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Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered israfilled wrote:
That Mary Magdalene was a prostitute. A pope conflated her with Mary of Bethany and an unnamed "sinful woman," because he didn't like the fact that a woman was important to Jesus and wanted to discredit her.

gentlybeepingheart responded:
Mary Magdalene was, according to the Bible, a wealthy woman who chose to support Jesus from her own resources out of gratitude for him driving demons from her. This was problematic to that Pope because it didn't quite fit what women were supposed to be like.

Mary, mother of Jesus, was important because she had been chosen specifically by God to bear Jesus and that was her main role. Mary of Bethany was the one who anointed Jesus' feet with perfume and her hair because of him saving her brother. Mary Magdalene chose to follow and support Jesus of her own free will. Mary Magdalene was successful and was not acting in response to the actions/status of a male guardian. This independence was not what the Pope and that society wanted from women, so they decided she was a prostitute. She followed Jesus instead of getting married and bearing children because nobody would marry a prostitute, not because of her own beliefs.

israfilled , Jules & Jenny Report

Final score:

326points

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ShriSha Kamboj 2 years ago

yet again casting women to be lower than men and punishing them for their "crimes"...........and also a controversial opinion......prostitute is not supposed to be an insult....gigolo isn't...

84points

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered That money is the root of all evil. The correct quote is actually the *love* of money.

Pixxel_Wizzard , Keith Cooper Report

Final score:

315points

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Chimmels 2 years ago

In 1942 the bible was changed to saying “a man who lies with a man is a sin” before it was “ a man who lies wit a CHILD is a sin” so i guess jesus hates pedos

83points

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered That people who commit suicide go to Hell.

acl2244 , Eric.Ray Report

Final score:

286points

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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

I think people got this one from Dante's Inferno.

80points

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered “Thou shalt hate the gays. Forget all of thy commandments specifically when dealing with queer folk, and thee will be blessed with a Facebook group.”

MQ116 , Per Pettersson Report

Final score:

285points

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Thorfin Wolfsbane 2 years ago

Disciple: "should we love even gay people?" Jesus: "Yes, we should love even those who ask stupid questions"

185points

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered The_Max_V wrote:
All those people that think they're better than the rest because they openly demonstrate they're SO religious? The Bible literally say to pray and worship In secret.

beththebookgirl responded:
And, if I remember correctly, to do good deeds privately.

giosaraiv replied:
Yup. "But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you." Mathew 6:3-4.

The_Max_V , brett jordan Report

Final score:

273points

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Huddo's sister 2 years ago

Doing good deeds should be in secret, as getting praise from others for them defeats the purpose. Celebrating God can be done in public, but it is often more powerful to worship with one or two people in private than publicly claiming you know the truth. In other words you can have more meaningful impact sharing the word of God through the way you treat others and live your life than being someone who constantly tells people they should be doing x,y,z because that is what God wants. (I don't know if that last part makes sense)

52points

gentlybeepingheart , Spencer Means Report

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered Most stuff about Satan and Hell. He doesn't actually show up that much in the Bible and most stuff about him is taken from other previous cultures like Hades. Most of what people think of Hell is from Dante's Inferno.

Final score:

237points

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𝖊𝖆 2 years ago

Also! Lucifer is not the name of the Devil, It is a translation of the Hebrew word heh·lelʹ, literal meaning is “shining one.” Heh·lelʹ is not a name or a title but, a term describing the boastful position taken by Babylon’s dynasty of kings of the line of Nebuchadnezzar.

43points

RodMunch85 , contemplativechristian Report

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered RodMunch85 wrote:
The seven deadly sins

Shadrach451 replied:
However, listed in Proverbs 6:16-19 are "Seven Things God Hates" and people should maybe pay some attention to those. These are almost definitely the source of what people later construed into The Seven Deadly Sins.

