Does religion provide a better understanding of morality.

That hardly diminishes the validity of the book. That you expressed no more knowledge of the actual truths in the Bible itself .. like that prophecies which have been proven true ... proven to those who actually LOOK? What I will say is that the Bible isn"t written for you, Isaiah tells US of the curse your presently under which explains your ignorance of the Word! Isaiah 6 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I. Send me!" 9 He said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Keep on listening, but do not perceive; Keep on looking, but do not understand.' 10 "Render the hearts of this people insensitive, Their ears dull, And their eyes dim, Otherwise they might see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their hearts, And return and be healed."" It"s not for nothing you are blinded to truth. There is a time where you MUST choose! It hasn"t arrived yet but it will. You see that you don"t believe in Hell like the rest of your speech, has no impact on REALITY. That YOU do not know, what"s before you, is a loss only to you! But I stray from the point! The point is is that Your perception of the Bible is Flawed in the extreme. What is is and what it points out to the Christian is the matter of the history of the World from its inception to its ending. Just as the civil war books talk of the horrors of that time period, the Bible does and explains the same. BUT, it is past and what is on the horizon is approaching. Those of us who study scripture waste no time on the History as it means nothing! We look at what is approaching. This requires a clear mind and steady searching for the indicators of events which the bible readily shows to US (The Believers). We don"t concern ourselves whether YOU get it or not! That"s not our function nor our point! Our function is to inform the masses, not to prove anything, (God insists THEY look for themselves). Again the Bible is a Living Book! Meaning it reveals things to those who follow it, that means we are instructed as we become mature in the Bible, and our attention is gradually drawn away from History, and on into what is yet to come! For example, we are instructed in Ezekiel 3 that we are to WARN the sinner, that they will die in their sin. The sinner then has a choice ... come to God for forgiveness and Life or Die and go to The Lake of Fire which is the second Death, defined in Revelation 20. It warns US in the same chapter that if we do not do this, your blood is accounted to US! It tells us in Matthew 7:6 that we are NOT to reveal what is sacred to ... dogs and pigs (that"s what God calls You and all unbelievers) because He knows you ... like you JUST DID, will demean that which is Holy! Causing Him to punish you worse when the time comes,and He already knows that your a sinner is enough to send you to Hell, why punish you now! That having been said the facts are, between the two of US I am the expert in Bible and scripture, so we won"t be going off your opinions thank you. I have experience and instruction, you have opinions from morons (a stupid person) by definition not insult. People use that word as insults, and although it is demeaning it nevertheless is a true statement regarding the atheists and unbelievers. Indeed I challenge you to come up with a truer statement for someone who IS AWARE, of the subject of God, aware of the rumor that there exists a Hell, aware that all who DO NOT KNOW God WILL GO THERE, and be stupid enough NOT TO RESEARCH IT. Hanging around on the debate boards does not constitute study! that"s ALL of you in a nutshell! "I don"t THINK it exists?" so I"m choosing to go there because I"m arrogant, Lazy, self absorbed .... I mean clearly not the excuse of the sharpest tools in the shed huh? Stupid as in the REAL definition which IS having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense. Honestly despite the offense you might take at the truth, it should by no means diminish THE TRUTH, should it? I mean you call a cow a cow right? Why? cause its a COW! Stupid IS as Stupid DOES! At any rate the information you have been given IS accurate. those of us who KNOW the scriptures could pullout the perfect examples of moral good in the existence of Man. But let"s be honest? Your not concerned about that or you could have simply gone to the Bible and instead of looking for something that you can justify badmouthing it ... you would have looked for how you SHOULD BEHAVE! Your only interested in pursuing something to occupy your life till you die and go to Hell I get it! So for what its worth I hope you win ... cause your Losing everything, when it comes to Life and eternity ... and your doing THAT on purpose! Pity, just so you know you have until death to grow a pair and stand up for truth, or just live on your knees believing whatever Man tells you to believe! In the end God sees it as YOUR CHOICE, and He"s gonna say it by JUDGEMENT! God is in charge, what He says IS what is going to be, not what your pathetic atheist, have no life friends are telling you? Their stupid, and so long as your listening to THEM .... so are you? Your choice, your consequence God don"t give passes for ignorance. Look at my profile ... see I lose all the time, BUT that"s because the brainless Athiests, and unbelievers are the only ones voting for my opponent. Truth is they don"t care about you, they just hate me. I"m okay with that. Their only angry cause I told them they are going to Hell because they don"t know God! Voting against me isn"t going to change that! You won"t find any believers voting for Athiests, well maybe one or two. Me, I look at it like your an Alcoholic, surrounded by other alcoholics ... sure your normal, your the one whose right goes the saying! Here they mislead you clear up till you lose everything, try to find one of them to help you out then! Their all gone! So sad .... so sad! But hey you got your friends, you don"t need Heaven .... right?