Atheists' Ten Commandments

[Leongsam]

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A competition for atheists to rewrite the Ten Commandments has produced this list:

1. Be open-minded and be willing to alter your beliefs with new evidence.
2. Strive to understand what is most likely to be true, not to believe what you wish to be true.
3. The scientific method is the most reliable way of understanding the natural world.
4. Every person has the right to control over their body.
5. God is not necessary to be a good person or to live a full and meaningful life.
6. Be mindful of the consequences of all your actions and recognise that you must take responsibility for them.
7. Treat others as you would want them to treat you, and can reasonably expect them to want to be treated. Think about their perspective.
8. We have the responsibility to consider others, including future generations.
9. There is no one right way to live.
10. Leave the world a better place than you found it.

Source: inquisitr.com

 

[frenchbriefs]

atheist dont follow by no rules.

 

[yellowarse]

atheist dont follow by no rules.

Just because you don't believe in God doesn't mean you don't live by certain guidelines. Some atheists are humanists:

HUMANISM AND ITS ASPIRATIONS

Humanist Manifesto III, a successor to the Humanist Manifesto of 1933*

Humanism is a progressive philosophy of life that, without supernaturalism, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity.

The lifestance of Humanism—guided by reason, inspired by compassion, and informed by experience—encourages us to live life well and fully. It evolved through the ages and continues to develop through the efforts of thoughtful people who recognize that values and ideals, however carefully wrought, are subject to change as our knowledge and understandings advance.

This document is part of an ongoing effort to manifest in clear and positive terms the conceptual boundaries of Humanism, not what we must believe but a consensus of what we do believe. It is in this sense that we affirm the following:

Knowledge of the world is derived by observation, experimentation, and rational analysis. Humanists find that science is the best method for determining this knowledge as well as for solving problems and developing beneficial technologies. We also recognize the value of new departures in thought, the arts, and inner experience—each subject to analysis by critical intelligence.

Humans are an integral part of nature, the result of unguided evolutionary change. Humanists recognize nature as self-existing. We accept our life as all and enough, distinguishing things as they are from things as we might wish or imagine them to be. We welcome the challenges of the future, and are drawn to and undaunted by the yet to be known.

Ethical values are derived from human need and interest as tested by experience. Humanists ground values in human welfare shaped by human circumstances, interests, and concerns and extended to the global ecosystem and beyond. We are committed to treating each person as having inherent worth and dignity, and to making informed choices in a context of freedom consonant with responsibility.

Life's fulfillment emerges from individual participation in the service of humane ideals. We aim for our fullest possible development and animate our lives with a deep sense of purpose, finding wonder and awe in the joys and beauties of human existence, its challenges and tragedies, and even in the inevitability and finality of death. Humanists rely on the rich heritage of human culture and the lifestance of Humanism to provide comfort in times of want and encouragement in times of plenty.

Humans are social by nature and find meaning in relationships. Humanists long for and strive toward a world of mutual care and concern, free of cruelty and its consequences, where differences are resolved cooperatively without resorting to violence. The joining of individuality with interdependence enriches our lives, encourages us to enrich the lives of others, and inspires hope of attaining peace, justice, and opportunity for all.

Working to benefit society maximizes individual happiness. Progressive cultures have worked to free humanity from the brutalities of mere survival and to reduce suffering, improve society, and develop global community. We seek to minimize the inequities of circumstance and ability, and we support a just distribution of nature's resources and the fruits of human effort so that as many as possible can enjoy a good life.

Humanists are concerned for the well being of all, are committed to diversity, and respect those of differing yet humane views. We work to uphold the equal enjoyment of human rights and civil liberties in an open, secular society and maintain it is a civic duty to participate in the democratic process and a planetary duty to protect nature's integrity, diversity, and beauty in a secure, sustainable manner.

Thus engaged in the flow of life, we aspire to this vision with the informed conviction that humanity has the ability to progress toward its highest ideals. The responsibility for our lives and the kind of world in which we live is ours and ours alone.
For historical purposes, see preceding Humanist Manifestos: I and II.

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[Agoraphobic]

Shit, it does not say anything about CPF or returning it!!!

Cheers!

 

[Equalisation]

11. Have gun will travel.:o
12. If can eat, don't waste.:o

 

[jw5]

This is a fantastic thread and list, but as usual, here's a Couple Of Points: :p

1. If you are really open-minded, you have to be prepared to accept that God may exist as well, just as you have to be prepared to accept that God doesn't exist. Hence this list is not strictly speaking a list for atheists. It has to work both ways.

2. There are Two People From Singapore who need to develop some self awareness that there is no one right way to live. The First is very old. The Second is a member of this forum and has Two English Names.

[*] Be open-minded and be willing to alter your beliefs with new evidence.

[*] There is no one right way to live.

 

[Leongsam]

This is a fantastic thread and list, but as usual, here's a Couple Of Points: :p

1. If you are really open-minded, you have to be prepared to accept that God may exist as well, just as you have to be prepared to accept that God doesn't exist. Hence this list is not strictly speaking a list for atheists. It has to work both ways.

2. There are Two People From Singapore who need to develop some self awareness that there is no one right way to live. The First is very old. The Second is a member of this forum and has Two English Names.

I have not discounted the possibility that there may be a creator out there. However, I do not believe that he sent his son to save us and that he loves all of us and he cares for all of us and that he works in mysterious ways and that if we accept JC then we are destined for heaven and if we don't we're doomed for hell.

 

[yellowarse]

I have not discounted the possibility that there may be a creator out there.

You're more of an agnostic then.

"Do not accept anything that is unreasonable. Do not not reject anything as unreasonable without proper examination." – Gautama Buddha

 

[jw5]

You do not believe, but what if there is new evidence?

