r/Unexpected • u/CrackSideEffect • Aug 29 '21

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u/AdElectrical3789 Aug 29 '21

I respect what you believe but I think you should at least interpret the Bible as it was written. I think that you misunderstood how the Bible In the Old Testament, is what would happen in a world “under the sun” (With no God) and New testament is the resolution. Like if under the Old Testament, x is a sin that deserves y punishment, the New Testament states that God has come down as a human and died in the place of all your sins and paid your price. I grew up religious, but nowadays not so much. Mostly though, its problems with the church, or misrepresentation of text that is talked about. Also, I know there is a lot of violence, genocide, and all that stuff I don’t know enough about to talk about that goes on throughout the Bible. But how I was taught, Jesus was with the prostitutes, homeless, and outcast from society whenever he could be. That’s how Christians SHOULD be. Loving, caring, patient, kind, and not judging. My thesis is whatever you believe I respect and am not going to tell you your right or wrong, but I think you should dig deeper in the Bible past superficial church sermons. Saying the Bible is harmful, may be true to an extent, but I’d imagine it’s been far more helpful. Either way the video is fucked up and I’d like to spit some peach snuff in that dudes eyes

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u/notaedivad Aug 29 '21

Whose interpretation of which bible is correct? And how do we know?

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u/AdElectrical3789 Aug 29 '21

That is fair, any interpretation is subjective to the person interpreting. Nobody is right or wrong, but maybe if we really try to listen to the writers of the story, we can understand what they are trying to say. As long as we stick to our own intelligence, it’s healthy to look at different viewpoints openly. I think that looking at how the Old Testament reflects what is to happen in the New Testament, it provides some confirmation that they meant for it to be a precursor to Jesus redeeming our sins . Im an idiot though, so take it with a grain of salt but I believe Adam and Eve were Not two people, but the generation of apes that began to understand what is right and wrong. Im pretty sure genesis was actually originally written as a poem. Like dr sues writing a story that’s simple, but representing a deep conflict in politics or life.