You know that discussing the Bible is not the same as apologetics?
I get religious trauma sucks, but the critical analysis of primary source texts from the ancient Near East has absolutely nothing to do with your shitty pastor giving you a hard time for being gay.
I invite you to name a 9th century BCE society that fits whatever moral requirements you think are needed to make a culture worthy of historical study.
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Huh? What was I apologizing for? The passage is mistranslated in English, wtf are you on about?
moistclump@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Just fyi, scholarly Bible interpretation is called “apologetics”.
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They were studying language translation, after noticing the translations from Hebrew to German were very different than from Hebrew to English. It wasn’t interpretation of the material, it was an analysis of the translations.
moistclump@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m just responding to your “huh what am I apologizing for” part. They’re not talking about apologizing, they were talking about the subject apologetics or the study of the Bible (which includes the study of translations).
cliffracer_cloaka@piefed.social 2 months ago
The “mistranslation” is a disgusting myth, the bible and the primitives who wrote it didn’t give a fuck about pedophilia and you should not spread this disgusting lie. Reported.
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Dude, you are lashing out at the wrong people. Be angry at the people who use religion to rape, murder, opress. Don’t be angry at people who discuss obscure translation errors.
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You ok bro?
cliffracer_cloaka@piefed.social 2 months ago
That and in a neat holiday mood 🥰 thanks for asking, bible apologist.