I should point out that Proverbs is not a book of the law, per say. So, it's not the same as calling these things "sins". But six things "The Lord Hates" and Seven he Detests should not be taken lightly.

Proverbs 6:16
There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

I feel like these are particularly meaningful in today's world, and Christians especially should be paying attention. There is a strong emphasis on that last item. It's highlighted in the wording. Stirring up conflict in the community is directly in opposition to the nature of God, and that sort of division is deeply embedded in our American culture right now. God hates division.

Final score:

225points

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JayBird 2 years ago

One thing I find funny as an atheist is that according to the christian bible some of us are closer to God in our ways than a lot of those who call themselves christians today. No disrespect intended. Please forgive my english - from Sweden.

162points

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered So many Christian and Non-Christian alike get “goodness” and “worthiness” wrong. People somehow got to thinking that being Christian makes you good and that believing Jesus makes you somehow less fallible or more worthy in some regard. The entire Christian belief is that humans and humanity is so completely corrupted and beyond redemption by themselves that they required Jesus to come to atone for their sins. That doesn’t mean that they’re inherently better once they believe in Jesus nor does it believe they have increased worth amongst humans as a result. Christians should be the ones who recognize that they’re the beyond redemption and need Jesus and should NOT be parading their beliefs as if they’re better than someone who doesn’t believe the same thing. This is entirely contradictory to the entire purpose of Jesus in the Christian lore. Even still, Christians use their beliefs as a prop to hate on Abortion Clinics or for some to even go on “mission trips” to people less fortunate with a seriously effed up attitude that “I’m better than them and they need my service”. I see it all the time. It’s their moment to be better than someone and it sickens me to see people pretend to be better in the name of Christianity.

OscarDivine , Marco Report

Final score:

199points

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Imogene Cargeaux 2 years ago

Dude. Thank you. I have been talking about this for yrs . Mostly bcuz I grew up kinda poor n I went to a very good catholic school (my grandma left the Catholic school tuition $ in a trust for us when she died bcuz she was very religious n demanded we learn the ways of the lord) so I had to go to school with all the rich kids. N don't get me wrong I got a very good education but I was treated like a charity case. Ppl would bring me their old clothes, announce it to the class like they were the nicest ppl for doing so, PARENTS DID THIS S**T TOO! N all the other parents/students would be like "omg Karen, you're such a good Catholic.. god is going to reward u for being so compassionate." the biggest problem was that WE WERENT THAT POOR nor did my family EVER ask for a damn thing from ppl. Nor did we announce we weren't wealthy. We just lived in a small house so everyone assumed we needed to be their charity show Pony. It was so disgusting n so embarrassing. Also....

75points

#10

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered That people become Angels when they die. Nope.

COAZRanger , Howard Lifshi*z Report

Final score:

188points

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Deth Invictus 2 years ago

Angels are terrifying creatures that in no way resemble humans.

124points

#11

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered That Satan is in any way in charge of torture in hell.

derizen , Cahroi Report

Final score:

175points

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𝖊𝖆 2 years ago

The word hell in Hebrew didn’t exist, Sheol translates best as grave. It was a place for the dead. “ the dead know nothing at all… all memory of them is forgotten” Ecc 9:5. In the Greek scriptures the term ‘fiery Gehenna’ is used. Gehenna was a literal place outside the gates of Jerusalem where refuse was burned, as well as the carcasses of animals that had been used in sacrifice or ones that were diseased etc. Everyone was familiar with it. On occasion, criminals were given the severest punishment by having their bodies burned there too, AFTER their death. This was severe as Jews carried a lot of significance with burials. It represented they were destroyed, eternally, and likened to refuse. Whenever the Greek scriptures refer to someone going to fiery Gehenna, it represented this shameful cremation after death. It never had any meaning whatsoever to torture, being burned alive, or their soul being held in an afterlife.

