Atheist 10 commandments

[child of wonder]

That atheists would even want a list and mirror its number of the old testament is fairly ironic.

Christianity takes the traditions and holidays from other cultures and religions to make conversion easier. A Christian criticizing the same practice would be true irony.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Christianity takes the traditions and holidays from other cultures and religions to make conversion easier. A Christian criticizing the same practice would be true irony.

Well here's a tidbit from the Bible which is interesting to consider.

All Is Vanity
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3 What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under the sun?
4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full: unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
8 All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

If you don't understand what the word "vanity" means in this context it properly translates as "meaningless"

 

[alzan]

Technically, you're right...the 10 are not a part of Christianity, but they are a part of the Bible as is Christianity and Jesus was a descendant of the Israelites, so they overlap quite well.

But the point is that atheism is heralded as the opposite of religion...it really isn't an opposite, but a modification of, or modern version.

Atheism is evolving, and will soon have a leadership team just like religion because that's really all it is.

Heralded by who, theists? Atheism is the opposite of theism, period.

A leadership team? What are you on about now? Groups or collectives of like-minded people aren't necessarily religions; I think you're projecting based on your "definition" of atheism.

Is the GOP and it's members a religion?

Is surfing and surfers a religion?

 

[sandorski]

Technically, you're right...the 10 are not a part of Christianity, but they are a part of the Bible as is Christianity and Jesus was a descendant of the Israelites, so they overlap quite well.

But the point is that atheism is heralded as the opposite of religion...it really isn't an opposite, but a modification of, or modern version.

Atheism is evolving, and will soon have a leadership team just like religion because that's really all it is.

No, it is not.

 

[Matt1970]

Lol! This post epitomizes your being; little substance, lazy, and a simple regurgitation of what others have said. We get it, you don't like reading, especially if it's not about something that reinforces your beliefs.

Grow up child. Your posts are riddled with constant insults showing a lack of an ability to debate anything intelligently. Your ten commandments bore me as it isn't anything other than an attack on religion. Atheism is nothing more than the belief that there is no deity, not to attack those who do. And learn to spell "Atheism" dumbass.

 

[soulcougher73]

So.. common sense huh? Whodathunkit

 

[soulcougher73]

Atheism has no depth, no substance, no originality...just seems to be a modified version of Christianity, especially with these "non-commandments".

lol

So it's just like Christianity then?

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

No, it is not.

Atheism is really something which isn't anything. It yields nothing, it has no principles, it has no... anything. It's simply the absence of a belief in a deity.

Now that is distinct from atheists. Technically one doesn't even know that he or she is an atheist. There is a subgroup who do act as if they have the equivalent of priests, that their way is not only an option but "the truth" and shun the unbelievers of their philosophy. They can be as bigoted and ignorant as those who are religious, and just as intolerant. In essence the bad behaviors they attribute to people who have a religious faith is mirrored by them. Oh the reasons may be different, but the net effect is much the same. Does that hold true for all atheists? No, but then I don't automatically assign attributes to people, but look instead at how a person acts. Obviously others MMV.

 

[sandorski]

Atheism is really something which isn't anything. It yields nothing, it has no principles, it has no... anything. It's simply the absence of a belief in a deity.

Now that is distinct from atheists. Technically one doesn't even know that he or she is an atheist. There is a subgroup who do act as if they have the equivalent of priests, that their way is not only an option but "the truth" and shun the unbelievers of their philosophy. They can be as bigoted and ignorant as those who are religious, and just as intolerant. In essence the bad behaviors they attribute to people who have a religious faith is mirrored by them. Oh the reasons may be different, but the net effect is much the same. Does that hold true for all atheists? No, but then I don't automatically assign attributes to people, but look instead at how a person acts. Obviously others MMV.

Agreed. People are people, unfortunately. However, as per usual, Rob can never get beyond the strawman that has been repeatedly pointed out to him to be false.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Again, another lefty advocating destruction of values. You should have had a staring role in that movie, Gremlins. Nothing good comes of your existence on this earth. Did you swing so far left, so fast, that it put a dent on your skull, when you hit the other side, or did you spread it out a little bit?

If what was presented in that list, the so called 'atheist ten commandments', is at odds with your values or you feel are attempting to destroy them, I think you should take a long hard look at your values. If live and let live, having an open mind, and treating others well sounds like a bad thing, then I think your values must be shit.

 

[SlowSpyder]

Saw this a couple weeks back, and really laughed because everything about atheism nowadays piggy-backs religion. First, the atheist church which admittedly kept the "good parts" of religion and now this.

