Quote (AEtheric @ Apr 26 2013 04:40pm)
Well, how can we take it at face value when we are the ones who do our own defining when it comes to terms with things such as morality? Should we trust a certain text not because we believe its true and tested it but because we should take it on blind faith? We accept a text, not because it said do not commit adultery and therefore should be accepted because it is partially written by divinity, but rather that it fits our common sense and view of the world. No one accepts the bible in a void. We accept the absurdities of the bible not because we simply should for the better of our life and others lives, but rather because we feel compelled to through intuition telling us that these allegories and supernatural events happened, and our reasoning telling us that this is the best path available. We might do so through other people, but, ultimately, the choice is up to us.
I'm not saying you need religion to lead a moral life, if you can do that on your lonesome, that's your thing. But it does lead multitudes to a better life precisely because it's (as laid out in the Bible) a testament to the experience(s) of those that have gone before us and "put the sign up on the wall."