personality, not unlike what happened in the time of Rome, and in modern times as well.

To offset that, a belief in a Supreme Being could be an anti-dote.

Now, let's look at the objections to the Ten Commandments.  Aside from the first two commandments, the much of the rest isn't even likely to raise an argument.  Most, if not all people will agree that people should not steal, commit murder, cheat on your spouse, nor bear false witness against your neighbor.  Nor should anybody covet other people's possessions, or anything else that your neighbor has.

The one against graven images is one that is of interest here.  It otherwise known as idolatry, and you may get a significant amount of support that this is a bad thing.  That is what a cult of personality is, after all.

So, what is the big problem with the Ten Commandments?  One may argue that this is what modern day society is based upon, anyway.  The one objectionable part would be about a Supreme Being.

Okay, but if you don't serve a Supreme Being, do not you not end up serving a man-made one?  Isn't that what could happen if a megalomaniac gets in charge of this country, or any country for that matter?

Trump may or may not be such a person.  But if he were, Moore would not necessarily be one of his alleged unthinking followers, provided that he is sincere about the Ten Commandments.

The people most susceptible to the kind of thinking that may bring upon this nation a dictatorship are the very people who claim to be against it.  Could it be that they are not against dictators, just the "wrong" kind of dictator--- a dictator that they do not agree with.  But in the end, all dictators become oppressive to just about everybody else.

Of course, you don't have to have the Ten Commandments to achieve a measure of protection against a cult of personality.  Our Constitution does a fair job of that.  But our Constitution may not be enough.  If people do not honor it, it could also fall by the wayside.  Isn't that what so-called conservatives were saying about Barak Hussein Obama?  Isn't that what Trump's critics are saying about him now? 

Anything built by man can be overcome.  That is a paraphrasing of General George Patton from the movie Patton..  He was criticizing the West Wall that the Nazis built against an invasion from the west during the second world war.  If walls can be overcome, so can Constitutions.  If there are those who wish to overcome that organizing document, they have already come a long way toward that goal.  Meanwhile, they have used the Constitution as an argument in order to overcome the much older document known as the Ten Commandments.

Nobody can be too sure about the works of human beings.  It may well be fallible as we all are.