Atheism has no depth, no substance, no originality...just seems to be a modified version of Christianity, especially with these "non-commandments".

lol

Which parts of christianity are original in your opinion?

 

[Moonbeam]

Saw this a couple weeks back, and really laughed because everything about atheism nowadays piggy-backs religion. First, the atheist church which admittedly kept the "good parts" of religion and now this.

Atheism has no depth, no substance, no originality...just seems to be a modified version of Christianity, especially with these "non-commandments".

lol

Why did you laugh? The same god that created Atheist commandments created your own. Did you really think that gods morality ceases to exist because you don't know what god is? Both atheists and believers doubt or believe in a god that doesn't exist and know not a thing at all about the one that does. Belief and doubt have nothing to do with reality. It is and you are or you are not. The believer or doubter is a divided self one part of which has the arrogance to speak for the whole. God is, God is, and either You Are or you are not. The divided self sees only delusion.

 

[Moonbeam]

Well here's a tidbit from the Bible which is interesting to consider.



If you don't understand what the word "vanity" means in this context it properly translates as "meaningless"

This little dew drop world

It may be only a dew drop

And yet and yet

This is a poem as I remember it that was one of the keys that saved my life. It was written by a Zen master on the death of his son.

There is no meaning and yet and yet something within me is bleeding. It is god, I think who weeps, when we do not bring him into being. It does no good, I think, to be created in gods image if we don't create him in ours. We could maybe use a vanity mirror.

 

[moonbogg]

Christ on a popsicle stick. What's this crap about?

 

[Moonbeam]

DP

 

[Moonbeam]

Christ on a popsicle stick. What's this crap about?

Non minorities who have never experienced racism owing to lack of experience, have never learned to deal with accusations including false ones, that they are racists. Instead they squeal like stuck pigs. It completely disgusts people who have known real suffering as if the two were emotionally equivalent.

 

[Retro Rob]

Agreed. People are people, unfortunately. However, as per usual, Rob can never get beyond the strawman that has been repeatedly pointed out to him to be false.

It's not a strawman -- I just don't (and perhaps wrongly, admittedly) draw a distinction between atheists and atheism.

It's time I should.

 

[theeedude]

It's called the Bill of Rights.

 

[Victorian Gray]

Saw this a couple weeks back, and really laughed because everything about atheism nowadays piggy-backs religion. First, the atheist church which admittedly kept the "good parts" of religion and now this.

Atheism has no depth, no substance, no originality...just seems to be a modified version of Christianity, especially with these "non-commandments".

lol

Will you please stop with this shit.

Atheism is simply a lack of belief.

If *some*, self-described, atheists act out some personal need for formal structure and rules and even the trappings of religious structure that's got nothing to do with atheism and everything to do with their own internal issues.

To be honest, I think that a lot of these people really should by Buddhists of some kind.

 

[Fern]

#5 and #9 seem a bit out of place. The others are more 'commandmenty-like'.

Fern

 

[Rakehellion]

But the point is that atheism is heralded as the opposite of religion.

Atheism is not the opposite of religion, it's the lack of religion. Atheism is not anti-religion.

Just because you don't have a television in your home doesn't mean you're against other people owning televisions.

 

[Oyeve]

*yawn*

Don't worry. Maybe your people will find proof that moses did exist someday.

 

[Moonbeam]

Atheism is not the opposite of religion, it's the lack of religion. Atheism is not anti-religion.

Just because you don't have a swimming pool in your home doesn't mean you're against other people owning swimming pools.

Atheism is exactly as you describe and religion is based on love. The problem is that while atheism and religion are different most atheists don't practice real atheism and most religious people don't practice real religion. It's assholes most of the way down.

PS: It's very much like TV. The religious watch and the Atheist says there's nothing on. But if you have a special kind of tin foil hat you can hear a secret combination broadcast to a secret vault. Once you get the combination and open the vault, when it comes to TV, there's nothing on. So on or off, what difference does it make if you don't have a the right kind of tinfoil hat?

 

[MongGrel]

There is no meaning and yet and yet something within me is bleeding. It is god, I think who weeps, when we do not bring him into being. It does no good, I think, to be created in gods image if we don't create him in ours. We could maybe use a vanity mirror.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219376.Deathbird_Stories#

 

[Moonbeam]

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219376.Deathbird_Stories#

Then there is the smile on my nieces baby I get to take care of sometimes. I choose to die of cuteness.