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If you could re-write the bible could you improve upon it?

I like Matt Dillhunty's answer to this which is: "Yes, easily. Just reverse the bible's rules about slavery and you've already got a better book".

Seems kind of like a slam dunk, doesn't it?
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badminton · 61-69, MVIP
Christopher Hitchens came up with a new ten commandments. It makes good sense:

I: Do not condemn people on the basis of their ethnicity or color.
II: Do not ever use people as private property.
III: Despise those who use violence or the threat of it in sexual relations.
IV: Hide your face and weep if you dare to harm a child.
V: Do not condemn people for their inborn nature.
VI: Be aware that you too are an animal and dependent on the web of nature, and think and act accordingly.
VII: Do not imagine that you can escape judgment if you rob people with a false prospectus rather than with a knife.
VIII: Turn off that fucking cell phone.
IX: Denounce all jihadists and crusaders for what they are: psychopathic criminals with ugly delusions.
X: Be willing to renounce any god or any religion if any holy commandments should contradict any of the above.
@badminton

Yeah not bad lol