Morality and ethics are hardly exclusive to religion. A commandment is, in essence, a command that you adhere to throughout your entire life. This par...
I consider this to be nothing but fluff. There are pros and cons to everything. The upsides to figurative wording are that it allows for a greater ran...
Sorry, I lost track. I like it, but I do not love it: "harmful to your species" would need defining -- "or inaction" I don’t think people should be fo...
I believe that fundamentalism is more of a resurgence of literalism. And I claim that when anyone reads any statement their first interpretation will ...
So you claim that the church hasn't changed its standpoints based on what science has found? Or do you claim that these standpoints merely changed fro...
I didn't say the where not, only that a shift has happened towards increased figurative interpretation. Do you think that the church didn't have troub...
Hi all. I do not think it is perfect at all. The challenge is to get it as close to perfect at possible, I said nothing of having achieved this ^^. Pe...
Merry Christmas! And thank you all for the feedback. I have updated the Commandment with the following text: Purpose • This commandment is crafted to ...
The point of a commandment is to give people some simple rules to follow in order to promote a good civilization. If all people have to read several t...
You have already complicated the fairly simple statement itself. If I was a criminal I would still consider it "harmful" to me if you locked me up, If...
The commandment does not tell you how to act, more how to think, and we cannot police thoughts. I do agree that people who followed the commandment wo...
Hi all. I don't work with any assumed “universalizable goodness”. I claim that most people want to be good, but this is something they are taught or d...
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