Comment on The Woke Veggie Tale Leftists Won't Tell You About This One

wuffah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s been in there for 6000 years. If it was wrong, someone would have corrected it by now

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  • icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The Bible wasn’t written 6000 years ago. It posits that history began 6000 years ago.

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    • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That idea comes from James Ussher, an Irish religious leader, based on his interpretation of the biblical genealogies.

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    • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The Bible does not posit that the earth is 6,000 years old. You’re thinking of Dispensationalists.

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      • icelimit@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Oh joy yet another denomination.

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  • luthis@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s a huge over estimation, but yes

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  • wuffah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I wouldn’t say it “wrong” so much as it is fantasy literature. Looking to the Bible for geography is like reading The Lord of the Rings to figure out where the Colorado river is.

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