(December 6, 2014 at 5:02 am)Alex K Wrote:(December 6, 2014 at 4:54 am)boothj1985 Wrote: The best verses in my opinion are very brief and shouldn't take up much of your time and yes the ideas are just that if you don't substitute the incentive of pleasing god with something else, like caring for other beings simply because they are alive like you. I don't think anyone intends to reject every bit of a religious text but they develop a chip on their shoulder over the years understandably as they are constantly bombarded with religious talk and judgmental attitudes.
Ok so you say there are a few short verses of good wisdom hidden in these tomes. Possible. You're not asking me to read all of it. I don't see any evidence that atheists reject them just *because* they also appear in a religious context.
Here's a link to the article that provoked me to join this site and open this thread: http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics...moral.html. The info presented in it may be biased or fabricated but if it is true, I just wondered if my theory as to why may be correct.
