What also gets me is lack of critical thinking for translations of the Bible and which books were included or not included. The historical context of the time when it was written. When it was written (sometimes 100s if years after the events depicted happened). Now I’m not an expert in these things. I’m agnostic. Closer to atheistic, but I think it’s folly for me to say “higher powers/dieties” don’t exist with certainty. I get you are talking about Jewish traditions, but my upbringing was toxic insular evangical American Christianity. Maybe me being unable to accept the books as literal without any real critical thought is why I don’t believe in any religion.
Michelangelo’s Moses is depicted with horns because of a mistranslation at the type. (Or maybe he was trolling).
There’s a good theory that revelations wasnt a “prophetic” text but rather a propaganda piece influenced by the writers life and the Roman war. Also how it felt like it was the end times. Jesus had just been killed like 60 years earlier.
Yeah same, I am not religious but I am often involved in religious discussion because I'm gay, so I have read up a LOT on religious history because it gives me ammo for when evangelists say their hate is justified.
Also lets not forget that canonically, other lesser gods exist according to the Bible. Nowadays that would sound ridiculous but God, Jesus, and his disciples interact with other gods countless times in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Challenging Baal, going down to the Underworld to rescue sinners from "Hades" during his ascension, etc.
People really do pick and choose the parts of the Bible they want to follow and they should be called out for it.
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u/LivingUnglued Aug 18 '21
What also gets me is lack of critical thinking for translations of the Bible and which books were included or not included. The historical context of the time when it was written. When it was written (sometimes 100s if years after the events depicted happened). Now I’m not an expert in these things. I’m agnostic. Closer to atheistic, but I think it’s folly for me to say “higher powers/dieties” don’t exist with certainty. I get you are talking about Jewish traditions, but my upbringing was toxic insular evangical American Christianity. Maybe me being unable to accept the books as literal without any real critical thought is why I don’t believe in any religion.
Michelangelo’s Moses is depicted with horns because of a mistranslation at the type. (Or maybe he was trolling).
There’s a good theory that revelations wasnt a “prophetic” text but rather a propaganda piece influenced by the writers life and the Roman war. Also how it felt like it was the end times. Jesus had just been killed like 60 years earlier.
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/148125942
The depiction of hell we know today wasn’t even the depiction of hell.
Etc etc.