(August 14, 2015 at 2:47 pm)alpha male Wrote:(August 14, 2015 at 1:48 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: I can easily understand why you would not read the Bible or pray. But why would you be less forgiving? Do you think you would improve your life by being less forgiving?
There are times when I feel justified in my anger toward someone, but then I remember that we're to forgive as we've been forgiven, and so I forgive. Without Christianity, I wouldn't have that reason to forgive.
I think my life would be worse by forgiving less. I find that forgiving is very good for me, but nevertheless it's not in my nature to be forgiving.
Maybe if you were an atheist you would think about that more. You are smart enough to see that it is better for you, and so maybe you are smart enough to act on that.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.