4 days ago, CNN published a very provocative article about how a team of 13 judges selected a new set of ten commandments that all concerned and caring atheists could now embrace. Jews & Christians have traditionally held the moral upper-hand on society ever since Moses brought down 'those two infamous stone tablets off the mountain. But not anymore, the poor little atheist who has felt left out of the conversation on righteousness can stand proud, because you now have your very own Decalogue. The beauty of the atheist's new ten commandments as CNN writes, is that “There's nary a ‘thou shalt’ among them.” Ah yes, it is those rotten moral limitations and guilt laden conditions that made religion and belief in God such a drag. So instead, as the article posts, “the atheist ‘non-commandments’ display a robust faith in humankind, as if Silicon Valley had replaced Sinai…this is an open-ended, and hopefully progressive, process, one judge said.” Boy oh boy, nothing like having a robust faith in nothing...oh I'm sorry, they said faith in human kind. Is that even possible? Well, it depends on which human kind they are talking about: the Genghis Khan kind, the Idi Amin kind, or the Honey Boo Boo kind? Hopefully not the Miley Cyrus kind...anyways... Here are the "Ten Non-Commandments" chosen as the winners: 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 of 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 recognize 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. At first as I read through this list, two immediate thoughts came to me (1) "What happens to the rebellious atheist teen or the atheist backslider if they chose not to listen or follow any of these laws (especially number 10)?" Probably nothing - - so really then what's the point? I think the reasonable atheist parent or guide would say that the teen or backslider would be missing out on having their best life now. Guess what, the atheist with a gun who shot a man, robbed his store, and got away with it would strongly disagree; especially after he is drinking and eating to his heart's content with other people's money. (2) “What if believers in God were allowed to challenge their opinions and take pot-shots at the atheist’s conclusions in the same way that they have taken pot-shots at us for the last couple centuries? Hmmm, could they even handle being mocked and belittled in the same way all us simpleton, silly naive, and very thick-skinned Christians are used to on a daily basis?” Well, let’s see, I have three thoughts: (1) They keep speaking of evidence, scientific method, and accept only those truths that are most likely to be true: O.K., so what if there was evidence to say that the odds of a human being coming from a big explosion and evolving from fish, to apes, to men who shave is around zero to the hundredth power? Would they listen to that evidence? Doubt it. As one scientist writes, “the chance that any kind of a 200-component integrated functioning organism could be developed by mutation and natural selection just once, anywhere in the world, in all the assumed expanse of geologic time, is less than one chance out of a billion trillion.” (see article http://www.icr.org/article/493/) Those are some pretty outrageous odds. Even a good atheist never expects to win the million dollar lotto and yet they will bet all their intellectual assets and faith certainties on a theory that is a mathematical impossibility. Question: Maybe, just maybe, their motives for believing in evolution have nothing to do with science, but rather they are merely "wishing that God, hell and eternal punishment" is not true; so they place a completely illogical and unscientific bet that life was made out of non-life? (2) Who determines good? Oh that’s right, our DNA decides (even though enzymes can’t think). Through evolution atheist theorists say we naturally know what is best for us to thrive and survive, and that is what is deemed to be good. But wait, what ever happened to survival of the fittest? Don't you know Chris? A man named Hitler came along, and after he took power survival of the fittest was no longer considered a good explanation at the time; because it really turned out to be bad. Gas chambers and furnaces have a way of changing people’s opinions about things. So maybe what is good now may not be that good tomorrow. That's the beauty of atheism, they can keep moving the target whenever their previous conclusions fall flat. So then who decides when the good changes? I don’t know. Maybe smart liberal professors like Peter Singer, that philosopher from Princeton, who thinks suicide is always a good choice no matter if you are sick or sad or just bored with life. Ask other liberal atheist professors if they really want to adopt commandment number six as a good thing? If they say yes, then ask them to give you a reason why should we have government benefits for the poor, why help the homeless, and why love your neighbor? I think compassion for others is a character quality stolen from Christianity by athiests, so they will look good to others so suckers will vote for them. (3) Finally, any way to live is right, right? But tell me, is there any wrong way to live? What about Luka Magnotta, he is a Canadian who was a former pornographic actor and model accused of killing and dismembering Lin Jun, a Chinese international student, then mailing his limbs to elementary schools and federal political party offices? Do you find anything wrong with that? I hope so…but if you are an athiest you really have no grounds to protest. Again, if you do protest, you are stealing our Christian values of justice and value for human life. But if you were a consistent atheist you should applaud Luka's own individual life expressions. Nice laws guys, but totally useless. When there is no God, there is no way to regulate behavior. The panel of 13 is just that, a panel of opinions that will last as long as the next Luka Magnotta comes along. Way to go smart atheists, you win again, but we all lost. One last thing: Christmas is ours, and if I catch any of you singing one Bing Crosby or Nat King Cole song about a baby born in a manger, shepherd, or a star in the sky; I will raise up my crooked angry finger, point it at you, and scream, "Hypocrite" just like you have been doing to people like me every day of your angry atheist existence!
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TJ
12/23/2014 10:11:50 pm
Jenn and I had a good scoff at number five. Both of us have learned the hard way that it's not true.
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Chris
12/23/2014 11:53:13 pm
love it!
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Josh Fisherman
12/23/2014 10:39:32 pm
I don't believe in atheists.
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Chris
12/23/2014 11:53:39 pm
keep fishing bro, keep fishing!
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Aaron
12/24/2014 12:25:31 am
Doesn't number 9 kinda erase the other 9?
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Keith
12/24/2014 04:03:17 am
I thought that they had only one command. "I'm not wrong because there is no right." It's so easy to poke holes in atheistic thinking like this and yet they say we care closed minded and simple. Even laws to them are no longer a standard of right and wrong. They want to do what they want to do because they want to do it. As you stated in a sermon about a guy from Russia, Chris, that he didn't believe in God because he didn't want to believe. I think that is the case for most that don't believe. But who has the best idea for my life, the God that created the universe or dumb ole me? I say that God is smarter.
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Tommy
12/25/2014 12:19:31 am
Hey Chris very valid points you made. These articles sound ridiculous when actually talk them out. Thanks for posting your thoughts I enjoy reading them.
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