Lil
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In case anyone is interested, these Ten Non-Commandments were crowd sourced in a competition run by Lex Bayer and John Figdor, authors of the book “Atheist Mind, Humanist Heart.”

In lieu of alt text, I will include them in this thread.
Tom a.k.a. Charlie’s dad @Tyger7even
My father sent me an archive of his iPhone photos, for safe keeping. Sifting through the thousands of pictures and videos, I ran across this handy guide that he liked and saved sometime in the last few years. As long as I've known him (60+) years, he's lived his life by these rules. Love you, Dad.
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Michael Allbritton
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How about we not have any "commandments" at all. Treat everyone with dignity and respect, with compassion and empathy and the rest will follow.
02:16 PM - Oct 27, 2023
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Lil
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CNN being CNN called them commandments.

The authors and contributors know they are non-commandments. It was an exercise in articulating beliefs.
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02:22 PM - Oct 27, 2023
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Michael Allbritton
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Heh. CNN will be CNN, for sure. My point is, why do I as someone who does not follow any religion, need to be constrained by some arbitrary set of non-rules that conform to the oppressive narrative of "christianity."

This really seems to me that the authors are trying to equate atheism to religion
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They may be trying to meet questioners/believers where they are in a framework they recognize?

But I hear you. The primary reason I don't usually say I'm atheist is because the term itself references theist as the norm: a- (against, in opposition to) theism. Pffft. Then I'm also aKeeblerElf.
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