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Philosophy
So... I may, or may not, be an atheist(Don't believe in gods/Religion). But that's besides the focus of this blog post. Today, we will be 'logically' analyzing the ten commandments in christianity; which are as follows:
You shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day.
Honor your father and your mother.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.
Let's start with the first one 'You shall have no other gods before me.', Which... First, religious belief is a construct first believed to have been exhibited by Neanderthals in the Middle Paleolithic era(~250,000–40,000 years ago), as a way for them to describe natural events(Now properly explained by science) in a way understandable by the mind, to not drive them insane. So... this one is completely defunct as religion/deities is a construct, not an actual natural process.
Next is 'You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.' Which... Since we already know religion is a construct, it is also null, void, and defunct; the same is also true for the third commandment, 'Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day.' as religion is a construct and this action would use unneeded energy to serve no purpose.
Next is one some(AKA adults) may agree with, 'Honor your father and your mother.', but I don't. This commandment is mostly a matter of moral opinion, while it may be logical in some cases to cooperate with parents to accomplish goals, stay safe, and pass down ancestral knowledge, complete reliance on parent(s) can be harmful if children are not allowed some level of autonomy.
Now, we're getting into the serious ones, 'You shall not murder.' is the fifth commandment, and the most universally recognized one in ethics, while there's not a much as some of the others to unpack here there are some logical scenarios where this commandment would be illogical. One such example is the case of self-defence, universally banning killing would eliminate the right of a threatened citizen to protect themselves, and possibly lead to their death instead.
Great, we’ve reached the commandment that might get my blog DDoSed if I say the wrong thing. Good thing I’m using Cloudflare — so let’s dive in anyway! The sixth commandment is: 'You shall not commit adultery.' While many people treat this as a moral given, let’s apply some logic. First off, the concept of marriage is a cultural construct — there's no “natural law” that defines or enforces monogamy. Animals don’t sign marriage certificates, and human relationships have varied wildly across history and cultures. Secondly, strictly enforcing sexual exclusivity could, in a purely evolutionary sense, limit genetic diversity and population growth. While population control might have served a purpose in pre-industrial societies with limited resources, modern advancements arguably make such restrictions less necessary from a survival standpoint. That said, the emotional and social aspects of cheating still cause harm — but that's a separate issue from the commandment’s religious absolutism.
𝓇𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃
For those who say
'I don't care', I'd say you're a
obfuscated, uncultured script kitten who codes in pure assembly for a 6502, using the default windows notepad, who shares their code on myspace, uses TempleOS dualbooted with MS-dos for daily use, still thinks SVB is a good investment, Whose idea of a 'backup' is flashing his data to a 3.5 inch floppy and sticking it to their fridge with a magnet, and on top of all that is running it all on a Famicom-via a mixed Lua, white space, and brainfuck emulation layer. 𝓑𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓽𝓸 '𝓛𝓸𝓰𝓲𝓬'(Chaos)
Now, back from that short break the next is the seventh commandment 'You shall not steal' another quite interesting one. Like the sixth this is already well established moral idea, even outside of religion; However, there are still some very specific scenarios where stealing could be seen as moral, or even positive to the advancement of human-kind. One such example is the 'Robinhood' principle, where a weak, malnourished, or poor person steals, or has someone steal for them, to prevent starvation or death, such as in the Robinhood story(Though the commonly accepted version does not reflect the original text).
Next is the eighth commandment, 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor', or in a more modern readable form 'You shalt not lie'. Now this is one I can kind of get behind, completely iliminating lying from society would greatly increase Societal efficiency, after over half of big tech is shut down for breaking laws. Though allowing a small ammount of lying for things like temporary stopping emotional distress after a disaster where someone lost a loved one.
Now, the ninth 'You shall not covet your neighbor's wife', or again in modern english 'You shouldn't be envious of other's wives'; And lets make a callback to the sixth commandment, based on the idea that marriage is a human constructed idea with no basis in nature there should be no different between 'looking' at your own wife, and someone eles's wife.
Finally, the tenth commandment 'You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.', or basically wanting what someone else has. In most cases this should be perfectly fine as causes no negative impact, and may actually increase productivity when someone tries to reach a specific goal. The only case where this would be a logical inclusion is in the edge case of violence being incited as a path towards a goal or someone's position in society
Date of writing: 2025-5-10