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if you're agnostic or atheistic... i think the bible should probably still hold a great deal of legitimacy. like analog hinted at earlier (thx for the clarification by the way analog, i know it's pretty hard to cover all your bases on an online post... but you were gracious concerning my response.) the bible does contain a large volume of ancient wisdom and knowledge. though the style may be different, many of the contributors to the corpus of biblical scripture were the intellectual and philosophical leaders of their ages. to quote the bible in many places is to quote the kant's, neitzsches's, kirkagaard's and freud's of that ancient era. if you don't buy into the text as a revelation of God... there are millenia of philosophical and moral expertise compiled in the bible to learn from. that is why i think the bible should be a valid source for everyone... though they may not approach it in the same way i do.
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~ Winston Churchill
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