83points

#12

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered Kind of a reverse of the question, but a lot of people pretend that "taking the Lord's name in vain" isn't about using other people's faith against them in order to acquire ridiculous wealth, privilege, and power. God most certainly does not approve of people like Joel Osteen and Kenneth Copeland and any of the other mega millionaire preachers but tons of Christians ignore it because it's "spreading Christianity".

Surfing_Ninjas , asbruff Report

Final score:

157points

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El muerto 2 years ago

that's from the old testament. Jews are not permitted to say the name of god aloud. they use other terms, like calling him god or lord

22points

#13

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered That Eve eats an “apple”

Kiwipecosa , Gaby Altenberger Report

Final score:

150points

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Deth Invictus 2 years ago

Yup, the fruit of forbidden knowledge isn't even named.

60points

#14

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered CaesarWrap said:
That god wants your sports team to win.

PokemonMaster619 responded:
Leviticus 15:22. “And the Lord said, “Go, Lions!”

CaesarWrap , Daniel Lewis Report

Final score:

147points

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Two_rolling_black_eyes 2 years ago

The book of Daniel shows God is not a Lions fan. He does seem to like Rams though.

5points

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#15

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered The levels of hell. Dante wrote about his journey through hell. The levels are not biblical.

maruffin , Jill Report

Final score:

141points

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Leo Domitrix 2 years ago

Dante also chose the numbers based on, essentially, superstition.

26points

#16

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered God helps those who help themselves, that actually comes from the Greek myths, Aesop’s fable "Hercules and the Waggoner." where a guy was having trouble with a muddy road and was praying Hercules for help, Hercules appeared and told him how to help himself, the moral being thee gods help those who help themselves.

aume3 , oatsy40 Report

Final score:

134points

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Not a Made up Name 2 years ago

This is also present in Hindu Pauranic Scriptures.

24points

#17

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered "Neither a borrower nor a lender be"

I have had a minister 'quote' that to me as a Bible quote.

It's from Hamlet.

Edit: Lots of comments about the bible having stuff like this. Yes I know but a quote is a quote and from a christian professional you would at least expect an accurate quote from the bible but this is as wrong as quoting Hamlet and saying "Alas Poor Yorik, I knew him well"

Magnus_40 , Hilary Perkins Report

Final score:

130points

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Hugh Willie Mungous 2 years ago

The English language is liberally sprinkled with words invented by Shakespeare and with many of his pithy writings that have become our sayings.

15points

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#18

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered "Not all who wander are lost."

-Tolkien 29:17

Kill3rT0fu , summonedbyfells Report

Final score:

123points

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Ozacoter 2 years ago (edited)

I didnt remember Tolkien being in the Bible ;)

38points

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Tiny Dynamine 2 years ago

He's in the Middle Testament.

34points

Bacony Cakes 2 years ago

He's in the sequel. Bible 2: Now with cool explosions.

9points

Invisible Potato 2 years ago

He wrote one, Silmarillion

2points

Miss Cris 2 years ago

He wrote it.

1point

Miss Cris 2 years ago

I'm from Spain. Here, in the Middle Ages, there were three book religions (judaism, islam and christianism) fighting and living together. Winners (sometimes ones, sometimes others) made laws and people should indeed show which was their religion, like eating porc in public. Still today our gastronomy is plenty of porc dishes!

5points

Mary Peace 2 years ago

Didn't you say this earlier? I remember you spelt pork with a c instead of a k.

0points

Dillon Hughes 2 years ago

I have never heard anyone claim that was in the bible....

3points

Aroha 2 years ago

Me neither! Genuinely curious who would think this is from the Bible...

1point

Hugh Walter 2 years ago

In the unedited pre-James 1st Bibles, after the nativity and the leaving of Bethlehem, the 'Dragons' bow down before the Little Baby Jesus and the hills part to ease their flight from Herod, so Tolkien probably did write parts of it!

2points

Mary Peace 2 years ago

It would have to have been Tolkien's great-great-great-and so on grandad, then.

