Comment on Republican Senator callously says 'biblically, we are supposed to work' to millions set to lose health care

• frunch@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  certainly the most read misinterpreted and used as a justification to do bad shit

  Ftfy

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• ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Please finish this sentence: “Congress shall make no law…”

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• Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Stupid fairy tale is about as relevant as the Greek myths.

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  • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The problem is that the Bible was written by multiple authors over the course of hundreds of years. (Oldest bits are like 1000ish BCE, but those are scraps of poetry that were integrated in later, probably dating back to when Yahweh was a married storm god - early Jews were henotheistic)

    It’s not a consistent voice, not all views in each book (or even within the same book) are consistent. The big misinterpretation is that it is ultimately not a unified text - it’s a collection of history, poetry, and philosophy written by people who often had political axes to grind (so much of OT is about Israel versus Judah, maintaining a unified identity during the Babylonian occupation, etc)

    The way it has been interacted with and interpreted is critical to understanding most of human history.

    Saying “lol Bible dumb” and stopping there is lazy 14 year old on r/atheism thinking that will cripple your understanding of about 2000 years of human history.

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  • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So fucking clueless

    Well you’re gonna learn in the coming years just how relevant it is.

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• NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Relevant to whom?

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  • Angry_Autist@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Now you’re just being stubborn.

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    • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world ⁨57⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Answer the question.

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• ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You mean Harry Potter?

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