Quote from: Rok on November 15, 2010, 09:08 AM
But considering that it was written like 3000, 4000, dunno, years ago, couldn't it be a clever allegory of big bang and evolution and stuff?
I think you just touched the reason atheists have problems with religion

I think most atheists have no problem with people having their own religion and their own ways of dealing with it.
The problem is with people who claim authority and use the bible (or really any other religious book) to serve their own purposes.
Whenever there's a passage they like, it's god's will and it's a moral law that must be adhered to.
Whenever there's a passage that they don't like, well, then it's a cultural thing and has to be seen in the context of a couple of thousand years ago.
As for the 10 commandments: should children honour abusive parents? Should hospitals be closed on sunday?