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Eye on the left: Rewriting the commandments

But there’s no Moses

In case you missed the CNN report while you were winter solstice shopping, two atheists have given the world their 10 “non-commandments,” culled from their book “Atheist Mind, Humanist Heart.”

“A lot of atheists’ books are about whether to believe in God or not,” co-author Lex Bayer told CNN. “We wanted to consider: Okay, so you don’t believe in God, what’s next? And that’s actually a much harder question.”

The non-commandments, one of which even mentions God, were generated with the help of 2,800 contest entrants from 18 countries. They are:

1. Be open-minded and be willing to alter your beliefs with new evidence.