Quote from: CoinCube on December 08, 2018, 11:50:15 PM

Quote from: af_newbie on December 08, 2018, 11:08:57 PM

I hope you are not suggesting we follow the Judo-Christian tradition. You know the one that keeps women barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen or the one that kills gays or atheists in the city squares.

No I advise following the Judeo-Christian tradition.

This is the tradition that holds the following up as the ultimate rule, purpose and message of the Bible.

Christianity: Matthew 7:12
"So everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets."

Judaism: Hillel the Elder
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow: this is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn."

See: Superrationality and the Infinite

Now you can choose to reject that truth and get hung up over some esoteric detail of the brutal tribal realities of ages past. However, in doing so you reject the greatest force for freedom in history. You leave both yourself and your offspring vulnerable to future slavery in service to whatever technological or ideological tyranny comes along next.

That is your choice to make.

Why should anyone care what the Bible says? You do know that there are other more relevant books on morality, don't you?

BTW, what 'truth' are you talking about? The only truth I know is based on objective facts.

Bible is an example of Bronze Age literary work. Why should I even open this book? It is filled with vile, immoral passages that anyone with an ounce of moral integrity should burn it at once.

This book is irrelevant in the 21st century. If you are a history buff you can intellectually masturbate to it, but it is not my cup of tea.

PS. Just imagine what would happen to the Muslims or gays if hardcore evangelists, or the Westboro Baptist types would run the country. Human rights would go out of the window in the name of Jesus, LOL.