it’s incredible to me how someone can take
Reason is a whore… never comes to the aid of spiritual things
and turn it into some weird word salad that has some completely different meaning than what the quote literally says. because, as usual, “oUt Of CoNtExT”
also, who cares who said it? the message is the message regardless if it came from martin luther or some rando pulled it out of their ass 10 minutes ago-- and it’s the direction this country is heading
finally, “a higher standard” of reason-- the people i’m talking about defenestrate reason, logic, facts, evidence-- everything one would use in the process of critical thinking, in favor of faith, which literally means believing something to be true just because you want it to be. there IS NO standard there. using reason AT ALL means one is rising above them
do as you will with whatever you want
mc900ftJesus@lemy.lol 2 days ago
That’s a terrible counter argument. “Oh maybe he meant something different, you might not know the context he plainly said it in 8 different ways you just quoted”
xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 days ago
It’s certainly an argument I’ve heard a lot when talking about inconsistencies in the Bible. Usually it’s blamed on translation, missing context, or exaggerated retellings. It was written by many different people who weren’t necessarily talking to each other after all. I have a hard time taking any of it seriously.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
But not this bit of the bible. There can’t be any translation errors, missing context or exaggeration on this bit specifically because we like this bit.
theangryseal@lemmy.world 2 days ago
A gay made me uncomfortable. That was god talking to me, you know. :/
That’s the thing that bothers me most with religious folks.
Their feelings are interpreted as the will of god.
kryptonidas@lemmings.world 2 days ago
In some cases context is definitely relevant, but for religion one’s it’s often:
youtube.com/watch?v=PK7P7uZFf5o
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solsangraal@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
funny how apologists rarely apologize
pimento64@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
“This person held this opinion”
“There are several reasons that may be an inaccurate and reductive account of that person’s opinions and of historical events in general”
“Okay but, for real, that’s so wishy washy bro. Context? That’s just, like, a term. How pathetic.”
You’re making a great case for the Catholic Church burning uneducated people alive for voicing opinions.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
tf?
pimento64@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
There’s a button for that.