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submitted 8 months ago by afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

No we don't have to do that, not at all.

Floods happen, sometimes big floods happen, humans tend to live near water, so when big floods happen lots of humans die. The stories grow by being retold, eventually you get the mother of all floods stories.

I don't have to go through the Bible and try to salvage it. Arguing that this part is literal this part is analogy this part is metaphor this part is context specific. We have secular history and from there we can know what really happened. Now, the Bible is consistent on very little, homophobia is one of those things it is consistent on. The solution is not to be an apologist for the text. The solution is throw out that bronze age crap and be nice to the LGBT.

I did this crap when I was working my way out of religion and no one has to make the same mistakes I did. It wasn't really slavery, it wasn't really racism, it wasn't really genocide, it wasn't really homophobia, it wasn't really oppression...rip the band-aid off! It was slavery, it was racism, it was homophobia, it was brutal oppression.

[–] Aezora@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago

You don't have to do anything, true. Feel free to completely disregard the Bible.

That being said, don't pick up Lord of the Rings, ignore it's genre and declare it pointless because Hobbits don't exist. The Bible has so many genres, because its a collection of stories and books rather than a single book, and you probably aren't aware of most of those genres because they no longer exist.

Again, feel free to completely ignore the Bible if you'd like, but saying that it's a mistake for anyone to try and figure out what one of the most influential books in the history of mankind was originally intended to say is wrong.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Brilliant rebuttal. Won't make your vile children stories correct however.

Apologetics only comes in a few basic forms

The disproven
Convoluted versions of the disproven
Violence and mockery

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have debated with you before, and you were using Ehrman-level arguments to try and gymnastic your thoughts into believing that the Gospels were somehow not written by who they are attributed to. According to you, apologetics come to violence. On this platform I have seen people literally call for the wiping out of Christians, one even advocated wiping out all Christians, Jews and Muslims (that's 4 billion people). If you want to use mental gymnastics to try and convince yourself that the Bible is somehow not real so you don't have to worry about facing God, I won't stop you. But it doesn't make it any less real.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

"debate" is not how I would describe whatever it is you think you are doing.

If you want to use mental gymnastics to try and convince yourself that the Bible is somehow not real

Of course the Bible is real. It is as real as any other work of fiction. Batman and Jesus are equally real in sense that people can talk about them.

you don’t have to worry about facing God, I

There is no god and you are not a fucking mind-reader.

I won’t stop you.

Don't need your permission, Christian. Your lot ain't running things anymore. Can't exactly burn me at the stake.

Sorry not sorry that Jesus never existed and you are wasting your life on a 20 century old con.