(June 5, 2018 at 1:51 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: We choose to be honest or not regarding a subject.
I think most people do think that they are choosing honesty. That doesn't automatically make them right.
Quote:You also choose who to listen to. When you guys listen to people who have no proof for their stance over a holy book that claims is filled with insights and proofs is a choice.
Yes, there are considerable insights in the Elder Edda. I am particularly fond of the Hávamál. I've also spotted a few good bits in the Daodejing, the Dhammapada, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, and perhaps one or two from the Bible and the Quran. (If nothing else, "There is no compulsion in religion" is probably the key insight from the Quran, and certainly the most palatable part that I've read.)
"Proof," though? Um, no. Not even evidence.