The prophecy of John, aka Apocalypse, aka End of the World.

[ResidentToxy]

o_O.Q said:

ResidentToxy said:

Ah yes, the classic core values that we should adhere to, such as:

Deuteronomy 21:18-21King James Version (KJV)

18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
... And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Deut. 22:13-21

 

"If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then turns against her, 14 and charges her with shameful deeds and publicly defames her, and says, ‘I took this woman, but when I came near her, I did not find her a virgin,’ ... if this charge is true, that the girl was not found a virgin, 21 then they shall bring out the girl to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death because she has committed an act of folly in Israel, by playing the harlot in her father’s house; thus you shall purge the evil from among you."

 

Matthew 10:34

34Do not assume thatI have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. - Jesus

 

These are the core principles that society should follow. It doesn't matter if there is no evidence for any sort of deity, we should all follow the virtues of an archaic book written in the Middle East 2,000 years or so ago.

 

i don't believe the bible is supposed to be taken absolutely literally... i think that under proper interpretations the core values are beneficial for people to adhere to...

for example i believe the story with regards to adam and eve is the story of man evolving from primitive to modern man and the consequences of gaining self awareness

i don't think "the flood" was really about water levels rising and everything being physically destroyed besides an ark, but about what happens when societies become too corrupt

only dumb people would think that story is literally about a talking snake or really about a physical flood imo and even dumber people would dismiss it out of hand without further investigation to figure out what is actually being said and why it had such a profound impact on society...

 

but lets just watch and see where society goes to when the core values are thrown away and a relativistic mindset takes over

 

anyone who's looking objectively can already see that things are starting to unravel

The bible is supposedly the word of god. So if you cannot interpret what it says literally, that means that the word of god is flawed. If people have to constantly twist the bible to mean what they want it to mean, they may as well write their own book that contains the meanings that are better suited their own agenda. Which they essentially do, considering the dominant religions are Abrahamic. 

You do not need religion to have morals. Religious people will state otherwise because they have a god-complex. They are better than everyone else, including other religious people. The only exception is if they believe in the same religion, and they interpret said religion the same way. Otherwise, they believe that a loving god condemns everyone to burn for eternity for not believing in him. 
If god were real, all god would have to do is reveal him or herself. 

The concept of religion is to have faith in a psychopath. The psychopath never reveals themself to the world, yet the world must believe in and love this psychopath. If not, the psychopath will both condemn and torture them for eternity. 

People educating themselves and showing more compassion towards others will benefit society. Whereas believing in Doomsday theories and fairy tales will just lead to stagnation.