A man tells the world a story. People who hear the story live kinder, better lives. Thus, the story is good. Does it matter whether the story is true?
I've heard far more arguments from agnostics and atheists disputing the historical truth of religion than the moral implications of religion. That seems to be the reverse of their relevance. Even if there never was a Good Samaritan, if there never was a Job or a Goliath, if there was no serpent in a garden called Eden, aren't they morally valuable stories anyway?
There are good morals in Aesop's Fables, too. Does anyone believe those stories really happened?
So why are Aesop's Fables acceptable public school curriculum and Bible stories not? Surely a story of disputed truth is not inherently morally inferior to a story of indisputable fiction.
This is a little more controversial than my usual Sunday post, but frankly it's the only idea that got past my writer's block. Even so, it was still a day late. Sorry.
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