Comment on Mr. Pope
TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I thought his comment on the heart was just some made up bs. Turns out no, it’s not. It’s an old testament verse, but still in the Bible. As an aside, why do the evangelicals love the old testament so much? Is it because it gives more of a right to be judgy?
Jeremiah 17:9 NIV - The heart is deceitful above all things - Bible Gateway
From a skeptical translation point of view, I want to know if the word heart means the same thing today as it did then.
From a skeptical translation point of view, I want to know if the word heart means the same thing today as it did then.
I’m sure that part is mostly accurate, but I think it’s talking about other people’s hearts, rather than one’s own.
In context, it’s trying to make a point about how one should trust god above men, because there’s no way for one to know how another person truly feels (but in theory god can).
You’d have to ask a theologian for an actual answer.
nagaram@startrek.website 3 days ago
The old testament is literally just there for context.
I had to learn that for myself because I wasn’t taught it while a baptist. I learned that as an atheist! Its just Tue new testament that matters.