(June 27, 2015 at 11:38 am)Brakeman Wrote:(June 27, 2015 at 11:06 am)Brian37 Wrote: The great thing for the west and secular law, is that nobody is obligated to give one fuck what any holy book says. ..
There is no such thing as a "holy" book, only men that claim a book is "holy."
The book is a claim and the attributes of it's importance is a claim, and interpretations of the significance of the verses are claims, all just claims made by human, selfish and self-serving men that have been shown to be wrong again and again and again.
Yes, the reality is these are merely books. They contain no magical powers, or patents on human morality. It amounts to humans worshiping an object. If one were to worship the Star Wars series and worship "the force" treating it as a literal religion, the sane would rightfully call that nuts.
The truth of all religions and holy books or holy writings are that they are merely reflections of the social norms of the times of in which they were written.
