10 Symptoms

10 Ideas of Post-Christian Morality:

1.       The past doesn’t matter.  Traditions and ancient ideas should be discarded because they are traditional and ancient.

2.       It’s not your fault.  Any bad things that you’ve done are because of negative environmental factors or mental illness/ disorders caused by trauma, including trauma you may not be aware you’ve experienced.

3.       Marriage, monogamy, church, and other social constructs, including friendships, are simply utilitarian connections to which you owe no inherent loyalty except when they enhance your own positive sense of self.

4.       Do whatever feels good to you right now.  You only live once.

5.       There is no right or wrong.  No one, no institution, and no system has the right to judge you for your personal choices.

6.       Defiance is always the best response.

7.       Repentance is a trick to take away your dignity.   Don’t let anyone or anything change you.  Be it parents, or the government, or God----- don’t let anyone break you.

8.       Stay in touch with your inner child. 

9.       Guilt is a deceptive and destructive emotion.  Cleanse yourself of guilt.  If you did it, you did it.  So what?

10.   You are the creator of your own truth.  You are the architect of your own universe.  There is no greater moral or spiritual authority than your own consciousness.   You are god.

Incidentally, ten general symptoms of antisocial personality disorder, better known as being a sociopath/psychopath:

1.       not learning from experience

2.       no sense of responsibility

3.       inability to form meaningful relationships

4.       inability to control impulses

5.       lack of moral sense

6.       chronically antisocial behavior

7.       no change in behavior after punishment

8.       emotional immaturity

9.       lack of guilt

10.   self-centeredness

---Anderson T. Graves II   is a writer, community organizer and consultant for education, ministry, and rural leadership development.

Rev. Anderson T. Graves II is pastor of Hall Memorial CME Church in Montgomery, Alabama, executive director of the Substance Abuse Youth Networking Organization (SAYNO) and director of rural leadership development for the National Institute for Human Development (NIHD).

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