The Ten CommandmentsHere are the Ten Commandments taken from the Bible (Thanks, Wikipedia!).I. Thou shalt have no other godsII. No graven images or likenessesIII. Not take the LORD's name in vainIV. Remember the sabbath dayV. Honour thy father and thy motherVI. Thou shalt not killVII. Thou shalt not commit adulteryVIII. Thou shalt not stealIX. Thou shalt not bear false witnessX. Thou shalt not covetThese rules are supposedly the word of a perfect god. The Bible would probably have a better chance at convincing me of that, though, if there weren't any redundancies to note. Here's a simplified list, with the redundant Commandments in parenthe
MoralityFor some strange reason, Christians have this fixation with the idea that the source of morality is God. The problem with this idea is that not everyone has the same morals, and even if we did, what logical connection is there between that observation and the existence of God? This is simply ridiculous. If I'm not mistaken, part of the Christian God's morality system is belief in his existence. Well, if the Christian God exists and I'm supposed to have obtained my morals from him, then why do I not believe in him? Well? Moving right along... In some churches, you have homophobes like John Hagee and his son Matthew Hagee preaching against gay
Proud to be a ChristianIf you've read through enough deviantART comments, then you've probably seen all the proud Christians. They are easily identifiable by their varied exclamations of "Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior!" and "I believe in Jesus Christ, and I'm not afraid to admit it! Copy and paste this into your signature if you agree!" They must be pretty damn proud.But proud of what, exactly?Is it that they can reconcile their own morality with a God they cannot prove to anyone else?Do they, perhaps, take pride in their ability to take supernatural claims at face value?Or does their pride lie in their faith? Their ability to accept things as truth wi