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RE: Humanist Ten Commandments
November 2, 2013 at 6:00 am
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I just care for people. I fuckin care a lot, god dammit. My intentions are usually good and when not, sorry, my bad.
I have not sold my computer, but I have used my computer a lot to help others. Does that count?
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RE: Humanist Ten Commandments
November 2, 2013 at 10:49 am
GodsRevolt Wrote:4) Thou shall treat all humans as equals, regardless of race, gender, age, creed, identity, orientation, physical ability, or status
Unless inconvenient or they just are annoying. Then treat them like shit. Annoying people are sub-human and should be reminded of it
Wow GodsRevolt, this is that same mentality of the people who confuse justice with law.
Their are 2 specific properties that I have for other people when it comes to viewing them:
Respect, and admiration. I respect all persons to the same degree, always. This is what allowed me to learn what equality is. No matter what people do or look like, I will always have a universal respect for the person. Then there is admiration. Admiration is a relative account of how much I "respect" what people do. If people do harm to society, etc, then I will admire them less. Vice-versa.
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RE: Humanist Ten Commandments
November 2, 2013 at 6:10 pm
(November 1, 2013 at 9:57 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Offered without comment, just curious to see what others think.
http://americanhumanist.org/HNN/details/...mmandments
Quote:6) Thou shalt not force your beliefs onto others, nor insist that yours be the only and correct way to live happily.
I like the list, but #6 is clearly a contradiction in terms. "Thou shalt not" anything, is an assertion of a belief, and demonstrates the obverse of the commandment.
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RE: Humanist Ten Commandments
November 2, 2013 at 6:15 pm
(November 2, 2013 at 5:45 am)GodsRevolt Wrote: 1) Thou shalt strive to promote the greater good of humanity before all selfish desires. This sounds familiar. Didn't somebody already do this? God, who set the example?
Er...not really, no.
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RE: Humanist Ten Commandments
November 2, 2013 at 6:42 pm
As far as #6 is concerned, I would replace it with Penn & Teller's "Thou shalt keep thy fucking religion to thy fucking self."
For #10 I might change it to "Teach your children how to think, not what to think."
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RE: Humanist Ten Commandments
November 2, 2013 at 6:45 pm
(November 2, 2013 at 6:42 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: As far as #6 is concerned, I would replace it with Penn & Teller's "Thou shalt keep thy fucking religion to thy fucking self."
For #10 I might change it to "Teach your children how to think, not what to think."
Brilliant. Well put.
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RE: Humanist Ten Commandments
November 2, 2013 at 6:53 pm
I am fond of DT's revision to #6 from P&T, but if I could improve it to be less specific, I would say:
"Thou shalt value thy own opinions up to any degree, though understand that thy opinion bears no weight outside of oneself. It then becomes vulnerable."
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RE: Humanist Ten Commandments
November 2, 2013 at 7:00 pm
(November 2, 2013 at 6:00 am)Ivy Wrote: I just care for people. I fuckin care a lot, god dammit.
Not me. The one reason I loved Hugh Laurie's character on House is that we both abhor all people equally.
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RE: Humanist Ten Commandments
November 2, 2013 at 7:10 pm
I like being good and living a good, kind life, but lists of rules...really don't care for them very much. I feels too much like the original marketing used to get the old testament and Christianity rolling in the first place. Dogma, no thanks.
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RE: Humanist Ten Commandments
November 2, 2013 at 7:40 pm
Yeah, you really don't need much outside of "Treat others as you want to be treated" and "Don't be a dick to people" which I admit are redundant.
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