0points

Atero 2 years ago

If I had a choice which author put on the pedestal replacing bible - it wouldn't be Tolkien but Terry Pratchett.

2points

_-DungeonKeeper-_ 2 days ago

The difference between the Lord of the Rings and the bible? One is a great book that everyone should read. The other is the bible.

0points

Matthew Franks 2 years ago

Though Tolkien was pretty involved in a Bible translation … New Jerusalem, I believe.

0points

Doc Thissen 2 years ago

This needs to be upvoted to #1.

0points

GoddessOdd 2 years ago

in the Apocrypha apparently

0points

bumble bee 2 years ago

I never heard this being attributed to the Bible. Another misconception

0points

#19

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered The vegan teacher says that being vegan is being closer to God because he doesn't want animals to die even though God was the first one to murk an animal

iwillgiveyouup , Max Kiesler Report

Final score:

123points

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Nikki Sevven 2 years ago

The vegan teacher hasn't read her Old Testament.

74points

heyitsmeur_username , George Bannister Report

#20

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered My brother has a friend that will argue with you that Jesus said in the Bible "Do as I say, not as I do".

Final score:

114points

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Sky Render 2 years ago

Now THAT would be a very bad message for a "savior" to tout!

50points

#21

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered el_muerte17 wrote:
"This, too, shall pass" isn't in the Bible at all.

meowtiger replied:
for clarity: it most likely originated from one of three noted 11th-13th century persian poets

el_muerte17 , alex.ch Report

Final score:

114points

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rumade 2 years ago

I thought it was a Gandalf quote 🤐

51points

crazyisthenewnormal , Ungry Young Man Report

#22

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered Half the s**t Shakespeare said.

Final score:

104points

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ShriSha Kamboj 2 years ago

yes please

14points

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#23

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered That Noah took two of each animal into the Ark.

He took 14: 7 male and 7 female of clean creatures and only a pair of unclean animals.

Gen 7:2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

Give that he sacrificed one of each of the clean animals that would be quite a facepalm if he only had a pair.

Gen 8:20 And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Magnus_40 , Denise Womack-Avila Report

Final score:

104points

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Rijkærd 2 years ago

The entire flood story is pure hogwash when they try to make it seem like the entire world was submerged...I'd like to know what they meant by the "entire world"....

35points

#24

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered That angels are humans with wings. They're not. As far as I remember there are some depictions of them in the Revelation but not in much detail (I'm pretty sure that the four animals next to the throne aren't angels, but I may be wrong on that).

Tilian1986 , Anastasia Intishar Report

Final score:

102points

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Zedrapazia 2 years ago

The biblical angel is some circling Sauron with many eyes, rings and wings.

35points

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#25

Someone Online Asked, ‘What Do People Pretend Is In The Bible But Is Absolutely Not In The Bible?’ And 25 People Delivered Pythia007 said:
That Jesus said anything about children suffering. “Suffer the children to come unto me” means to allow them.

mcoombes314 responded:
Yeah, the word "suffer" is a weird one where the meaning has changed so much that it doesn't make sense in modern English. Same goes with "thou shalt not suffer a witch to live".

Pythia007 , Ben Onken Report

Final score:

93points

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Thorfin Wolfsbane 2 years ago

I would be willing to bet that Jesus never ever said the words 'suffer' or 'children'. Pretty sure he spoke Aramaic.

42points

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

Believe what you want. Discuss what is and is not in the religious text of your choice. So long as your beliefs don't become laws I have to live by.

55points

Lyone Fein 2 years ago

Amen

18points

Lovin' Life 2 years ago (edited)

I am a Christian, but we are all free to believe and worship as we wish. I try to do things to live a Christian life but never try to suffocate or push my beliefs on anyone. I just read my Bible and do good things, not for recognition, and live the way I feel I am supposed to live in accordance with God's word. Your religion is as important to you as mine is to me. I respect you all. Therefore I have made no comment in this post but it was a good read. Hugs and love to all.❤

27points

just another drone 2 years ago

The problem is what you think are "good things" are not always good things. Plenty of Christians think they're doing good when they force gay kids into conversion therapy, or think they're doing good when they protest abortions. Religion is the main source of evil in this world.

