AusGeoff wrote on Aug 3
rd, 2022 at 8:55pm:
I'm a lifelong atheist Yadda, and with all due respect I have to ask you why
you so often post biblical scripture in your responses.
I'm assuming you're
a theist (yes, no?) and presume you think the bible actually offers solutions
to worldly problems and/or peoples' personal shortcomings.
Of course, I strongly disagree with this, as "faith" is defined as belief without
evidence.
But all holy books rely solely on faith to "validate" their point.
Ergo
we can safely ignore everything scripture has to say.
Yeah.
It is a philosophy of life.
Many people recognise, and believe, that they have made moral mistakes during their life.
[e.g. Billy Joel said, 'We're only human. We're supposed to make mistakes'.]
And, some of them, believe that life [the life we live, as individuals, in this existence] has purpose.
I'm one of those persons.
Others do not, cannot, believe that.
They tend to only believe 'in' what they can see, and feel. ....and, for example, guilt, is a feeling they are not interested in thinking about.
Life is too short.
Further.....
And yes, i read the bible.
I believe that it [the bible] is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
And as we walk the path which we walk, we all make our own choices [....about which paths to tred upon].
And i'm especially happy that i am able to do that [....and that i have 'the presence of mind' to do so].
Choose, my path.
John 6:35
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
I read the bible, and i meditate, and i make choices.
Its great, isn't it !
Deuteronomy 8:2
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Quote:
But all holy books rely solely on faith to "validate" their point.
Q.As individuals, do we [should we] understand the difference between doing good, and doing evil ?
It's not rocket science.