• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    16 hours ago

    Ehh, I’m gonna push back and say that, as a lifelong atheist, I have greatly enjoyed reading books on Jesus and the early church. But I’m also a history nerd, so I enjoy stuff from other times already.

    Religion is still dumb and makes people hate each other but the books are entertaining regardless.

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      16 hours ago

      Sure. There is value in studying religion in the context of history, sociology or philosophy. But to me that is distinct from theology.