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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...
December 27, 2023 at 16:23
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...
December 26, 2023 at 23:53
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...
December 26, 2023 at 21:05
I believe that fundamentalism is more of a resurgence of literalism. And I claim that when anyone reads any statement their first interpretation will ...
December 26, 2023 at 12:16
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...
December 26, 2023 at 00:40
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...
December 25, 2023 at 23:41
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...
December 25, 2023 at 22:36
retracted
December 23, 2023 at 20:56
Merry Christmas! And thank you all for the feedback. I have updated the Commandment with the following text: Purpose • This commandment is crafted to ...
December 23, 2023 at 19:57
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...
December 19, 2023 at 18:46
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...
December 19, 2023 at 18:05
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...
December 19, 2023 at 17:04
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...
December 19, 2023 at 12:06