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Originally Posted by Patriam1066
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This is what you guys keep missing. Myth or not, there are tons of lessons in all holy books that are valuable for us. The Bible is a collection of cultural wisdom passed down for hundreds of generations. So is the Avestan, the Quran, Upanishads etc...
Ignore the lessons of you want, but there is something valuable in them if only for philosophical purposes. Who said you had to believe in God? Do you honestly think the Bible offers you nothing even if you don't believe in a deity?
I suppose you shouldn't gaze upon the Parthenon because it was dedicated to Athena or the Sistine Chapel because it has "God" frescoed on its ceiling. I'll never understand how you could not feel the impact of all of our ancestors when you see the Hagia Sofia. Religious belief has been integral to our species for a variety or reasons... ALL of the heritage, art, culture, and philosophy of many generations of various different cultures are expressed primarily through religion
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This is a good post. I agree with all of this.
However, I think there are far too many immoral things in religious literature for it to be considered sound teachings of philosophy or morality altogether. I'm not refuting that there are things in it worth taking, but to most people would need a healthy dose of skepticism and unbelief before diving in to come out of it better off than they were before. Simply ignoring the immorality that is hugely prevalent in all religious scripture would be a daunting task indeed.