“I am hee hee” - Michael Jackson
silly? sure… poor taste? idk, this is c/facepalm, not some theology discussion forum
In the near-future the Bible will be banned for spreading “Socialist Values” and being “Too Woke”
Eh, I’m fine with it. The death of Christianity will be a net good for humanity, so I’ll take whatever gets us closer to that.
Have you seen the kinds of cultish grifts New Agers AND New Atheists alike have been on? Nature abhors a vaccuum.
Just saying I don’t want the Spirit Science guy calling the shots on major holidays
None of our major holidays are at all related to Abrahamic religions. Easter is still named for the ancient fertility goddess whose festival it was before it was reskinned as Christian. Christmas takes the pan-european mid winter festival and paints a star on it. The pre-christian Romans held the festival of Sol Invictus (the invincible sun) on December 25th. Christmas trees were a pre-christian tradition in and around modern Germany
There would be massive social pressure to not change holidays
The churches back in the day, before Martin Luther’s reforms, before the Bible could be printed in local languages, very much enjoyed their complete monopoly on the Word of God
They could say whatever they wanted
I suspect a successful ban of the Bible would give them that back.
Though it would be impossible to actually ban and all a ban could do is make the book more desirable to read. It might push people towards the online annotated, hyperlinked editions of the book such as the skeptic’s annotated Bible
It’s so sad that no one has read the fucking Bible.
As a progressive Christian, that’s something I want to say almost everytime I read somethung written by an Evangelical.
I am not religious, but I have devoted a good chunk of time to reading the bible. If I can do it, someone who essentially stands to gain nothing by reading it can do it, so can and should all these greasy-ass politicians who use it as a political prop. The only thing more irksome than inflexibly, overly literal religious people, are phony religious people who don’t even know what they’re talking about. And then the next level of annoying beyond that is yhe voting public who allows the charade. They should be the ones pressing these politicians. “Two Corinthians” Donald? What the fuck are you talking about?
Not even the Bible. Have these people seriously not heard the words him and her prior to three years ago? Do they really think they are new words?
I mean perhaps we shouldn’t steelman these people but that is obviously not what they’re talking about when they complain about pronouns. But at the same time it’s quite possible that many of them are seeing the word “pronoun” for the first time in their lives and have no concept of what it actually means.
I mean, most Christians haven’t and they still exist. The only people I know who’ve read the whole thing are now 1) Not religious, or 2) Actively working in a church.
yep once you really understand the incoherent contradictory mess in its entirety you only have two options. Accept it as flawed human writings, or double down into esoterica and live inside the contradiction. You can’t really be a normie Christian at that point, since modern whitewashed christianity is so alien to the bible itself.
Dude it’s probably the most important and influential text of the western world. Everyone should read just to understand how it informs our current context. Not believing the bible and urging people to not read it is a similar level of ignorance to someone who believes in it and has never read it.
This is a ridiculous claim. Reading stories about how god and the devil trick a dude into committing incest or how humans used to be 10 ft tall and live a thousand years before a divine flood wiped out all the non-believers isn’t at all necessary.
It’s entirely possible to have a cogent understanding of western politics without delving into the depths of the mythology. You’d be far better off spending your time reading legitimate political literature or doing irl stuff.
Many self proclaimed Christians have not read the Bible , and are appallingly ignorant of the bulk of it.
And when they do know the stories like the good Samaritan, they don’t live it.
Wealthy Christians should not exist.
“Many self proclaimed Christians have not read the Bible , and are appallingly ignorant of the bulk of it.”
Yeah, no kidding. A good example: Watch this clip from 3:52 to 4:05: https://youtu.be/Vr3ZNvv0aco?t=232
(here’s what was said if you don’t want to watch it, but watching it is much funnier than reading it:
Magat Lady: I think it is time where God is separatin’ the sheeps from the goats.
Donie: Which are you?
Magat Lady: I am a, uh … I’m a goat! ‘Cause I ain’t a sheep! I’m not doin’ what they tell me to do!
Donie: Hm.
I so so much wanted Donie (the interviewer) to go “Bzzzzzzzzzt!” I’m sorry, the answer was ‘sheep’. ‘Sheep’ is what God was looking for there. I’m afraid you’ve been disqualified."
There’s good along with the bad. A lot has to do with what translation you’re looking at, and from what context. It’s definitely ideally more like food for thought than explicit infallible instructions, though.
It is particularly galling that basically the me main reoccurring themes, are also the most studiously ignored lesson, which in my opinion are “mind your own business, be as kind as you can, and you are not qualified to judge people.” Republicans essentially behave in the complete opposite manor.
They must have amnesia. They forgot that I’m HIM.
And even if Jesus didn’t, who gives a flying fuck?
You know, they never stopped you from calling everyone ‘they/them’ and using their name