So much of western culture and civilization is related to the content of the bible that you're kind of a drooling ignoramus if you go around opining on anything without knowing what's in it.
I'm not religious, but that book got people to build gothic cathedrals and chapels, which are some of the most amazing works of human artistic expression and beauty ever created.
Modern architecture is hideous by comparison, and even modern churches look like dentist offices.
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