Comment on A delicate balance

• xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • theangryseal@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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• kryptonidas@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  funny how apologists rarely apologize

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• pimento64@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You’re making a great case for the Catholic Church burning uneducated people alive for voicing opinions.

    tf?

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    • pimento64@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There’s a button for that.

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      • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I felt that it didn’t quite express the sentiment adequately.

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