Religion – there I said it, are you cowering at what is to come. Or maybe it’s just me, because as soon as I hear the ‘R’ word in my house I know my husband is gonna be on a rant, a 5 minute one if I’m lucky….much much longer if not.

He is an atheist (my words not his), but it goes further than that, he vehemently discredits religion at any and all opportunities. He is not usually forceful with his opinions.

His main arguments roughly are; no proof of any God, believes that followers are misguided at best, weak willed at worst, religion being a major cause of war and hurt.

He is not a man without morals though; he believes in caring for his family, being faithful, working hard both in work and in being a good person, against violence and theft. Not because a book (the bible?) has told him too but because he knows these are the morals that equal a good person.

So back to Authentic Living, instead of a biblical 10 commandments, what if we were to replace them with our own promises.

I will care for my family as best I can; this will help society as I will rear children in a positive manner and hopefully the chances will be higher that they will become positive citizens and in turn their own children will be positive citizens

I will be faithful to my husband

I will not go to church on a Sunday, I will make this family time; doing something together (notice the first commandment in simple terms is to put God before any other, is God going to look after my baby?, is he taking active steps to rear good citizens to rid society of it’s evils?)

I will live within my means; (an important one in today’s society) where possible I will buy what I can afford and afford what I buy, by doing this I will not need to steal

I will endeavour to be a valuable member of society; If I see someone in trouble I will try and help, I will not turn my back.

Maybe if God were visible and active today (some may say that he is?, I say, if the eyes can’t see and the ears can’t hear then how do I know), then his commandments may have been updated to make them more relevant today. Maybe he/she would changed them to put family first, to live within one’s means, not to be so concerned with taking names in vain and attending church but to live a life that is good, and that makes us happy – surely that is more important?

For now then I will live my own life and make my own rules. I will live authenticly.

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