The FuMP
2024-03-05
Artist
Lauren Mayer
Title
Cherry-Picking the Bible
Right-wingers cite 'the Good Book' to justify their attacks on women, LGBTQ+, diversity and inclusion, and anything they don't like. But it turns out they're skipping all sorts of other biblical stuff they should be following if they really think our laws should be based on a 2,000-year-old textbook.
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JonnySpazzAlt - Jun 27, 2024
As for the song, it's worth pointing out the Bible doesn't *condone* slavery. Humans, not God, came up with the idea that a person could work off the debt they owed to someone through indentured servitude. What God did was step in and say, "Since you're going to do this, I'm putting some rules in place so you can't abuse your slaves." Furthermore, there was the law established in Deuteronomy 15:12 that every seven years, any debt owed by a Hebrew (including those working as slaves) HAD to be canceled out-- no exceptions.
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Alverant - Mar 6, 2024
Great song and great points. Ever notice that parts of any holy book were either meant to be literal or meant to be metaphorical depend completely on the views of the person. Same with taking passages in "context".
JonnySpazzAlt - Jun 22, 2024
The problem is that multiple religious offshoots (and other groups) have spent so long putting their own spin on the Bible that they've forgotten its actual purpose.
On a basic level, the Bible was meant to show people that no person or group is superior to any other, because EVERYONE is messed up. Regardless of race, creed, upbringing, or social status, all people have the potential to steal, murder, cheat on their spouse, etc. Humans have never been kind and generous by nature, so they needed laws put in place so they wouldn't run around stealing each other's property, killing each other when they had disagreements, and so on. It's been pointed out multiple times by multiple people that you have to teach a child how to be good, but you don't have to teach him how to be bad.
As for your comment about context, that actually is important, otherwise people might glance at, say, Matthew 26:27-28 and come away thinking Jesus asked His disciples to drink actual blood, instead of wine SYMBOLIZING the blood He would shed on the cross.