How to Be an Antichrist

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Liberate yourself from any gods

   It is quite possible you will find you believe in nothing, yet you still have goals and dreams; you can still function in society; you can still appreciate beauty in the world around you.
   
   This realization itself can be liberating on many levels.
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   Step 2: messiahs

   , Is this thought pleasing to you? If so, why not accept it as one of your axioms? , If your interest is in life, then gods and saviors who deal in death, and glorify it, should be highly suspect. ,, That the perceived need for salvation grew along with increased servitude to rulers can be illuminating. , , This will liberate others and help cement your own understanding.
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   Step 3: prophets

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   Step 4: and spiritual teachers by deciding to believe only what survives rigorous scientific proof (or predicate logic

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   Step 5: for those with a mathematical bent)

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   Step 6: based on axioms that are acceptable to you; then question your axioms

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   Step 7: and repeat.

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   Step 8: Live for your own self-interest

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   Step 9: respecting that others should

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    Step 10: and mostly will

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    Step 11: do the same.

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    Step 12: Pretend for a moment that you are sinless; naked and unashamed; a wild animal

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    Step 13: alive and free

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    Step 14: in a pristine world of endless possibilities.

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    Step 15: Question anyone whose motivation appears contrary to his own self-interest

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    Step 16: especially to the point of his own death.

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    Step 17: Study pre-Neolithic cultures who had no use for

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    Step 18: nor even concepts for

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    Step 19: saviors or "Messiahs"

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    Step 20: and see if they were philosophically crippled by the lack of such concepts.

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    Step 21: Study the parallels between monotheistic religions and the hierarchical societies that arose with the growth of agriculture.

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    Step 22: Observe the ways that the spark of life is maintained by other cultures in nature

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    Step 23: without having to have any god-prescribed laws

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    Step 24: expressed by B as the Law of Limited Competition: "Compete to the best of your ability

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    Step 25: but do not destroy your competitors' food; do not deny them access to food; and do not hunt down your competition."

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    Step 26: Teach others what you are learning.

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