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[–] Buddahriffic 42 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It would be nice if we could see a day where people drop the entire Bible from their list of reasons why people should or shouldn't do things.

You know, instead of just the parts that aren't convenient to them like they do now.

[–] FlyingSquid 32 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I especially love how they cherry-pick from the Old Testament. How much bacon do you think Greg Kelly eats in an average year?

And then there's their hero Trump. How many of the "big ten" has he violated at this point?

[–] Buddahriffic 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The whole "I hate you because you don't follow the Bible!" schtick goes directly against what Jesus taught. It's like the whole identity of the "religious right".

[–] FlyingSquid 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The fun thing is they claim Matthew 5:17-18 says that Jesus claims you don't have to follow Jewish law when it says the exact opposite:

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

He comes to fulfill, but he hasn't actually done it yet. And the Bible never says he does, so the presumption is it happens when he returns.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

wasn't pauls letter to the hebrews in direct contradiction with your interpretation?

[–] FlyingSquid 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wow, Paul contradicted Jesus?! Holy fuck! That never happens in anything else Paul ever wrote!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

it's not clear he contradicted jesus, only cranakis' interpretation of jesus

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's not my interpretation. Even Martin Luther didn't believe Paul wrote Hebrews.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

i was referring to your interpretation of what jesus said.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I didn't talk about what Jesus said.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Hebrews was almost certainly not written by Paul. However it's purpose does indeed seem to be to assure the early Jewish converts to Christianity that they could more selectively follow the laws of the OT/Torah. The author accomplishes this by using 3 verses from Genesis to "prove" that anytime Jesus's teachings contradict Moses, Jesus wins.

Edit: It's an incredibly shaky argument. Genesis 14:17-20 . Look that verse up and then try to make it make sense.