(May 19, 2020 at 10:41 am)Drich Wrote:
(May 19, 2020 at 8:50 am)Gwaithmir Wrote: Yes, I remember that tale from my Catholic school Bible study. It proved just how fucked up and unreasonable biblical morality is. Uzzah didn't commit an immoral act. God did.
again uzzah is an example sin is not about moral and imorality only. as uzzah's sin was not a matter of morality. this makes sin something bigger than a failure in morality. sin is like a virus, and if you do something to catch it back then you had to die which was the only way to contain it. now we have the vaccine.
Yes, we do have a vaccine. To wit:
“The human race has suffered for centuries and is still suffering from the mental disorder known as religion, and atheism is the only physician that will be able to effect a permanent cure.” (Joseph Lewis)
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)