wakephan09
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3 Moses def Luther's favorite book.Who knew Moses was German?
3 Moses def Luther's favorite book.Who knew Moses was German?
I find myself wondering if anyone else believes that the "holy bible" belongs to a totally different civilization, and a totally different way of living. I sure do.
I find myself wondering if anyone else believes that the "holy bible" belongs to a totally different civilization, and a totally different way of living. I sure do.
Sure. That is the mainstream understanding of the Bible, or at least it was until the fundamentalists hijacked American Christianity. The Episcopal Church, for example, places a great deal of emphasis on understanding the context in which the Bible was written and seeks to extract from it universal truths and lessons applicable to the way we live today and what we know about the world today, rather than treating it as an instruction manual.
Lev. 18:22 in the Luther 1545, if you can believe "Jesus-is-lord.com", is:
For a more detailed explanation try www.forgeonline.org. Just my feeling but in the Middle Ages it was not uncommon for people of low means to entrust a young male to a more well to do male for care and “mentorship”, think Leonardo da Vinci and his companion and ward for many years Solai( I think this is his name ), perhaps Luther felt that man boy sin was more problematic or perhaps that was his translation from the Roman Catholic Latin bible. Let me know if you dig up anything. The forge article is dated March 21, 2019.
Du sollst nicht bei Knaben liegen wie beim Weibe; denn es ist ein Greuel.
And "knaben" is unambiguously "boy".
So now I'm curious what Luther was up to. He certainly didn't get that from the Vulgate.
Pastor's larger argument is still BS, but they seemed to know something about this. What's Luther up to? Gotta find his other sources. Too bad Erasmas didn't have a convenient OT for him to translate too.
All scared that Muslim immigrants will come in mass like in Europe, insert their religion into American life , meanwhile insert their shitty views into all aspects of life.
Like many areas of contemporary politics, the Bible doesn’t have much to say about American immigration policy. Yes, you can derive a principle that we should treat the people trying to enter — like all people — with decency and dignity, but the Bible doesn’t speak to whether they should be granted entry or not, etc., or immigration policy more broadly. The concept of citizenship and participation in a culture were just totally different in Biblical times. Lifting quotes from the Bible on this topic is too acontextual, as it often is as applied to contemporary politics.
Actually, no, that’s a different argument.
I’m saying we, as a society, shouldn’t look to the Bible for guidance in most areas of American policy, including but not limited to immigration, and that to do so would be anachronistic and acontextual, not to mention that doing so imposes one’s religious views on others.
As far as how an individual chooses to live in modern society, I’m not expressing an opinion, other than to say I don’t see any reason why adherence to Bronze Age mythology would be a problem.
I think he’s wrong. Do you not?