I could sit and ponder whether there is a higher power or not and probably find more reasons to support there is not a higher power. One reason being this higher power has never been seen as far as I know. How do we believe in something we can't see?  Regardless of what you believe, there is one thing I think cannot be disputed as being the one thing all mankind can follow to be the best person one could be and that is the Ten Commandments. If you remove all religion the Ten Commanments can stand as the best rules for one to live by.

If you remove all religion, you don't have 10 commandments, but 6.

The first 4 commandments for example are all about God totally irrelevant for any atheist. 

As for the rest, well it's simple common sense - just don't be an arse to people. 


Would you go on raping women and children simply because it's not written in the 10 commandments? That could have made a much better commandment no 1 as far as I'm concerned.

Personally, I think anyone can figure that out by themselves. If not, and if they need commandments provided by a divinity to tell them that, they are in a very bad position to give advices to anyone.

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I could sit and ponder whether there is a higher power or not and probably find more reasons to support there is not a higher power. One reason being this higher power has never been seen as far as I know. How do we believe in something we can't see?  Regardless of what you believe, there is one thing I think cannot be disputed as being the one thing all mankind can follow to be the best person one could be and that is the Ten Commandments. If you remove all religion the Ten Commanments can stand as the best rules for one to live by.

Well yeah, if you're talking about commandments 5-10. I believe they are just common sense. 
1-4 are meaningless unless you're religious. 

Rain


If you remove all religion, you don't have 10 commandments, but 6.

The first 4 commandments for example are all about God totally irrelevant for any atheist. 

As for the rest, well it's simple common sense - just don't be an arse to people. 


Would you go on raping women and children simply because it's not written in the 10 commandments? That could have made a much better commandment no 1 as far as I'm concerned.

Personally, I think anyone can figure that out by themselves. If not, and if they need commandments provided by a divinity to tell them that, they are in a very bad position to give advices to anyone.

Damn. In the time it takes me to type out a reply.....

Sorry about that - I crossed the TOS line. 
As Steve pointed out, this tends to happen when someone insists and tries to sneak in that at least something about their religion is universal and fundamentally true. Ergo, demonstrating the validity of their faith and/or their moral.

Instead of just sticking to "Don't be an arse".

Please no more religious bickering. 

backwoods


Please no more religious bickering. 

Or political bickering.
 
Back to the music!

Now I have to testify.

I believe in the power of drop D tuning. I believe that tape sounds way better than digital. I believe a man can not have too many instruments. I believe in the healing power of music and I believe I've said enough.

Good night folks, whatever you believe.

I believe that if you wear the same pair of jeans long enough, they start cleaning themselves. 

mmmmm....at trains.com this type of thread would have been deleted a long time ago.