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spinoff: Can an Atheist be inspired or comforted by the Bible?
Posted on 3/7/15 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 3/7/15 at 9:13 pm
just curious ....if so what passages or scriptures do you personally find so?
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Posted on 3/7/15 at 9:18 pm to mattloc
Of course. It's full of parables that anyone could use. The good Samaritan is one for an example.
Posted on 3/7/15 at 9:19 pm to mattloc
Can a Christian be comforted by a secular self-help book?
Posted on 3/7/15 at 9:20 pm to pvilleguru
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Of course. It's full of parables that anyone could use. The good Samaritan is one for an example.
This.
Posted on 3/7/15 at 9:22 pm to mattloc
I'm a non believer but the book of Isaiah is awesome.
Posted on 3/7/15 at 9:24 pm to AUbagman
Of course anyone who loves reading can find inspiration or motivation in just about anything. I just wondered if there was any particular aversion to the Bible...I am not an atheist, nor am a particularly religious person but I do find inspiration and comfort from reading particular scriptures
Posted on 3/7/15 at 9:37 pm to mattloc
frick the bible 
Posted on 3/7/15 at 9:39 pm to mattloc
Have never read it so don't know
Posted on 3/7/15 at 9:43 pm to mattloc
Yes. I find the book of Joshua to be very inspiring.
My favorite part is when the god has the Jews kill all the Canaanites so they could take Israel. Men, Women and Children, even those who weren't resisting. It provides a great example of an effective counter insurgency strategy.
My favorite part is when the god has the Jews kill all the Canaanites so they could take Israel. Men, Women and Children, even those who weren't resisting. It provides a great example of an effective counter insurgency strategy.
This post was edited on 3/7/15 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 3/7/15 at 9:44 pm to mattloc
Not an atheist, but not a Christian either. The bible can be a source of inspiration for whatever you want it to be. Hate, intolerance, acceptance, peace, misogyny, ignorance, intelligence.... It's a big, huge contradiction.
Posted on 3/7/15 at 9:46 pm to Masterag
So you're a Jew or a Muslim. Pick a side dammit.
Posted on 3/7/15 at 9:56 pm to KSGamecock
Lol. What I believe is closer to pantheism.
Posted on 3/7/15 at 10:03 pm to JordonfortheJ
Fuk yo misspelled name, clown 
Posted on 3/7/15 at 10:07 pm to KSGamecock
You know that Abraham is the father of both the Muslim and the Jewish nations.
Posted on 3/7/15 at 10:11 pm to Herman Frisco
Nah, I had no idea.
Posted on 3/8/15 at 9:57 pm to mattloc
Sure. Lots of truth in the bible. Ecclesiastes is the best thing there, but there's a lot of good stuff all over.
I've never been a Yankee whaler nor a Cuban fisherman, but Moby Dick and The Old Man and the Sea are religious experiences. If there are such things.
I've never been a Yankee whaler nor a Cuban fisherman, but Moby Dick and The Old Man and the Sea are religious experiences. If there are such things.
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