Humanist Ten Commandments

[Minimalist]

Yeah, there's really no good reason to use the words "thy," "thou" or "shalt" in today's language.

You have to admit that it is a dead giveaway that you are dealing with a fucking moron.

[rexbeccarox]

I hate being told what to do as if I'm a child. Seriously. Commandments? Eff off!

(not you, OP; the asshole who wrote this crap)

[Lion IRC]

"...At a summit of Nobel Peace award winners in Warsaw, Polish Nobel Peace laureate Lech Walesa called for a “secular Ten Commandments,” a guide for universal values that transcend religious beliefs."

"... Many of the ideas behind these commandments are inspired by the tenets of humanism, as outlined in the Humanist Manifesto, and by the Kochhar Humanist Education Center’s “Ten Commitments.”

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...so it seems more than one person was responsible.

[Zazzy]

I think I have a better one.

"Everything and everyone is connected, wise the fuck up!"

This sums it up for me.

[catfish]

Yeah, there's really no good reason to use the words "thy," "thou" or "shalt" in today's language.

You have to admit that it is a dead giveaway that you are dealing with a fucking moron.

yuppers.

http://atheistforums.org/thread-21780-po...#pid536262

[Creed of Heresy]

Number 6 contradicts the name.

Not really. It says to not push your own beliefs on others. This thing is not a demand of everyone, it is simply a summary of the humanist creed, a summary of what it means to be a humanist.

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First, though, it must be said that the idea of a secular Ten Commandments should best be viewed not as a set of rigid, unbreakable rules (for what punishment should a humanist fear from breaking them?). Rather, these should be read more as strongly-worded suggestions for living, the kinds of ideas that, if everyone followed them, might make the world a better place all around.

Something everyone is conveniently not reading on the quoted blog...

[Lion IRC]

Yeah, there's really no good reason to use the words "thy," "thou" or "shalt" in today's language.

You have to admit that it is a dead giveaway that you are dealing with a fucking moron.

I guess reading Shakespeare is for morons like me.
:-(

"...“Have more than thou showest,
speak less than thou knowest,
lend less than thou owest,
ride more than thou goest,
learn more than now trowest,
set less than thou throwest;
leave thy drink and thy whore,
and keep in-a-door,
and thou shalt have more
than two tens to a score.”

King Lear Act I scene IV

[genkaus]

I guess reading Shakespeare is for morons like me.
:-(

No, just talking like him is.