jar writes:
For information on behavior and morality, the Eastern writers and the Western Philosophers are likely better sources. Most of the Bible deals not with behavior or morality but rather with the mythos of creating a Hebrew identity and then later, the creation of a Christian identity.
What is a Christian identity? For starters, I, as a Christian, dislike being identified with Christians. Granted there are all sorts of them...you (jar) being a unique variety. Politically, many of the Christians in the U.S. are ignorant. They are often told whom to vote for and what issues to support versus the issues that they
must vote against.
Straggler, as for me personally, I have not really read the Bible from cover to cover, nor do I intend to do so, since much of it is irrelevant to my life in this modern era. Perhaps I should be more educated on comparative philosophies and religions, but I feel that as I live my life and try to communicate with others, my beliefs are being defined by my actions and reactions. By my behavior. God knows my intentions! Perhaps the challenge for me is that I too know them, before I die at any rate.
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