Atheists' Ten Commandments Revealed.

[afleitch]

Much like with Eazy-E's last verse in 'Appetite for Destruction', not all of these are actually commandments. 1, 2, 6, 7, and 10 clearly are, and 4 and 8 imply imperatives, but 3, 5, and 9 are just observations.

Imperatives and observations are actually preferable to 'commandments.'

[afleitch]

What's the difference between an imperative and a commandment?

I was using the words interchangeably. I too am wondering on what basis afleitch considers them different enough to hold that one is preferable to the other.

On the basis that no human, strictly speaking can 'command' another in thought and deed in the manner in which god allegedly can.

[afleitch]

Reminds me that I never got around to reading The Good Book. I've read parts of it and have seen excerpts, but never cared to sit down and read it.

Whatever you want to call them, The Secular Commandments or Observations or whatever are at least a reminder of the extent to which the Ten Commandments are applicable to an ancient culture very far removed from us today.

And that's what's quite jarring actually. Yes, it's a silly thing to try and better, but so what if people try? Why sneer at it, given the fact that the Ten Commandments are split into those designed to massage a godly ego (including parental honour) and the rest are self evident?

[afleitch]

Another example of the ridiculousness of modern atheism. The desperate attempt to take some sort of moral high ground is, frankly, hilarious.

As opposed to the other, literal moral high ground which has so many layers of ridiculousness to it.

[afleitch]

These are kind of boring but I guess they're better than "SUNDAY IS HOLY!" and "I AM JEALOUS! DON'T WORSHIP ANYBODY ELSE!"

That's only the first 4. What about the last 6?

Last six? what about those the immediately follow in Exodus 21?

[afleitch]

These 21st c. secular values, if you will, are far more reflective of what we actually know at this point in our evolution.

No, they aren't. These are the values of whoever made this list, who is selfishly trying to define "atheism" in accordance with his own value system.

You shouldn't stereotype atheists. Atheists are as diverse as any other group of people. People are atheists for different reasons: science, anger at religion, and humility in admiting that we can't grasp the god concept fully, to name a few reasons.

Or you know, simply not believing in someone's god.