21points

Squiddles 2 years ago

Speaking of junk that’s not in the Bible…abortion is a biggie where you gotta really twist it to make it seem like it’s mentioned at all.

2points

Moxxie️‍️️‍ The Queer 2 years ago

you seem like a good person🥰

4points

Monica Pryts 2 years ago

What about those who don't practice religion?

0points

Colin Leamon 2 years ago

Well said. I just made one comment (degrees of hell - but some will suffer more than others)

0points

Mewton’s Third Paw 2 years ago (edited)

I saw one of your comments on one of the posts above about Job and Satan. “ And Job never lost his patience and his faith and love for God remained intact.” What an odd thing to lie about.

0points

Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago

Whatever religious text you believe, take it with a grain of salt. The words you read aren't the words of God. They are the interpretation of what someone long ago thought was a gods will, and those words have been filtered through time and the minds of people, who we know are very capable of being corrupted. How many things have been changed, added or removed to benefit someone or some group? And no one would know because much of the population was illiterate Only the rulers and the clergy would know when there was a change here or there...

23points

Daria B 2 years ago (edited)

"Whatever religious text you believe, take it with a grain of salt." I second that. But this goes beyond religion. Everything you hear, even when presented as "fact", has to be taken with a grain of salt. Never stop questioning, comparing, hearing more sides of the same story and from different points of view. Even "scientifically approved" information can become obsolete with new discoveries.

10points

ERIKA H. 2 years ago

Absolutely true. It's why i describe myself as spiritual but not religious. I personally believe in a higher entity, but I don't believe in religion.

4points

Olga Dremina 2 years ago

"Saint Spirit ain't got a pen"

1point

Om 2 years ago (edited)

that's my main issue with the bible. After so many edits it had, not to mention everything that was lost between translations, it's hard to trust what it says. Even if we all knew the original language it was written with, and had the unedited texts, we couldn't know for sure what the authors meant almost 2000 years ago, because we're not living in that place and time. And even if we did know what they meant, we still don't know if they were just making up everything lol In the end, people is blindly trusting stuff made/written by humans, like any of us. No different than worshipping that Dante's Inferno this post talked so much about.

0points

Shane S 2 years ago

This is why I LOVE Quakers. Quakers basically have an outlook of “whatever you believe, is true to you. And that’s all that matters”

0points

Brandy Grote 2 years ago

That women should stay home. Proverbs praises a good woman who works in her fields, then goes into town and sells her goods, and talks to people, who praise her to her husband.

11points

Mewton’s Third Paw 2 years ago

Doesn’t it also say that women can’t lead in church and shouldn’t speak in church?

-3points

WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

Thank God I'm an atheist so I can lead my life as god intended.

8points

Lara Verne 2 years ago

A lot of christians never read the Bible.

8points

Aroha 2 years ago

"Hate the sin, not the sinner". Gandhi ;)

7points

Dave In MD 2 years ago

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

1point

SilentBob731 2 years ago

Rarely has a book of fairy tales done so much damage.

5points

Paul Mitchell 2 years ago

I can think of another that's not much better...

-1point

Lilith the Demon Panda 2 years ago

but to be fair - bible and christian mythology are just modifications of much older religions, much older mythologies... it doesnt matter what bible says because it was already twisted from the original story... so what, someone made up a myth, a story that became a legend, it evolved over the centuries and at some point someone wrote it down... but it kept evolving and now our mythology is also different from what was written down... someone changed things on purpose to fit their agenda, some got lost in translations or during the retelling the stories from generation to generation... but all that already happened with the bible too

4points

miss miss 2 years ago

Thank you panda for addressing God without politics. This was very good

3points

Ben Moss 2 years ago

Surprised nobody pointed out the Bible says nothing against abortion

3points

BorPand8 2 years ago

I read somewhere (not the Bible probably) that ancient Jewish women used to 'purify themselves' before marriage by drinking myrrh dissolved in wine. Myrrh is an abortifacient.

