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Atheists & Agnostics

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16. But that's true, isn't it?

Mon Feb 9, 2015, 03:48 PM

Feb 2015

“We bring our own values and norms to our scriptures; we don’t extract them from our scriptures.”

How else does one know which cherries to pick? In my view, the obvious follow-up question is, "Since that is so, what purpose does scripture serve?"

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Mr. Tayler again hits the nail on the head. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #1

It is astonishing someone can say something this stupid: trotsky Feb 2015 #2

That caught my attention too. Curmudgeoness Feb 2015 #3

This is exactly what I think too. JNelson6563 Feb 2015 #10

Jumped off the page for me too. GeorgeGist Feb 2015 #4

But how can he have moral "values and norms" without scripture? mr blur Feb 2015 #7

That is a question they can't answer honestly. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #9

But that's true, isn't it? LiberalAndProud Feb 2015 #16

Not as a universal declaration. trotsky Feb 2015 #17

Sure. I understand what you're saying. LiberalAndProud Feb 2015 #18

This will be a VERY unpopular article... onager Feb 2015 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Feb 2015 #8

Ha! Glad to hear that. onager Feb 2015 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Feb 2015 #15

Honest dialogue is most often of value. nm rhett o rick Feb 2015 #12

"garrulous slithering reptiles, airborne ungulates" Fumesucker Feb 2015 #6

An hour and a half, Jeff Murdoch Feb 2015 #14

Rec. LiberalAndProud Feb 2015 #19