Perhaps the most famous study on obedience was conducted by Stanley Milgram. In his study, subjects are told that they are the "teacher" and another group is the "learner." Learners are asked a series of questions and teachers are told to punish them by administering an electric shock if the answer is wrong. The learners are part of the experiment group and are not actually being shocked, nor can the teachers see them. The learners intentionally answer many questions wrong, and the teachers are told to increase the power of the electric shock to 450 volts, a potentially lethal amount. Surely people would not kill a person that they do not know simply for the sake of an experiment, right? Wrong. More than 65% of subjects were willing to go that high, and all of them were will to go to 300 volts ( a dangerous shock level). What does this tell us about people and how does it relate to God?

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People will generally do what they are told. If they are told to do bad things, they will generally commit atrocities. If they are told to do good things, like in the verses in Exodus 23:1-8 KJV, they will do good things. They will fight to not bear false witness, to uphold justice, and not to follow a multitude to do evil. Humans are obedient in general, so these commandments from God are necessary and important.