"Holy books were written hundreds or thousands of years ago - They have nothing to say about the modern world and moral issues" - Discuss.

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"Holy books were written hundreds or thousands of years ago. They have nothing to say about the modern world and moral issues."

) After reading this, my first thought was that growing up all my life being a Muslim with the Koran always there, I immediately thought that this was completely wrong! But after thinking about it, I realised how I could see the point that it made, and how in some ways it is true.

Holy books were written a long time ago and simply cannot have an answer to every problem we face today. Some religious leaders of course conveniently re-interpret their books to keep pace with modern scientific discoveries which they can no longer deny: Evolution, origin of the world, the Big Bang and others, and even for example with Christians, modern things such as genetic engineering, abortion, and using contraceptives, which are not allowed for people such as Catholics except for the first one. The Holy Books don't tell us how to deal with modern day issues, or what to do in modern situations. And also tells us nothing of modern science and discoveries that have happened more then a long time after they were written. And there is nothing about the world wars for example, not telling us anything about them. And some may even say that these Holy Scriptures are no use anymore! That they are just outdated books that do not help us at all practically in life. People that may hold this view, include atheists, and possibly in general, people that do not believe in God or religion.
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On the other hand I also disagree with this statement. Basically all scriptures of the main world religions contain basic fundamental beliefs. They tell people how to live, and how to decide things, rather then forcing them to believe one straight thing for moral issues. They explain the good things and the bad and give you a sense of right and wrong. They make you conscience of things, such as murder, which is wrong, or rape or theft, they all tell of these bad things and of how to act about them. And even now a days they ...

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