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Having read the Bible doesn't mean you must be religious
by jonahrd 10y ago
Having read the Bible doesn't mean you must be religious
- krapp 10y agoBelieving that the Book of Revelations has some sort of prophetic insight and that warnings about the Mark of the Beast or the Antichrist have any relevance at all does mean you must be religious.
- prebrov 10y agoFinding relevance to the modern events in ancient books doesn't imply religious belief.
- krapp 10y agoWhat is the relevance, in this case? The only purpose for that section in Revelations is to warn believers about the Antichrist. There is no moral lesson there, no parable or psalm or tractable humanist lesson - it's just vague symbolism (which probably referred to Nero or the Roman Empire) that leads nowhere, unless you believe in Christian end-times prophecy.
- daveguy 10y agoYou can definitely still keep a little deep / subconscious superstition without being religious.