If you aren't religious is there any point in reading religious literature? Other than the bible
>>24953148You can learn divination from I ching which is coolSome mythology from lesser known civilizations can be both interesting and entertainingBuddist stuff can be read more like philosophy
Have you considered that you might learn something that would change your perspective? Profoundly uncurious to simply read things you already know you agree with.
>>24953148Yeah, to fucking find religion you idiot
>>24953148The writings of the saints and knightly orders demand a militaristic, ascetic lifestyle that helps you take what you want. You will leave behind your comfort-seeking impulses for a rationale that purposefully seeks pain and hardship. This life is short, and even shorter for the atheist, so why not armor the mind for temporary conquest, and when the fighting is done, retire from the heavenly army? Atheistically speaking.
>>24953148Not for any living religion.
>>24953148to infiltrate a network of believer?>missionaria protectiva
*believers
Not if you're content with being irreligious, it's a waste of time to peruse superstitious old tomes. But if you want to understand religion, and the religious mindset, for whatever reason, then reading their texts might be helpful. I did study the Bible briefly, in order to better understand Christians, but it had no effect whatsoever on my atheism and it didn't much improve my opinion of Christian "scholars" either.
>>24953148Reading religious texts are vital for understanding a lot of art. Not just paintings/sculptures, but it's embedded in a lot of authors as well. Unless you mean something different by religious literature, like apologetics books. Then probably not, unless you're interested in debate. If you mean something like religious fiction, then you're probably not missing much, as it's made for the existing believers' tastes.When I learned the basics of Buddhism, then a lot of shit in Japanese media made way more sense. Same thing with Christianity in the west.>picrelThat's actually a really good book, and would help you greatly, if you're looking to understand the Gnostic Christian denominations.
>>24953216>his life is short, and even shorter for the atheistChristcucks don't even care about this life. They believe that it's dirty rags, and that they care about the eternal life.
