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Is there really a point in arguing over the Bible?
by chillwaves 5y ago
Is there really a point in arguing over the Bible?
- kokanator 5y agoI do think it is important to challenge an off the cuff comment which is not backed up by specific knowledge or reference. Especially if that comment perpetuates an idea that leads to disparaging people. The comment thread was specifically regarding religion so it is entirely applicable and important. There are plenty of examples on HN where religious documents other than the Bible or the Pentateuch are discussed. [0][1][2] Religion and/or the lack thereof impacts our culture and politics in outstanding ways. To ignore them or not discuss them leaves us blind to significant reasonings that have built the world we live in today. [0] https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5GCEM_en&q=site:news.ycombinator.com+Quran https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5GCEM_en&q=site:news.yco... [1] https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+Sutra https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+... [2] https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+Vedas https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+...
- JohnBooty 5y agoIn the micro, it certainly isn't. I mean, at least in the context of HN or the workplace. In the macro, it's relevant to issues of school/workplace speech in the sense that it's good to remember that major religions are awfully large tents and represent a wide plurality of beliefs. Christianity is not necessarily synonymous with any particular belief regarding gender, etc. The same could be said of other major world religions. I'm an atheist and therefore don't have a horse in this race. But it's one reason why merely identifying as belonging to a religion is fine in the workplace, whereas espousing specific religious beliefs that disparage others is a problem.