RE: Humanist Ten Commandments
November 1, 2013 at 10:53 pm
(This post was last modified: November 1, 2013 at 10:53 pm by Creed of Heresy.)
My answers to that will be bolded. 
1. Questionable. Not all great things in history happened with selflessness. Strive to truly improve yourself always, you'll see things changing around you. It is not a great thing in history to feed a starving man. But it is still a great thing nevertheless. Improving yourself only improves yourself. I don't see many business tycoons giving more than like 5% of their income to charities without also claiming tax exemptions to get it all back from the government... Self-improvement changes things around you, yes. For the better? Not especially.
2. Yes. Never stop. Never ever stop. Knowledge is the greatest thing one can possess, in my opinion. And that's the one thing I will never master. ABL, Always Be Learning. Damn straight.
3. Yes unless it's warranted by a direct threat. Hence victimizing.
Hard to make someone a victim if they are an aggressor.
4. No. Some people really are pieces of shit. Better to say "Do not base your treatment of people because of this." But I will say that stereotypes exist for a reason. Don't judge someone because they could be another exception to that stereotype. Perhaps the one commandment I am most undecided on, honestly. I treat others as equals regardless of all the things listed until they do something despicable, reprehensible, completely idiotic, or say something that makes me lose the ability to feel they are my absolute equals.
5. Absolutely. Shout it from the rooftops.
6. Yeah, this is a good idea because no one wants to beat a dead horse. Doesn't make them right. Doesn't make me wrong.
7. Yes but I think other forms of government should be considered. Democracy may not be the best, because, in my opinion, it's easily corrupted. Humans in general can be easily corrupted. Personally I would prefer a consensus-based democracy.
8. I agree. Golden Rule. That simple. And of course, the Silver Rule as well.
9. If you don't respect gaia, you're a fucking idiot. You mean Terra? ;D
10. Yes, as long as it's not the way of stupid, ignorant blind belief. Personally I don't wanna be the arbiter of what is ignorant and stupid. So long as one keeps it to themselves, and does not force it, and merely tells of it, let them pass on whatever they desire...just so long as they don't force their kids to attend church or tell them that what the individual believes is absolute truth. Better to let their children find their own way. If one was really so secure in themselves and their faith, they would need no early indoctrination upon their own children; they would be secure in their belief that their way, the right way, is the way their children will follow. Of course they AREN'T that secure at all in their beliefs most of the time so they shovel that shit down their childrens' throats out of awareness of their frailty.
1. Questionable. Not all great things in history happened with selflessness. Strive to truly improve yourself always, you'll see things changing around you. It is not a great thing in history to feed a starving man. But it is still a great thing nevertheless. Improving yourself only improves yourself. I don't see many business tycoons giving more than like 5% of their income to charities without also claiming tax exemptions to get it all back from the government... Self-improvement changes things around you, yes. For the better? Not especially.
2. Yes. Never stop. Never ever stop. Knowledge is the greatest thing one can possess, in my opinion. And that's the one thing I will never master. ABL, Always Be Learning. Damn straight.
3. Yes unless it's warranted by a direct threat. Hence victimizing.
Hard to make someone a victim if they are an aggressor.4. No. Some people really are pieces of shit. Better to say "Do not base your treatment of people because of this." But I will say that stereotypes exist for a reason. Don't judge someone because they could be another exception to that stereotype. Perhaps the one commandment I am most undecided on, honestly. I treat others as equals regardless of all the things listed until they do something despicable, reprehensible, completely idiotic, or say something that makes me lose the ability to feel they are my absolute equals.
5. Absolutely. Shout it from the rooftops.
6. Yeah, this is a good idea because no one wants to beat a dead horse. Doesn't make them right. Doesn't make me wrong.
7. Yes but I think other forms of government should be considered. Democracy may not be the best, because, in my opinion, it's easily corrupted. Humans in general can be easily corrupted. Personally I would prefer a consensus-based democracy.
8. I agree. Golden Rule. That simple. And of course, the Silver Rule as well.
9. If you don't respect gaia, you're a fucking idiot. You mean Terra? ;D
10. Yes, as long as it's not the way of stupid, ignorant blind belief. Personally I don't wanna be the arbiter of what is ignorant and stupid. So long as one keeps it to themselves, and does not force it, and merely tells of it, let them pass on whatever they desire...just so long as they don't force their kids to attend church or tell them that what the individual believes is absolute truth. Better to let their children find their own way. If one was really so secure in themselves and their faith, they would need no early indoctrination upon their own children; they would be secure in their belief that their way, the right way, is the way their children will follow. Of course they AREN'T that secure at all in their beliefs most of the time so they shovel that shit down their childrens' throats out of awareness of their frailty.
