[QUOTE=DixieGal;334285] Even without faith, surely no one can deny that the Golden Rule and Ten Commandments are clear instructions for living a life of good morals.[\quote]
1) I have faith. It's just not faith in the same things you have faith in.
2) No, the Golden Rule is not a good instruction for a "life of good morals."
My neighbor likes rap & hip-hop music. He likes it a lot. He likes it very, very loud. He would love to have someone provide very loud rap music all day long for him to listen to. Should he provide the neighborhood with nice loud music for them all to enjoy, because that's what he'd like?
I like reading fanfic, especially very explicit fanfic, online. I love it when people give me links & recommendations to it. Should I send links & recommendations to explicit fanfic to everyone I know, because that's what I'd like them to do to me?
The 10 commandments are lacking several key elements of basic civil rights. Why is not making images of a deity I don't worship more morally important than not owning slaves, not committing rape?
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I work with Hindus, Muslims, and Jews. When they tell me that they ary praying for me, I appreciate it. And I know they appreciate being remembered in prayer by the Christians. I feel blessed to be a part of such a fine group of people.
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Are you just as accepting of prayers in the name of Kali, Loki, Coyote, or Lucifer?
For myself, I do not like being prayed for by Christians, except for a tiny handful of specific people whom I trust to not attempt to convert me through their prayers. I don't want the attentions of the Christian god, a "jealous god," who kills children for the sins of their parents.
(And this has gotten very, very far from the ethics of including religious or anti-religious ebook excerpts on a Reader. But I very much do not like Christians assuming that their religious concepts are universal, nor that people of other religions are obligated to ignore their history.)