Conflicting statements in the bible

[Tonus]

For example, you said that people ought to get justice for their actions, but I want to know why you think that is true when we live in a world where if God does not exist people never do get justice. Or another example would be, how do you arrive at the statement people ought to not kill one another when people do kill one another quite often. Just wondering, thanks!

I was raised Christian, and when I left religion and religious beliefs, I did not change my morals or behaviors for the most part. While I take (or try to take) a more practical approach to those questions, most of the morals I developed during my earlier years have stayed with me because I have not seen reason to abandon them. They served me well as I was growing up and I didn't want to discard them along with religion, that would be like cutting off my nose to spite my face.

I think that one factor is that I did not leave religion angrily or bitterly; I just drifted away and after a few years came to terms with what I did and did not believe. I didn't feel a need to rebel against a god that wasn't there or to 'sample the Devil's wares' as it were. The morals that got me safely this far remain useful and are not a reminder of any bad experience. I don't know if that answers your question. I haven't gone through my morals and determined which I retain and which I redefine, I kind of deal with those questions as they come.