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I've never quite understood how it is that someone who professes to have no belief in God knows so confidently what He would want.  And in my Bible, at least, there are a number of times Gods puts restrictions on what Man should or shouldn't know or do. In fact, I seem to remember something in Genesis about Forbidden fruit.

 

You're right, it's idle speculation. I know no more of what God wants than I know of what the Easter Bunny wants. I would figure the Easter Bunny would want carrots and not to end up as someone's hassenpfeffer, but my ability to speculate on the desires of fantasy creatures only goes so far.

But never assume that the lack of belief in god is synonymous with ignorance of the subject. I grew up literally pelted with religion and was forced to go through the motions routinely. Insofar as the fundamentals of Christianity is concerned, I know quite a bit, not just as a result of my forced education, but also because as I got older I became more interested in it. Not as a matter of faith, but as a matter of curiosity, to better know its history and evolution.

So don't assume that all non-believers are also ignorant as to the content of the Bible. There ARE those of us who have made a conscious and educated decision to brush it off as fiction, based on having learned about it, not simply ignored it. I don't disbelieve because I want to, I disbelieve because I HAVE to, because believing makes no sense.

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