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Morals without holy books
05:19:43 am on October 22, 2011 | # |
I guess I have a new blog. / Why we’re raising our kids to be godless heathens..
Interesting list of morals to give to kids without religion.
Be Kind and Gentle to everyone and everything. Treat others the way you want to be treated. Have love for humanity and the universe.
Enjoy this life as much as you can. Assume this is all you are going to get (there may not be an afterlife).
Search for beauty and good in everything. Everything has a positive side. If you don’t see it, create it.
Test yourself, your ideas and beliefs. Trust what your senses and intuition tell you. The more extraordinary the claim, the more convincing the evidence must be to support it.
Use Reason and Creativity to solve problems, and don’t count on anyone else solving them for you. You are empowered.
Take care of your body. If it’s not working right, the rest of this list can be much more difficult.
Use your Powers for good. Make the world a better place for yourself and everyone else by doing what you can.
You are an animal, and you have a place in the world as all animals do. Try not to abuse your position.
Learn as much as you can and pass on your knowledge.
I often wonder at the Ten Commandments, you know, of all the things that could have been said, why were those the rules? This list seems much more humane, and maybe its because this author isn’t asking her followers to enter a land and kill everything found there.
