  == Swinburne on contingent and necessary moral laws ==  I deleted the following: :Swinburne's account depends upon a clear distinction between necessary and contingent moral values — however, it is not clear that such a distinction can be maintained. Certainly it is implied by, e.g., the Old Testament, in which the Hebrews are commanded by God in the Torah to follow certain political laws that clearly were only appropriate for that race at that time, rather than everyone at all times. The Ten Commandments, on the other hand, are interpreted by many as having universal and necessary application. Firstly, I think we need a source for the section as a whole.  Secondly, can we perhaps get some indication of why such a distinction cannot be maintained?  I don't think this added anything to the article as it now stands. Thoughts?   