There are ways to use scripture to point out inconsistencies and absurdities without being a total asshole. But sometimes being an asshole is just such fuuuuuuuun.
Seriously? Unbelievers are the ones constantly shoving scripture at people who don't want to hear it?
Especially highly condensed ideas like "judge not" which is not always true. The bible allows lots of judging.
Does it make us look like hypocrites to someone who is locked into the theism paradigm?
7 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
There are ways to use scripture to point out inconsistencies and absurdities without being a total asshole. But sometimes being an asshole is just such fuuuuuuuun.
Bit of a mutual race to the bottom if you ask me.
There are ways to use scripture to point out inconsistencies and absurdities without being a total asshole. But sometimes being an asshole is just such fuuuuuuuun.
...which I imagine could be hard to reconcile with your willingness (as a Mod) to strive to be a cohering force of TFT TOU etc.
Bit of a mutual race to the bottom if you ask me.
To remind someone who pretends to be an adherent to Christ that they aren't following what he told them to do? How so?
Bit of a mutual race to the bottom if you ask me.
To remind someone who pretends to be an adherent to Christ that they aren't following what he told them to do? How so?
Competing with one another to see who's hermeneutic can be the dodgiest.
Contextless quotes are inherently dodgy.Competing with one another to see who's hermeneutic can be the dodgiest.
There is no interpretation involved in that passage. Jesus is admonishing, not offering a parable. Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
Contextless quotes are inherently dodgy.Competing with one another to see who's hermeneutic can be the dodgiest.
There is no interpretation involved in that passage. Jesus is admonishing, not offering a parable. Do not judge, or you too will be judged.