MIghtyG
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I was watching the big question for a little while on Sunday morning and they had an interesting debate on asking "is the bible relevant today"
The major point that the religious leader on the panel (I forget his name though) was saying is that without the bible people wouldnt be able to develop their own moral compass, and that all other sources of morality are derived from the bible so without the bible we would be nothing more than savages.
The counter argument from Richard Dawkins was that people that believe in and follow the bible simply cherry pick the best ideas from the bible and ignore the bad ones such as "if a man lies with another man he should be killed" "all women should not be allowed to speak in church" etc etc, so why if we have the ability to pick out the good and ignore the bad in the bible do we still use it to this day? why not fashion your own moral compass to live life by as we already demonstrate the ability to see right and wrong in the bible itself.
So, is the bible relevant today?
The major point that the religious leader on the panel (I forget his name though) was saying is that without the bible people wouldnt be able to develop their own moral compass, and that all other sources of morality are derived from the bible so without the bible we would be nothing more than savages.
The counter argument from Richard Dawkins was that people that believe in and follow the bible simply cherry pick the best ideas from the bible and ignore the bad ones such as "if a man lies with another man he should be killed" "all women should not be allowed to speak in church" etc etc, so why if we have the ability to pick out the good and ignore the bad in the bible do we still use it to this day? why not fashion your own moral compass to live life by as we already demonstrate the ability to see right and wrong in the bible itself.
So, is the bible relevant today?