1point

Sean Harrison 2 years ago

My experiences with people that have religion have taught me that the more religious the person professes to be, the less they know about their own religion.

3points

Shane S 2 years ago

When I see a Bible verse in an email signature, I instantly know the person is going to be incredibly hard to work with and usually a b word.

2points

ZAPanda 2 years ago

Wow amazing how religion as a topic gets everyone engaged with the post!

3points

KimB 2 years ago

I've always liked the fact that we are free to chose to believe what we want and practice our beliefs openly without persecution. I always make a point to remember that it's not like that in every country in the world. I think a lot of people take that for granted.

2points

GoddessOdd 2 years ago

I've always thought you could sum up almost every religion with just a few basic tenets. Be loving and kind, be charitable, be helpful, strive to be better than you are. I am no religious scholar by any means, but when I read comparative religions decades ago, I was struck by the many similarities.

2points

Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago

Boom...I really think you hit the nail on the head right here. I think alot of those basic things you mentioned should be what we take from religions, and I mean all of them.Sum it all up with "Be cool to each other, help each other, don't be an ass, try to be a better person..."All the weird nit picky rules and laws are someone trying to push and agenda or something.

1point

Emalee Jarrett 2 years ago

tbh mist the christians i know don’t believe any of this…

2points

digitalin 2 years ago

Here's a few more: 1) The Bible never says how many wise men there are in the Christmas story. It mentions three gifts, but not the number of people. 2) The wise men did not visit the stable, as depicted in many pictures today. They visited after, possibly a year later.

2points

Walking On Sunshine 2 years ago

Who's dumb enough to believe fiction?!?!?!

2points

ZAPanda 2 years ago

Approximately 93% of the planet.

1point

Sasquatch The Almighty 2 years ago

Those who think the Bible condems tattoos. It never mentions tattoos, once. In Leviticus, it says "don't cut cross-hatching marks into your flesh in remembrance of the dead". That's it.

1point

Jo Choto 2 years ago

It's very hard to pinpoint details in a series of documents written over centuries, that have been translated by random people hundreds of times, and completely adulterated by men in the Catholic church, with half of the fantasy books being removed from the bible, now known as the apocrypha. Religion is lunacy, and that's not a problem if you don't mandate it for others.

1point

Batwench Premium 2 years ago

So which translation are we going with here?

1point

ZAPanda 2 years ago

I think the general consensus is the King James kinda sucks so I'm going to recommend finding the originals and re-doing the translation.

0points

Kevin J. Henning 2 years ago

Some people will believe anything they are told because they don't take the time to verify their information. This applies to the bible, history, science and about 70% of the information on the internet.

0points

Kevin J. Henning 2 years ago

The worst enemy of the Christian faith is not atheists, agnostics, or other faiths. In my experience the most damage to Christianity is done by ignorant, intolerent, bigoted "christians."

0points

K Witmer 2 years ago

There's nothing about abortion in the Bible other than a man performing one and women knowing how to perform one. The abortion is murder thing came to be in the 1900s a doctor got the Catholic Church to say it was a sin so he could grow his practice.

0points

Robin Hawn 2 years ago

Milton called the "fruit" from the Adam and Eve story an apple.

0points

Robin Hawn 2 years ago

Many Paradise Lost quotes are confused as biblical

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Stannous Flouride 2 years ago

This whole post and its comments shows one of the best things about BP- its members. Though there were believers and atheists there was no name-calling (that I saw anyway). It also showed the wide and very diverse audience, with people from all over the world. When a person from Sweden apologizes (in better English than that spoken by many of my fellow Americans) for his grammar on a site started and run by Lithuanians and is complimented for it by people who, like me, "som inte pratar svenska," (thanks Google) it demonstrates what a global community this place is.

