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USSDefiantJazz on scored.co
1 year ago2 points(+0/-0/+2Score on mirror)1 child
>You're basically saying that you can "interpret" the Bible to mean whatever the fuck you want
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.
Farmers are not stupid people. One of my mentors is a farmer and a decamillionaire. Farms cows and various vegetables. Literally he's the CEO of an enterprise, only instead of a faggot suit he wears dirty overalls, but when he walks into a boardroom, he doesn't say much and is usually the smartest man in the room.
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.
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.
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.