Lots of bashing for the belief of God....

[vlad321]

DélioPT said:

vlad321 said:

DélioPT said:

Just going to intrude this once: Comparing a holy book to a normal look, isn`t that fair, is it? You may not believe but there`s a difference there. And besides that, that book is sacred to some people.

That`s all.

So one book is special just because some people think it's special, but another book witht he exact same merits isn't special?

I once met someone who actually believed in the nordic gods, does that make the nordic mythology sacred as well? How do you define sacred? Just by people's feelings?

First of all, when someone tells that they have believe or have is sacred, not just personally but like a religion, that shows how important it is to them and that alone deserves respect.
He believed? Ok. Personally i don`t but i would still respect his belief, even if i thought it was absurd. Something sacred is something that normally is above a person and defines him or her - and with it everything that is related to it.

With religion, God and everything related to Him is sacred. The holy book is sacred for that reason alone. It`s His teachings, His view on life, etc. It`s the book, the peace of paper that it`s sacred per se, it`s what it`s written and the meaning of there being such a book.

Again, I want to know why the meaning of a given religious text is sacred, but other things are not. Many fairy tales also have some sort of point that they try to teach. Why is the bible sacred, but they aren't? Is it just ebcause of the amount of people who believe in it?