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Lioness Nature 2 years ago

When White American patriotic conservatives say "it's their God given right in this country to do X,Y, and Z, republicans use this as a campaign tool all the time. No it is NOT, he did not agree to that bullsh**. He did not give you a right to do or say any of the sh** you're doing and or saying.

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Brian Bennett 2 years ago

As in all writings isn't the Bible a matter of interpretation - some Christians interpret portions of the Bible differently Catholics are different from Protestants Jews interpret it another way and so on. This book has been translated into all languages - something could be lost or gained in the translation and over the many years the Bible has existed - has anyone added or subtracted to these translations I think this is a great possibility.

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Marnie 2 years ago

This type of article really should only be here if it was written by knowledgeable people and with provided sources. Too many people post things online with all the confidence in the world, just because they read it on some meme somewhere. Therefore, I can't trust any of this and therefore it's useless to me. But I'm very interested!

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Shane S 2 years ago

It’s fun watching people debate biblical meaning when I dismissed it a long time ago as a book of fables. You don’t have to argue that the words support your postions- you can dismiss the whole thing as fiction and still keep your views on life.

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Oskar vanZandt 2 years ago (edited)

"Live your own truth and I will live mine." I think living according to the most important notions[IMHO] of "Primum non nocere" (transl. "First, do no harm")-usually associated with the field of medicine- and "treat others the way you want to be treated" would resolve most problems human beings create on this planet...

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jpaul 2 years ago

i love all the most think; they all think. that stigmatization of christians is really bad. bigotry exists, but this is not the majority. the Bible is a translation, and an interpretation made by the reader. this is why this should be kept into the private sphere. and this is why secularism is so important here where i live. if you want a good translation of the Bible i suggest the Chouraki Bible. this is probably the most accurate translation to date. Also it's not the first time i see it. but often people speaking of religion have a pretty mind blowing ignorance of the subject they're talking about

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Davja 2 years ago

Thank you for posting this!

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Chloe *Leah* Pheonix 2 years ago

If we dont sin Jesus died for nothing. Case closed

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Earl Grey 2 years ago

I am particularly fond of the New Testament books of John, Paul, George and Ringo.

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just another drone 2 years ago

Answer: Any form of God.

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R C 2 years ago

This absurde book of fairy tales...

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Elmie Pumpkinbush 2 years ago

WHY is the bible written in such a weird archaic language? It is a TRANSLATION, and given the number of believers surely they can maintain some sort of a readable modern version?

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BorPand8 2 years ago

There are plenty.

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Bitemabum 2 years ago

The bible is pure fiction

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Helen Haley 2 years ago

Believe what you want. Discuss what is and is not in the religious text of your choice. So long as your beliefs don't become laws I have to live by.

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Lyone Fein 2 years ago

Amen

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Lovin' Life 2 years ago (edited)

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just another drone 2 years ago

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Squiddles 2 years ago

Speaking of junk that’s not in the Bible…abortion is a biggie where you gotta really twist it to make it seem like it’s mentioned at all.

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Moxxie️‍️️‍ The Queer 2 years ago

you seem like a good person🥰

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Monica Pryts 2 years ago

What about those who don't practice religion?

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Colin Leamon 2 years ago

Well said. I just made one comment (degrees of hell - but some will suffer more than others)

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Mewton’s Third Paw 2 years ago (edited)

I saw one of your comments on one of the posts above about Job and Satan. “ And Job never lost his patience and his faith and love for God remained intact.” What an odd thing to lie about.

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Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago

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ERIKA H. 2 years ago

Absolutely true. It's why i describe myself as spiritual but not religious. I personally believe in a higher entity, but I don't believe in religion.