All those you stated are possible in my view. What I find unacceptable is that they can continue to sin as long as they repent and "accept" him and everything will be hunky dory for them in the "afterlife", without having to be good people who help others. This appears simply to be an easy way out for certain characters to behave like shit when they are living as human beings on earth. Of course, this does not apply to all of them, but there are A LOT of hypocrites out there.

I have not discounted the possibility that there may be a creator out there. However, I do not believe that he sent his son to save us and that he loves all of us and he cares for all of us and that he works in mysterious ways and that if we accept JC then we are destined for heaven and if we don't we're doomed for hell.

 

[Leongsam]

You're more of an agnostic then.

That would imply I accept that "God" might exist which I don't.

My concept of a "creator" is some entity with vastly superior intellect which could well exist in a different dimension.

 

[Leongsam]

All those you stated are possible in my view. What I find unacceptable is that they can continue to sin as long as they repent and "accept" him and everything will be hunky dory for them in the "afterlife", without having to be good people who help others. This appears simply to be an easy way out for certain characters to behave like shit when they are living as human beings on earth. Of course, this does not apply to all of them, but there are A LOT of hypocrites out there.

You'd be more enamored towards Islam then where you have to earn credits over time.

 

[jw5]

That's also a type of god. It could be the basis of a new religion. :p

That would imply I accept that "God" might exist which I don't.

My concept of a "creator" is some entity with vastly superior intellect which could well exist in a different dimension.

 

[Leongsam]

That's also a type of god. It could be the basis of a new religion. :p

It would be naive and arrogant of the human race to assume that they are on top of the pile.

The whole observable universe could well be nothing more than a minor subset of something far more grandiose.

http://arxiv.org/abs/1007.1750

[h=1]Cosmological Models with No Big Bang[/h]Wun-Yi Shu
(Submitted on 11 Jul 2010)

In the late 1990s, observations of Type Ia supernovae led to the astounding discovery that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. The explanation of this anomalous acceleration has been one of the great problems in physics since that discovery. In this article we propose cosmological models that can explain the cosmic acceleration without introducing a cosmological constant into the standard Einstein field equation, negating the necessity for the existence of dark energy. There are four distinguishing features of these models: 1) the speed of light and the gravitational "constant" are not constant, but vary with the evolution of the universe, 2) time has no beginning and no end, 3) the spatial section of the universe is a 3-sphere, and 4) the universe experiences phases of both acceleration and deceleration. One of these models is selected and tested against current cosmological observations of Type Ia supernovae, and is found to fit the redshift-luminosity distance data quite well.​

Comments:	33 pages, 3 figures
Subjects:	General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
Cite as:	arXiv:1007.1750 [physics.gen-ph]
	(or arXiv:1007.1750v1 [physics.gen-ph] for this version)

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[frenchbriefs]

That would imply I accept that "God" might exist which I don't.

My concept of a "creator" is some entity with vastly superior intellect which could well exist in a different dimension.

On the same premise as God,why hasn't ur vastly superior alien architect contacted us?ur alien god that has seeded his DNA on this planet.we were created in his image.

 

[frenchbriefs]

It would be naive and arrogant of the human race to assume that they are on top of the pile.

The whole observable universe could well be nothing more than a minor subset of something far more grandiose.

http://arxiv.org/abs/1007.1750

[h=1]Cosmological Models with No Big Bang[/h]Wun-Yi Shu
(Submitted on 11 Jul 2010)

In the late 1990s, observations of Type Ia supernovae led to the astounding discovery that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. The explanation of this anomalous acceleration has been one of the great problems in physics since that discovery. In this article we propose cosmological models that can explain the cosmic acceleration without introducing a cosmological constant into the standard Einstein field equation, negating the necessity for the existence of dark energy. There are four distinguishing features of these models: 1) the speed of light and the gravitational "constant" are not constant, but vary with the evolution of the universe, 2) time has no beginning and no end, 3) the spatial section of the universe is a 3-sphere, and 4) the universe experiences phases of both acceleration and deceleration. One of these models is selected and tested against current cosmological observations of Type Ia supernovae, and is found to fit the redshift-luminosity distance data quite well.​

Comments:	33 pages, 3 figures
Subjects:	General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
Cite as:	arXiv:1007.1750 [physics.gen-ph]
	(or arXiv:1007.1750v1 [physics.gen-ph] for this version)

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We could just be a freak accident.no meaning or purpose in this universe other than some curiosity.

 

[Leongsam]

On the same premise as God,why hasn't ur vastly superior alien architect contacted us?ur alien god that has seeded his DNA on this planet.we were created in his image.

For the same reason that we have not bothered to establish formal contact with extremophiles. The alien architect may not even know we exist. We could well be the accidental secondary byproduct of some far more important process they were working on.

 

[jw5]

Could be a freak accident with no meaning. Could also be that the vastly superior architect exists but he is too busy playing candy crush cane to contact you.

On the same premise as God,why hasn't ur vastly superior alien architect contacted us?ur alien god that has seeded his DNA on this planet.we were created in his image.

We could just be a freak accident.no meaning or purpose in this universe other than some curiosity.

 

[eErotica69]

Sam that is Theravada Buddhism teaching.

 

[jw5]

Hey e69, can ask u a question?

You are Buddhist and your wife is Christian right? Have both of you ever discussed about afterlife and what is your kid religion? Hope u don't mind us knowing. :o

Sam that is Theravada Buddhism teaching.

 

[frenchbriefs]

For the same reason that we have not bothered to establish formal contact with extremophiles. The alien architect may not even know we exist. We could well be the accidental secondary byproduct of some far more important process they were working on.

Surely the number of nuclear bombs we have set off on this planet would have alerted any alien of man's activity on earth.the burst of radiation would have looked like mushrooms on their radar screen.surely they would have send a few UFOs to check it out.