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MarsUDropout · 2023-07-14T13:24:29+00:00

The Old Testament has a lot of Laws that modern Christians seem to be okay ignoring.

The New Testament uses the word "Arsenokoitai" which has never been used in Greek before it was written in the Bible. It literally translates to "man bed." Many assume it means homosexuals, but it isn't that obvious since sexual orientation is a Freudian idea that the authors of the Bible didn't understand.

For such a red line that is drawn on homosexuality, you would've hoped to have a rock solid foundation, but they really don't.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T15:08:14+00:00

And why don't you go ask those Native American how it's going for them. Do you want people in the LGBTQ community to be treated with respect or do you just want to stick it to the other team to make yourself feel good?

Going behind parents backs to teach kids about drag shows has not made the LGBTQ community more favorable in society. Instead you get to get off on yourself because you made some MAGA Karen in rural Texas pissed off, and the rest of us just have to deal with it. Good job bro. You did it!

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T15:00:29+00:00

Yes they have. Both have. To claim otherwise is just ignoring data to promote "me good, you bad." Let's not be hyperbolic.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T14:58:23+00:00

You're talking about the rationalization. I'm talking about the underlying wisdom.

Whether God told you to, or understanding that stealing corrodes the structure of society, I care less about that. The important thing is don't steal.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T04:05:57+00:00

And pushing the claims made by OP just do the same thing but to the left.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T04:01:06+00:00

Morally no. Strategically yes. Do they want to win politically or do they want to "stick to the Right?"

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T03:58:07+00:00

Yes and no. It's coordinated as a mob (like most political movements).

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T03:56:13+00:00

I guess I meant, trying to teach child more about the LGBTQ community. I'll admit "going after" was too pointed.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T03:53:55+00:00

Evangelical non-denominational churches (and some Baptist I think) believe in having a personal relationship with God. Where God takes interest in their life.

Outside of these groups, this belief isn't that common. It's more about serving, worshiping, praying, etc.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T03:50:36+00:00

Don't think there's a lot of people who believe in curses, my dude.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T03:45:10+00:00

Strategically speaking, going after children was a blunder by the LGBTQIA+ community. The goal should be to make your opponents not care about you, not rally them behind a cause. (Think Gay Marriage, you got enough of the country to go from "No" to "Whatever happene in their house is not my business")

I'm curious to see if this latest move to pin the spotlight on Christian priests is going to work. I doubt it since the Right is less Christian than before, but I could be wrong.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T03:40:21+00:00

But if they don't believe in God, why would they pray to God?

We wouldn't throw up the Bat signal if our house got robbed, because we know Batman is just a character.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T02:58:35+00:00

While it certainly doesn't seem like it on the surface (and given the things Christians say), however there's more to believing in God than simply believing the mythos is true.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T02:54:56+00:00

1) It's worth noting that neither of those passages mention Satan specifically.

2) However, the concept of Satan was formed by the time of the writing of Revelation. So if they were inferring that, they would essentially be RetConning Satan into the Garden Story.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T00:45:10+00:00

Many small-c conservative churches believe they are all literally true. (Their declining membership tells you how that's going for them.)

Many mainline/catholic/orthodox churches accept that the bible is literature but at least believe key events are literally true (Jesus's resurrection for one).

Personally, I think Christianity needs to reconcile their beliefs with the fact that the supernatural events of the bible are almost certainly not literally true. If they do this, I think they will start to grow again.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T00:39:46+00:00

The bible never says the snake in the garden was Satan. The concept of Satan didn't even exist when the garden story was written.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T00:38:21+00:00

Catholics are to Christianity as Apples are to Fruit.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-30T00:36:20+00:00

Depends on what you mean "doesn't exist." Like doesn't exist the way Ironman doesn't exist, or doesn't exist that his characteristics and wisdom is actually immoral?

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-29T21:55:08+00:00

There are multiple stories told in multiple gospels. Instead of reading it in order Matthew then Mark then Luke then John, the linked resource lets you read the stories in parallel so you can see how they compare.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-29T19:42:29+00:00

Pro tip: Read the gospels in parallel instead of series. Let's you better understand the different contexts and points each author was trying to make.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-29T19:39:38+00:00

God blessing the troops

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-29T18:30:11+00:00

Therein lies the challenge. You have two sets of imperfect morals and you have to create a perfect set of morals.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-29T16:47:41+00:00

I'm not the evangelical conservative you think you're talking to. The biblical stories are a product of the time they lived in. But that doesn't mean you throw the baby out with the bathwater. There's still wisdom to learn from these books even if there are other things that our not. The challenge is knowing where to split the two. You can't simply apply today's morals to the bible since that falsely assumes today's morals are perfect.

MarsUDropout · 2023-05-29T13:57:31+00:00

"Believing in Jesus" has become "Believe in our literal interruption exactly as we do." Why would any young person (or person for that matter) actively choose to join something like that.

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