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The texts largely don’t matter, Catholicism for example has very little to do with what’s there in the Bible.
by trasz 5y ago
The texts largely don’t matter, Catholicism for example has very little to do with what’s there in the Bible.
- gjsman-1000 5y agoA Catholic will firmly disagree with that belief.
- trasz 5y agoOnly the illiterate one.
- gjsman-1000 5y agoWrong. Here's a Catholic's Biblical Guide to Homosexuality and why it is not acceptable. They can read. They also can quote the original Greek. https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/the-bible-on-homosexual-behavior https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/the-bible-on...
- trasz 5y agoI’m sorry, but it’s a Christian equivalent of Flat Earth. There’s too much bullshit there to even start untangling it.
- gjsman-1000 5y agoOr maybe it disagrees with your worldview, you can't wrap your head around other people's beliefs and refuse to even try to understand where they may be coming from (making you a de-facto bigot), and you call it a name because you don't care to understand it or unwrap it.
- trasz 5y agoIt’s not about the worldview, it’s about understanding what’s written and realizing it’s all bullshit. In this particular case it’s about a fake criterium, which was only invented after deciding “shellfish good, gays bad” to provide an excuse.
- JumpCrisscross 5y agoThere are similar writings on women and children and animals, all now ignored. You don’t get a multi-millennia institution out of static principles.
- gjsman-1000 5y agoIt's addressed in the article. They've clearly thought about it even though we may disagree.