• crackajack@reddthat.com
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    11 months ago

    The Bible, unsurprisingly, has contradiction though on the matter on how to worship. I can’t remember where they are but there is one line where people are encouraged to loudly proclaim their faith to god. Then another line stating to keep it in your home and show your love to god in your own way. I only realised that contradiction when I went to a prayer meeting of Pentecosts upon invitation. They were praying and singing loudly. Having been baptised Catholic, I was taught to pray solemnly and quietly so I just held my hands together (I didn’t actually pray as I am actually agnostic long ago). The pastor was bewildered with how I prayed and showed me the passage on the Bible stating to loudly proclaim belief in god, etc.

    The Bible is full of contradictions and that’s why you get different denominations and sects who worship the same god, but disagree on the finer details. Not knowing the finer details makes another sect think the other is heretic. Religious folks just pick and choose what they want to believe from contradictory religious texts, and judge others for not following what they think is the correct way.

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      11 months ago

      Yea, it’s almost like it’s actually a terrible book for morals and only those that actually read and comprehend it understand that. It’s archaelogically and anthropologically fascinating, but the dummies NEED to put it down.

    • Attaxalotl@ttrpg.network
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      11 months ago

      I consider myself Christian, I do not believe that the Bible is anything more than the world’s longest recorded game of telephone