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Originally Posted by Professor S
Exactly where do you think those morals came from? How bout those 10 Commandments? Your very being is ensconced in religion and you don't even realize it.
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No, morality is a survival characteristic which was created through evolution. It's in our best interest not to kill others so we don't have to worry about them killing or hurting us. The ten commandments were a result of these tendencies, not the other way around.
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You see the loud minority fringe of fundamentalists and then paint the entire religion that way because that is how you WANT to see religion, but you ignore the majority of Christian's beliefs and even the religions most ancient interpretations which saw the Bible a book of moral parables. I really recommend you do more research into an area that you feel so strongly about and try and look at it objectively. You are letting your dislike, and even anger at religion cloud your judgement. I'm not saying you convert to a believer of any religion, but to not see the value of religion is just absurd and shows a faulire to see the world through a large view.
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More people have died because of religious hatred than for any other reason. How's that for value? I agree it is a book of moral parables, but that doesn't change the static nature of religion. And how am I hand-picking specifics? The things I mentioned are all CRITICAL aspects of religion and have not changed. What important aspects of religion do you think have changed over the years, other than those that have changed due to the pressure of rational scientific thinking? I'm not taunting here, I genuinely would like to know. Maybe you're right and I'm not being objective. I can admit that.
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Jesus was a hell of a philospher.
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I agree with this too. He had several good ideas which I believe do have value. It's all the other things that go along with it that I have a problem with.