You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines

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You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines

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RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines

January 20, 2017 at 2:41 pm

(January 20, 2017 at 12:47 am)pool the great Wrote: The ten commandments are in my opinion guidelines. There is no harm in following them.

Quote:You shall have no other Gods but me.
You shall not make for yourself any idol, nor bow down to it or worship it.
You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.
You shall remember and keep the Sabbath day holy.
Respect your father and mother.
You must not commit murder.
You must not commit adultery.
You must not steal.
You must not give false evidence against your neighbour.
You must not be envious of your neighbour's goods. You shall not be envious of his house nor his wife, nor anything that belongs to your neighbour.

These are good guidelines imo. You can follow the good ones and ignore the one about God if you like but at the end of the day these are good principles to live with. Credit where credit is due.

As an atheist, the first four are right out the window. Do not covet/be envious is not a thing you can control. You can't help what you think, only what you do, which is covered under not stealing or killing. So the last one is meaningless. That's five out of ten that I would just throw out.

As for respecting parents, that depends heavily on whether or not the parents deserve respect. You could search up a long internet list of people who make shitty parents.

Murdering and stealing is fine. Very common laws in any society.

Adultery is a problem that arises from deep puritan attitudes against sexual exploration. We should know it's a bad idea to get into a lifelong contract with someone when you don't know if you're sexually compatible or not, and since adultery usually concerns sex, it seems that is a very important part of a relationship. I wouldn't make adultery illegal. I just wouldn't demonize premarital sex either.

Don't give false evidence is fine.

Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by ErGingerbreadMandude - January 20, 2017 at 12:47 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Minimalist - January 20, 2017 at 1:01 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by popeyespappy - January 20, 2017 at 1:09 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by energizer bunny - January 20, 2017 at 1:09 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by ErGingerbreadMandude - January 20, 2017 at 3:54 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Astreja - January 20, 2017 at 1:10 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Aristocatt - January 20, 2017 at 1:22 pm

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Astreja - January 20, 2017 at 2:20 pm

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Edwardo Piet - January 20, 2017 at 1:12 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Alex K - January 20, 2017 at 1:12 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Jesster - January 20, 2017 at 1:15 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by paulpablo - January 20, 2017 at 1:24 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by energizer bunny - January 20, 2017 at 1:50 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Wyrd of Gawd - January 21, 2017 at 3:09 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Cato - January 20, 2017 at 2:22 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by vorlon13 - January 20, 2017 at 2:46 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by robvalue - January 20, 2017 at 3:56 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by chimp3 - January 20, 2017 at 7:02 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by ApeNotKillApe - January 20, 2017 at 7:05 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Casca - January 20, 2017 at 7:13 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Anomalocaris - January 20, 2017 at 8:30 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by robvalue - January 20, 2017 at 8:59 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Crossless1 - January 20, 2017 at 9:02 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by ApeNotKillApe - January 20, 2017 at 9:00 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by robvalue - January 20, 2017 at 9:16 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Crossless1 - January 20, 2017 at 9:22 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Chad32 - January 20, 2017 at 2:41 pm

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by downbeatplumb - January 20, 2017 at 2:52 pm

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Edwardo Piet - January 20, 2017 at 2:56 pm

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by ApeNotKillApe - January 20, 2017 at 3:05 pm

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Astreja - January 20, 2017 at 11:43 pm

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Aristocatt - January 22, 2017 at 9:14 pm

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Fake Messiah - January 23, 2017 at 4:14 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Wyrd of Gawd - January 23, 2017 at 4:27 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Cyberman - January 20, 2017 at 11:51 pm

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Cecelia - January 21, 2017 at 12:22 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Wyrd of Gawd - January 21, 2017 at 2:54 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by ErGingerbreadMandude - January 21, 2017 at 2:56 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by AceBoogie - January 21, 2017 at 6:26 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by ApeNotKillApe - January 22, 2017 at 5:39 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by AceBoogie - January 22, 2017 at 8:33 pm

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by ApeNotKillApe - January 23, 2017 at 4:40 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by AceBoogie - January 23, 2017 at 4:59 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by ApeNotKillApe - January 23, 2017 at 5:01 am

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Thumpalumpacus - January 22, 2017 at 3:54 pm

RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Tonus - January 23, 2017 at 9:35 am

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RE: You can be an atheist and still follow the ten commandments as guidelines - by Simon Moon - January 30, 2017 at 1:38 pm

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