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[โ€“] papalonian@lemmy.world 83 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Suddenly, Republican Christians: "You can't just take quotes from the Bible out of context and apply them to your argument! ๐Ÿ˜ "

[โ€“] madthumbs@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trust me, it's mostly Christians taking them out of context and denying clear statements. For example, Charlie Kirk spun: 'but what did the original word for slave mean in the Bible'. Well context actually defines the word for us:

Leviticus 25: 44 โ€œโ€˜Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. 46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.

I've never seen a Christian effectively argue context by showing context (as above).

[โ€“] papalonian@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Trust me, it's mostly Christians taking them out of context and denying clear statements.

That's pretty much exactly what I was getting at

[โ€“] TehBamski@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Me, 89% of the time when I see or hear Christians use this statement.

[โ€“] archonet@lemy.lol 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What do you do the other 11% of the time?

[โ€“] TehBamski@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

5% of the time it's this. The remaining 6% is whatever.

[โ€“] archonet@lemy.lol 2 points 1 week ago

funderstandable, thank you for the explanation