(August 11, 2023 at 2:49 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: Whilst I have some sympathy and understanding of the xtian POV, I have come to believe that religion does more harm than good in the world at present. I don't think it a 'good' thing to be religious.
I wouldn't advise letting go of the things the Christian POV wholesale. Some of that stuff is legit. Even if the whole package is suspect.
You don't have to deny anything true in order top reject Christianity. Some of Christianity is on point. You should accept those specific parts.
The story of Lazarus, dismiss it it. The healing of blind folks, dismiss it... especially if you think it's all all made up. (And of course it is.)
But the parable of the sowers. If you can take a moral or meaningful message out of that, I say go ahead. It's a parable. It's not trying to make you accept some doctrine. It is using a metaphor to say something about reality. I'm not saying the parable of the sowers is true or says something significant, but if you it does, you'll be the first to know and the fundies will be the last.
