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minus-squareblazera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down6·2 months agoI love JC, but words mean definitive things I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent There are no alternative interpretations, only self delusions to protect yourself from bigger questions
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoReligious texts are a choose your own adventure book, even for the fundamentalists that endorse the parts like that. All believers intentionally leave room for whatever they like.
minus-squaresfbing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoBut that wasn’t Jesus; it was Paul. Paul wrote a lot of stuff that is exactly opposite of the quotes attributed to Jesus.
I love JC, but words mean definitive things
There are no alternative interpretations, only self delusions to protect yourself from bigger questions
Religious texts are a choose your own adventure book, even for the fundamentalists that endorse the parts like that. All believers intentionally leave room for whatever they like.
But that wasn’t Jesus; it was Paul. Paul wrote a lot of stuff that is exactly opposite of the quotes attributed to Jesus.