what to say to filthy pegans who attack the Lord:
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Wait, what?
You're basically saying that you can "interpret" the Bible to mean whatever the fuck you want, which is also why there are thousands of Christian denominations and the two major ones can't even agree on how one goes to heaven (which is the central point of your religion).
So if you tell me that I should not take the Bible literally, then why should I listen to your interpretations and not the interpretations of [this guy](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/03/25/09/pope-francis-1.jpg?quality=75&width=1200&auto=webp)?
No, you need to interpret it as a farmer or fisherman in 0 BC would have because that's who Jesus was speaking to. That's why he said he was a "fisher of men", not because he's literally going to put a fishing rod in a lake and a fucking human comes out the other end, but because he was going to gather people like a fisherman gathers fish.
This implies that Christianity is a religion for stupid people, which is unintentionally based.
But to get back to the subject, it's a very smart idea to speak in terms your audience would understand. If Jesus had to speak with athletes, he would have used sportsball analogies.
I would agree in general, but your whole argument is that Jesus had to dumb it down for them. So it's you who have implied that farmers are stupid.
Go back and read what I said, nowhere did I ever say Jesus had to "dumb it down" for them. I said they had to speak to them in a language they would understand.