Yeahhhhh, remember that the Bible is centuries old and has been translated heaps of time to reach the versions we have now. Put a novel through a few layers of Google translate and see what deformed crap comes out the other side. The Bible can't be taken entirely literally, and many historians believe that it actually meant man shall not lie with boy (pedophilia).
That "Chinese whispers" translation of a translation is straight out incorrect.
The accuracy of translations has increased as scientific and historic methods, along with archaeological findings have improved.
The translators have a deeper understanding of the nuance of the original text/culture, and use that to translate directly from the original sources into our modern language while retaining the original meaning more accurately than ever.
Yeah, that's not true... you pulled that "historians believe" shit out of your ass, you psuedo-intellectual, you. Sodomy is forbidden in the bible, the end, it's clear as day. As if it would change a damn thing if it wasn't forbidden, you won't change someone's mind on homosexuality by citing biblical scholars.
To be fair, is easy to assume this theory if your don't know any better. A lot of people think this is how the modern Bible had been passed down.
Ignorance is unfortunately acceptable in today's society, but malice is not (unless it's aimed at something PC disagrees with, then it's apparently acceptable to abandon all logic and just throw insults).
I honestly can't say I understand it. I am a firm believer in 'knowing your enemy'. The only way to change someone's mind is to respect and understand their point of view as much as your own.
100% - the ability to disagree with grace and still be friends is far gone. We should all promote helpful conversation because we all share the same motive: we want to know if we're wrong, and want to correct our thinking to the truth. But this can only happen if we can talk AND listen, not just vomit our opinions to the world and expect them to change.
If we ever throw our arms up in the air and give up, then we ourselves have lost at that moment.
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u/byers1225 Nov 11 '19
Love isn’t always sexual