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The book is as disgusting as Mein Kampf. Why does any decent person think they'll find morality within it?
by kgwxd 4y ago
The book is as disgusting as Mein Kampf. Why does any decent person think they'll find morality within it?
- seibelj 4y agoIt’s a super old book that guided a large portion of humanity through pre-enlightenment time. The historical references are pretty factual based on other sources and archaeological finds. The Bible is an interesting artifact.
- LittleShaman 4y agoYou use "guided". It still guides the largest religion and another important one. Even though it does give insight to its historical context, it is much more than an artifact. Criticism of its morals are still relavant.
- seibelj 4y agoI was trying to write in a specific way for the HN audience. But yes - it remains a very important moral text for many people, including on HN.
- quartesixte 4y agoIt also is the basis of modern, Western literary culture and with it its philosophical tradition.
- trasz 4y agoSame way alchemy and astrology are.
- turing_complete 4y agoSo, you read neither of them?
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- dang 4y agoFlamewar posts like this will get you banned here. No more of this, please. Also, it looks like you've been using HN primarily for political and ideological (and, god help us, religious) battle lately. That's another line at which we ban accounts, so would you please stop that? We want curious conversation here, not enemy-smiting. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: actually it looks like you've only primarily been doing that for the last few days, which isn't as bad as I thought. Please avoid this kind of posting on HN, though, regardless of how wrong others are or you feel they are.
- kgwxd 4y ago> actually it looks like you've only primarily been doing that for the last few days Sorry, I'm sure you've had to primarily deal with stuff like that over the last few days. I'll sit down for a drink with my drunk self to discuss the inappropriate behavior. Though, out of curiosity, would the entire history of a banned account be removed from the site ;) > (and, god help us, religious) battle lately. :)