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Nobody really wants their Candy Crush Score as their epitaph. We have one life, make it count.

Tom Dowting

Empathy is the greatest ethical teacher.

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Chad McLean

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We do not treat others well simply because of a religious book say to or because our parents raised us to. Empathy, the ability to put yourself into another's shoes, is an innate human ability. It is an ability that can and needs to be improved and focused on.

Chad McLean

Decide for yourself. Be influenced by evidence, observation, intelligence, ethics, and even emotion, but never by blind faith.

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SCIENCE > MYTHOLOGY

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Jeffrey Scot

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Because science works.

Jeffrey Scot

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S. W. Bennett

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Science would not include emotion in this list, but we are not all scientists. Emotion is part of our world. Sometimes this is good, sometimes bad, but emotion is integral to humanity. Having our minds made up for us by others citing only works of blind faith is always bad.

S. W. Bennett

Get the conversation started. Conversation is still the best way to resolve conflicts with yourself and others. Converse to understand.

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Orlando Paris

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If you want to show how much you care, how determined you are to get the best answer, you will never stop asking "why?"

Orlando Paris

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Minimize suffering, both physical and psychological, whenever and wherever you encounter it.

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Gabriel Alecto

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Imagine a world without suffering.

Gabriel Alecto

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9.Thou shall share and be generous with your wealth and the skills you have been given.

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Why: To whom much has been given much is expected. It makes sense to help as many as possible to enjoy life which in the end is also in one’s self interest. And it is for the common good which we need to survive.

4. Thou shall make every effort to resolve conflict peaceably without killing

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Why: Killing and violence promote hatred and revenge. Force should be used only in self defense and at reasonable levels.

1.Thou shall create a secular state without a state sponsored religion where theists, non-theists, or science based beliefs are respected.

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Why: A truly secular state permits real religious freedom because no one group has a monopoly on the truth. Science continually makes new discoveries and revelations No one has a corner on truth or faith issues.

The greatest thing we can do for humanity is to stop telling people what to think and start teaching them how to think.

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Shanon Creeley

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The quest for knowledge is not only fulfilling but leads to greater understanding of others.

Shanon Creeley

Protect that which cannot protect itself.

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Robert Garza

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this develops consideration of our actions and interactions with people and the environment

Robert Garza

We are natural born scientists and artists, do not suppress your desire to explore and create

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Nicholas Ingram

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A lifelong appreciation for science and art fosters a wonder in the world. Continuing to question what you believe through science and expressing yourself through art creates an ideal venue to maximize the intellectual and emotional growth of a person.

Nicholas Ingram

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Humanity should strive to minimize suffering for all living things.

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Michael Hughes

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Pain and suffering are, for the foreseeable future, part of life. However, we have the ability to minimize suffering . I believe we have a moral imperative to use our knowledge to minimize suffering for all people and but also research animals and animals we use for food.

Michael Hughes

You are not, fundamentally, an independent individual. You are a member of a human community, upon which you utterly depend. Act like it.

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Patrick Ramsey

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The modern recognition of the value and autonomy of the human individual has unfortunately obscured the obligation that the individual still has to others. For it is still in each other -- together -- that we find happiness, meaning, and security, if we find them at all.

Patrick Ramsey

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Contribute your time, energy, and/or resources to alleviating the suffering and hardship of those less fortunate than you.

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Jeremy Jimenez

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I'd ask you.....why not?

Jeremy Jimenez

Rather than finding a reason to hate, discriminate, or belittle, find a reason to love, accept, and value others despite their differences.

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Courtney C.

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We are so divided and negative towards each other. We see each other as obstacles - as a another opinion to be eradicated. Sometimes, just accepting the differences in others, will cause them to show you the same respect.

Courtney C.

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Charles Hinshaw

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Provable science/greater respect

Charles Hinshaw

Learn as much as possible about as many things as possible.

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Marilyn Enriquez

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You cannot change what you don't understand.

Marilyn Enriquez

5. Be curious. Always strive to learn more, to be more, to understand yourself and your connection to the 'everything else.'

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Robyn Halicki

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curiosity leads to discovery: internal & external

Robyn Halicki

Allow human ingenuity to illuminate the path ahead. Allow ideas to flourish.

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Alexander Osborn

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Humans are among the most versatile creatures on this planet due to our reasoning capabilities. These should not be hindered, but encouraged. Humanity can rise to the stars and beyond if we unite for the accumulation of knowledge.

Alexander Osborn

Superstition creates fear; knowledge defeats fear; society is the arbiter over which one is their compass.

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Among the great motivators in life are fear, reward, love, faith, hope and knowledge. Pick your motivator. I pick knowledge.

Ideas are born through freedom of thought; stagnation is born through dogma, and advancement through inquiry.

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When I re-think of how religious dogma has held back human progress, not only in physics, but also in our humanistic view of the world, I submit that freedom of thought is vital to human progress.