• SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today
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    13 hours ago

    I was thinking of 2 Timothy 3:

    16 Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, 17 that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

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      12 hours ago

      Except we know that it was written by people, indeed as scripture itself says it is. St Paul wrote that letter to Timothy, the Gospel of Matthew was written by Matthew, etc. Personality traits of the writers are present, such as St Luke who was a doctor having a few medical influences on his work. Matthew was Jewish and explains Jewish prophecy, and St John focuses on Christology, demonstrates a rivalry with St Peter and also shows his dislike for Judas Iscariot. St Paul laments his past.

      Read your quote again.

      Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

      What is scripture useful for teaching, reproof and correcting in what? Righteousness, and to equip for good work. St Paul clealry states it’s an authority on Morality. Scripture is not useful for taxonomy, the exact political positions of figures at the time, or for determining the age of the earth. Scripture is for equipping yourself to live a God honouring life and it tells the Gospel message of Christ’s Virgin birth, Ministry and teaching, His suffering of death, His resurrection and ascension, and that He will return in glory to judge both the living and the dead; that His Kingdom will have no end. In light of that we can be equipped for every good work and know how to honour God. While there are some useful historical nuggets in The Bible (Nehemiah documents the earliest known usage of passports) it’s not a taxonomy, geology, astronomy or biology book.

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        12 hours ago

        It’s a stupid, backwards book encouraging people to join a literal death cult.

        Scripture is for equipping yourself to live a God honouring life

        The god who chose to make us suffer? Nah, fuck that guy. Glad he’s not real. Unfortunately, human bullshitters are killing us in his name anyway.

        Interesting how god inspired exactly enough of the bible for you to cherry pick the parts you care about. Interesting that god failed to convey basic aspects of the universe he supposedly created. Weak god.

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          10 hours ago

          The basic aspects of the universe that God created can be observed and explored. He didn’t need to convey it in written scripture, which is the only way a redemption story could have been preserved.

          Once again, it appears your argument fell apart but you’re trying to claim victory anyway

          backwards book encouraging people to join a literal death cult.

          The god who chose to make us suffer? Nah, fuck that guy.

          Seems to be a heart issue ragher than a head issue. Basically all human suffering is a product of human activity anyway and the rejection of God, God doesn’t inflict suffering on us. Suffering is caused by the lack of goodness. But God does promise us the end of all suffering anyway. He will punish all wickedness and exalt the humble and meek. All one must do is accept Jesus Christ as their personal saviour, and let Him transform them. He will have eternal life.

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            The basic aspects of the universe that God created can be observed and explored. He didn’t need to convey it in written scripture, which is the only way a redemption story could have been preserved.

            Excuse me? Your excuse is “he didn’t have to do it”? So you believe he chose to do it, but fucked it up because he didn’t actually care that much?

            Why do we need a redemption story instead of just… love?

            Once again, it appears your argument fell apart but you’re trying to claim victory anyway

            Which argument? When did I claim victory? Take care not to project, I don’t think like you do.

            Seems to be a heart issue ragher than a head issue.

            No, silly goose, the heart pumps blood. The brain does the thinking. My brain sees a godless world. My brain sees irreconcilable errors in the bible and its believers.

            For the record, I was a believer for a long time. My parents wouldn’t have it any other way. They violently brainwashed me, their real child, in the name of their fake god.

            See my first and only post for a song I wrote about it.

            But irrespective of my own experience, it is factual that we have zero evidence for god’s existence.

            Basically all human suffering is a product of human activity anyway and the rejection of God, God doesn’t inflict suffering on us.

            So god is not all-powerful?

            Because you can’t have it both ways. If he is all-powerful, knew what would happen, knew what we would do with our free will and chose to make us and this world anyway, literally everything is his choice.

            Suffering is caused by the lack of goodness.

            Nah, it’s caused by selfish dipshits like you. And disease. And natural disasters. Did god decide random suffering was necessary in addition to his utterly arbitrary curses?

            Why does anyone suffer for choices they did not make?

            But God does promise us the end of all suffering anyway. He will punish all wickedness and exalt the humble and meek. All one must do is accept Jesus Christ as their personal saviour, and let Him transform them. He will have eternal life.

            It’s a death cult. Grow up. My friends are dead because you love this baseless, abusive bullshit more than real life.

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              13 minutes ago

              Nah, it’s caused by selfish dipshits like you.

              My friends are dead because you love this baseless, abusive bullshit more than real life.

              You don’t know me, yet you make these accusations against me. Why?

              I read your song a while ago. If I may- what did John Stowe and Christine do? It appears you also say that your parents physically abused you as an infant. This is not okay. You also said they worshipped a different god to the bible?