Exevolt Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Ok me and my friends were talking about the girl who got raped and parents demanded she marry her rapist. I spoke of how in Deuteronomy it states " If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days." Or to something of that accord. The Southern Baptist in our XBL Party sighs heavily and says "This is why everyone hates christians, they take the bible literally." To which I just go "How else should you take that!?" he answered "*Siiiigh* It was translated wrong! It was what NOT to do!" which if you read Deuteronomy you'd see how lovely it is written with nothing mentioning NOT to do this... THAT'S why I hate some christians, they don't even know their own book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRoper Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Who takes the bible more literally than Southern Baptists? Sounds like he doesn't even know his own denomination. I doubt that was translated wrong, unless he's still reading the KJV. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivist Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Gawd! The things people do to extinguish cognitive dissonance. Face/palm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3DollarBill Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 You want some severe cognitive dissonance...just recently a family member claimed that god never killed anybody in the bible. Not that he was justified in doing it, they actually claimed it wasn't in there. 2 million total on a low estimate, so more than Hussein, Pol Pot, and Mussolini combined but still less than Stalin. Easy to overlook I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherJosh Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 The Southern Baptist in our XBL Party sighs heavily and says "This is why everyone hates christians, they take the bible literally." To which I just go "How else should you take that!?" he answered "*Siiiigh* It was translated wrong! It was what NOT to do!" which if you read Deuteronomy you'd see how lovely it is written with nothing mentioning NOT to do this... So, if that was translated wrong, what else was? Oh! Only the parts he disagrees with?? Funny. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thought2Much Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 The Southern Baptist in our XBL Party sighs heavily and says "This is why everyone hates christians, they take the bible literally." To which I just go "How else should you take that!?" he answered "*Siiiigh* It was translated wrong! It was what NOT to do!" which if you read Deuteronomy you'd see how lovely it is written with nothing mentioning NOT to do this... So, if that was translated wrong, what else was? Oh! Only the parts he disagrees with?? Funny. It's just like the people who claim that "wine" was a mistranslation of "grape juice." Okay, so if that was mistranslated, how do I trust how any other word in the Bible was translated? Hmmm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TrueFreedom Posted June 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted June 21, 2012 Is educated society reaching a point where only dumb-shits like this remain Christians? Or maybe they only think that they are Christians, and they are really members of the love cult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRoper Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Is educated society reaching a point where only dumb-shits like this remain Christians? Or maybe they only think that they are Christians, and they are really members of the love cult. You are killing me with the love cult!! I hear there is some land near Waco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TrueFreedom Posted June 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted June 21, 2012 Is educated society reaching a point where only dumb-shits like this remain Christians? Or maybe they only think that they are Christians, and they are really members of the love cult. You are killing me with the love cult!! I hear there is some land near Waco. Howard Stern is a member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GardenerGal Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 So caveman-style! Me like woman, me want her, will club her and take her home and make her mine. Ah, be still, my heart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilith666 Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Ok me and my friends were talking about the girl who got raped and parents demanded she marry her rapist. I spoke of how in Deuteronomy it states " If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days." Or to something of that accord. The Southern Baptist in our XBL Party sighs heavily and says "This is why everyone hates christians, they take the bible literally." To which I just go "How else should you take that!?" he answered "*Siiiigh* It was translated wrong! It was what NOT to do!" which if you read Deuteronomy you'd see how lovely it is written with nothing mentioning NOT to do this... THAT'S why I hate some christians, they don't even know their own book. Ask him who told him that it was translated wrong. Xians will come up with all sorts of rubbish to save X's face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRoper Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Is educated society reaching a point where only dumb-shits like this remain Christians? Or maybe they only think that they are Christians, and they are really members of the love cult. You are killing me with the love cult!! I hear there is some land near Waco. Howard Stern is a member. Ha! No way. LOL... He has a hot model wife and is strictly a one woman guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRoper Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Ok me and my friends were talking about the girl who got raped and parents demanded she marry her rapist. I spoke of how in Deuteronomy it states " If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days." Or to something of that accord. The Southern Baptist in our XBL Party sighs heavily and says "This is why everyone hates christians, they take the bible literally." To which I just go "How else should you take that!?" he answered "*Siiiigh* It was translated wrong! It was what NOT to do!" which if you read Deuteronomy you'd see how lovely it is written with nothing mentioning NOT to do this... THAT'S why I hate some christians, they don't even know their own book. Ask him who told him that it was translated wrong. Xians will come up with all sorts of rubbish to save X's face. Ask him to translate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TrueFreedom Posted June 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted June 21, 2012 Is educated society reaching a point where only dumb-shits like this remain Christians? Or maybe they only think that they are Christians, and they are really members of the love cult. You are killing me with the love cult!! I hear there is some land near Waco. Howard Stern is a member. Ha! No way. LOL... He has a hot model wife and is strictly a one woman guy. Yah--me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator TrueFreedom Posted June 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted June 21, 2012 Yah--me too. Ok, she's not a model, but yah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRoper Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Yeah, and my husband...LOL...I'm not a model but I play one on TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdaddy Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 So caveman-style! Me like woman, me want her, will club her and take her home and make her mine. Ah, be still, my heart! You're turnin me on with your Neolithic dirty talk GG! Baaaaaaad little heathen you ! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingLife Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 I am sure 95+% of christians have never read the bible in its entirety. The bible in a year shit is a guide to read and understand it the way they want you to understand it, these are NOT helpful guides and even if folk do this, they simply filter the bad out via a confirmation bias. Only when you decide to say, "OK I am going to read this objectively does the crap come to light. The age old excuse of, "well that was another time in history" is used to sweep the uncomfortable shit under the carpet of inconvenience. There is no hope for these folk as they are locked in their delusion and only look for stuff to affirm their silly beliefs. Remember, most of did it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRoper Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 I am sure 95+% of christians have never read the bible in its entirety. The bible in a year shit is a guide to read and understand it the way they want you to understand it, these are NOT helpful guides and even if folk do this, they simply filter the bad out via a confirmation bias. Only when you decide to say, "OK I am going to read this objectively does the crap come to light. The age old excuse of, "well that was another time in history" is used to sweep the uncomfortable shit under the carpet of inconvenience. There is no hope for these folk as they are locked in their delusion and only look for stuff to affirm their silly beliefs. Remember, most of did it too. You know when I went to seminary and they taught us how to read the bible, they told us to leave our preconceived notions behind and let the bible say what it says. I let the bible change me, because reading it that way made me an unbeliever. It saddened me that most of my fellow seminarians didn't have the same experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelHappy Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Is educated society reaching a point where only dumb-shits like this remain Christians? I am sure 95+% of christians have never read the bible in its entirety. The bible in a year shit is a guide to read and understand it the way they want you to understand it, these are NOT helpful guides and even if folk do this, they simply filter the bad out via a confirmation bias. This is it, the smart people who remain christians usually do so because they either become a less literal version of christian but most of the time they just don't care enough to really study their faith. I think one thing I often see around here are people who wanted to dig deeper into their faith and really study it, only to have the study shred their christian beliefs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingLife Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 I think for a lot, the exposure to the truths of origins is a shocker and to realise, stuff like exodus never happened and alas everything they were told was true is not. For most that do not engage in religious discussions, they probably hold onto it for "cultural" reasons (if one can call it that?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsRoper Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Some people feel like they can look at all the stories as if they are allegories, in a kind of Joseph Campbell way. I struggle with that because, especially with the NT, things were intended to be theological not allegorical & I feel like that is changing the author or redactors intent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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