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Olga Dremina 2 years ago

"Saint Spirit ain't got a pen"

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Shane S 2 years ago

This is why I LOVE Quakers. Quakers basically have an outlook of “whatever you believe, is true to you. And that’s all that matters”

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Brandy Grote 2 years ago

That women should stay home. Proverbs praises a good woman who works in her fields, then goes into town and sells her goods, and talks to people, who praise her to her husband.

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Mewton’s Third Paw 2 years ago

Doesn’t it also say that women can’t lead in church and shouldn’t speak in church?

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WilvanderHeijden 2 years ago

Thank God I'm an atheist so I can lead my life as god intended.

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Lara Verne 2 years ago

A lot of christians never read the Bible.

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Aroha 2 years ago

"Hate the sin, not the sinner". Gandhi ;)

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Dave In MD 2 years ago

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

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SilentBob731 2 years ago

Rarely has a book of fairy tales done so much damage.

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Paul Mitchell 2 years ago

I can think of another that's not much better...

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Lilith the Demon Panda 2 years ago

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miss miss 2 years ago

Thank you panda for addressing God without politics. This was very good

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Ben Moss 2 years ago

Surprised nobody pointed out the Bible says nothing against abortion

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BorPand8 2 years ago

I read somewhere (not the Bible probably) that ancient Jewish women used to 'purify themselves' before marriage by drinking myrrh dissolved in wine. Myrrh is an abortifacient.

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Sean Harrison 2 years ago

My experiences with people that have religion have taught me that the more religious the person professes to be, the less they know about their own religion.

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Shane S 2 years ago

When I see a Bible verse in an email signature, I instantly know the person is going to be incredibly hard to work with and usually a b word.

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

Wow amazing how religion as a topic gets everyone engaged with the post!

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KimB 2 years ago

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GoddessOdd 2 years ago

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Chucky Cheezburger 2 years ago

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Emalee Jarrett 2 years ago

tbh mist the christians i know don’t believe any of this…

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digitalin 2 years ago

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Walking On Sunshine 2 years ago

Who's dumb enough to believe fiction?!?!?!

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

Approximately 93% of the planet.

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Sasquatch The Almighty 2 years ago

Those who think the Bible condems tattoos. It never mentions tattoos, once. In Leviticus, it says "don't cut cross-hatching marks into your flesh in remembrance of the dead". That's it.

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Jo Choto 2 years ago

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Batwench Premium 2 years ago

So which translation are we going with here?

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ZAPanda 2 years ago

I think the general consensus is the King James kinda sucks so I'm going to recommend finding the originals and re-doing the translation.

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Kevin J. Henning 2 years ago

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Kevin J. Henning 2 years ago

The worst enemy of the Christian faith is not atheists, agnostics, or other faiths. In my experience the most damage to Christianity is done by ignorant, intolerent, bigoted "christians."

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K Witmer 2 years ago

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Robin Hawn 2 years ago

Milton called the "fruit" from the Adam and Eve story an apple.

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Robin Hawn 2 years ago

Many Paradise Lost quotes are confused as biblical

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Stannous Flouride 2 years ago

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Lioness Nature 2 years ago

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Brian Bennett 2 years ago

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Marnie 2 years ago

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Shane S 2 years ago

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Oskar vanZandt 2 years ago (edited)

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jpaul 2 years ago

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Davja 2 years ago

Thank you for posting this!

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Chloe *Leah* Pheonix 2 years ago

If we dont sin Jesus died for nothing. Case closed

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Earl Grey 2 years ago

I am particularly fond of the New Testament books of John, Paul, George and Ringo.

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just another drone 2 years ago

Answer: Any form of God.

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R C 2 years ago

This absurde book of fairy tales...

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Elmie Pumpkinbush 2 years ago

WHY is the bible written in such a weird archaic language? It is a TRANSLATION, and given the number of believers surely they can maintain some sort of a readable modern version?

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BorPand8 2 years ago

There are plenty.

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