But what about the passage in Leviticus that says homosexuals are to be stoned to death? Isn't that a direct commandment by god. How can beating someone to death with rocks for their sexuality not be hateful? Sounds pretty hateful to me.
Just because its written in the bible doesnt mean it came directly from God. Each book has an author. For instance, the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are all different versions of the life of Christ, from different perspectives. Stoning homosexuals was a command from the author. If God directly commanded that, well never know.
THANK YOU!!!! its so comforting to know that other people know that the Bible was authored, not literally scribed by God. Sociopolitical partisanship is rampant throughout a large portion of the entire book.
Traditionally, yes. But even if so, it has evolved over time, even in small amounts. Each time it is translated, copied (which used to be by hand) or published, there is chance that people have influenced it. Which is why you have different bibles that say different things, and thus may be interpreted differently. There is much discussion among theologists about how the bible has changed because every translation required interpretation. So even if the originals were handed down by God, we have very little knowledge what is original & what is altered. So, you get all the different denominations, the different thoughts and ideas, and the people like WBC.
Are the westboro baptist really wrong about their interpretation of th
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But what about the passage in Leviticus that says homosexuals are to be stoned to death? Isn't that a direct commandment by god. How can beating someone to death with rocks for their sexuality not be hateful? Sounds pretty hateful to me.
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Just because its written in the bible doesnt mean it came directly from God. Each book has an author. For instance, the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are all different versions of the life of Christ, from different perspectives. Stoning homosexuals was a command from the author. If God directly commanded that, well never know.
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THANK YOU!!!! its so comforting to know that other people know that the Bible was authored, not literally scribed by God. Sociopolitical partisanship is rampant throughout a large portion of the entire book.
But aren't the first five books of the bible (the Torah) traditionally held to be directly written by god?
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Traditionally, yes. But even if so, it has evolved over time, even in small amounts. Each time it is translated, copied (which used to be by hand) or published, there is chance that people have influenced it. Which is why you have different bibles that say different things, and thus may be interpreted differently. There is much discussion among theologists about how the bible has changed because every translation required interpretation. So even if the originals were handed down by God, we have very little knowledge what is original & what is altered. So, you get all the different denominations, the different thoughts and ideas, and the people like WBC.