Praise Be (lemmy.world)
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[–] 40 points 9 months ago (5 children)

As a former evangelical Christian I can assure you that any average one of them can only be said to have read the bible in the same way that I could be said to have read my favorite cook book. If that.

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  • [–] 19 points 9 months ago

    That’s insightful, thank you.

    As someone who did read the full book years ago when going to school and remembers fuckall in it except how repetitive and boring the Old Testament was, this helps me understand their approach of picking and choosing scripture.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Ok, so what is the current canon?

    I don't think the new testament includes child diddling, but I didn't read much of that either.

    Probably because I lost faith quite some time ago.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Well, as I see it, evangelical Christianity has just about totally morphed into Christian Nationalism by now, and the canon for Christian Nationalism seems to essentially be Trump’s Truth Social feed.

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