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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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Never said it wasnt a good tool to teach people about love, not eating pork because it gives you diseases. And dont bang your wife on the rag. But it does not teach you to think critically or be an individual.
It teaches parables in one hand and restricts behavior in the other, cause god said so. No, some writer said so to as a form of population indoctrination.