There’s a hypocrisy paradigm that runs through the thread of human history. And it’s basically that those who either outright hate the very idea of God or those who deny His existence can only re-create what is good in their own delusional image.
I wrote about the hypocrisy paradigm seven years ago.
And I shared some (uninformed) information I found from a group of atheists. They came up with a list of what they called the “10 Non-Commandments.”
Of course, that’s even silly on the surface. Because if they’re non-commandments (something you’re NOT commanded to do), why even bring ’em up. Just allow everyone to do, or not do, what’s right in their minds.
But the point of the “10 Non-Commandments” was to mock God. Not simply to present an alternative view.
For example, they decided they need their own “gathering day” to celebrate and be with “other like-minded individuals.” One person said “it gets people together, focused on something bigger than the individual.” Ironically, that’s a great description of God. But there’s more.
They also said they want to “celebrate” their “Sunday assembly.” Why Sunday? And why would they want to focus on the same day Christians gather together to worship God? Probably just a #ColossalCoincidence.
Here are their non-commandments. And my responses to them in green:
1. Be open-minded and be willing to alter your beliefs with new evidence.
Mountains of evidence, old and new, bear out the story of God. But their minds are certainly not open to that.
2. Strive to understand what is most likely to be true, not to believe what you wish to be true.
And they’re betting their eternal existence that’s true. But why does truth even play into the equation. Doesn’t each one of them make their own?
3. The scientific method is the most reliable way of understanding the natural world.
This is an absolute statement. Once you say any method is “THE” most reliable, you’ve just stated your religion. And the natural world includes thoughts and emotions. How does science explain those?
4. Every person has the right to control of their body.
Grammatical error notwithstanding, this is basically true. But I’m sure this is a feeble attempt at defending abortion. However, it fails to even remotely consider that a baby has its own body…even while it’s inside the mother. I’m sure that’s just a minor technicality they can gloss over. By the way, this “non-commandment” violates numbers 1, 2, 6, 7, and 10.
5. God is not necessary to be a good person or to live a full and meaningful life.
Irony in full bloom again. Without a sovereign, loving, and just God, who determines what is a “good person?” Good simply becomes an arbitrary concept and therefore gets increasingly corrupted. When everyone is doing whatever is right in his or her own mind, we quickly see moral anarchy. So this “non-commandment” violates number 1.
6. Be mindful of the consequences of all your actions and recognize that you must take responsibility for them.
If you’re doing what’s right in your own mind, what’s “right for you,” what does it matter how others are affected? Maybe they just haven’t reached your level of enlightenment yet and the consequences of your actions might further open their eyes to what is “most likely to be true.”
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.
Unless “new evidence” shows this isn’t necessary or it proves to be something you only “wish to be true.”
8. We have the responsibility to consider others, including future generations.
The hypocrisy of this “non-commandment” is clearly seen in number 4. After all, future generations start inside the bodies of current generations. Or is it that we only need to “consider others,” then it’s OK to stop their hearts?
9. There is no one right way to live.
It depends on how long you wish to live. Eternal life has a requirement of only one Way. Of course, that information isn’t new to atheists. They’ve been ignoring it for millennia. And I suppose it doesn’t matter that the design in creation pointing to a Designer is “most likely to be true.”
10. Leave the world a better place than you found it.
Again with the abstract concepts. Who gets to determine what’s a “better place?” And if you don’t leave it better, so what! Who cares? What does it matter when everyone is fatalistically heading toward blackness?
So, there’s the fullness of their hypocrisy paradigm. Non-commandments. Yeesh. It’s better to love without hypocrisy than to disguise hypocrisy in the name of love.
It’s a worldview that’s not for me and you.
It’s a worldview, and no empirical thoughts.
Yes, it’s a worldview. What’s a humanist to do?
Don’t you see you could be in tougher spots?
You gotta be mindful where you cast your lots.
It’s a worldview.
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