Because Jesus or any other mythical figure is not required for anyone to have the same or similar values.
Your logic doesnât follow. Evidence for the existence of Jesus and god â either the Yahweh or any of the other ones â is scant (in the case of Jesus) or nonexistent (in the case of his dad). Sharing similar values to what Jesus allegedly had is not evidence for his existence, nor that of any gods. In this context, the ârealâ Jesus is as he is depicted in scripture. That doesnât necessarily mean he was a real person in reality, so donât get that part twisted. What the poster youâre replying to is interpreting a character as he was written.
Itâs exactly the same thing as claiming, âCaptain Picard would not do XYZ, because it is inconsistent with how he was written in every single episode.â That may be so, and maybe we all know who Captain Picard is and what he does, but that still doesnât make Picard a real person. Having a taste for tea, Earl Grey, hot does not require that any person actually believe that Picard physically existed, nor that his published actions were anything more than the fancy of some scriptwriters.
Because Jesus or any other mythical figure is not required for anyone to have the same or similar values.
Thatâs true, but it helps having an example as a role model to look up to, because youâre not going to go far without one.
Honestly, I could care less if itâs Jesus, Luke Skywalker, or Jean-Luc Picard, as long as your atheism isnât an excuse for smoking weed and watching porn all day. All Iâm saying is to be careful about throwing out the baby with the bathwater when you leave organized religion behind, because while the church you grew up in may very well have been a den of thieves and fully deserve your condemnation, not all of them are, and thereâs thieves outside of the church, too.
