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[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 162 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Those who erase history are attempting to repeat it

[–] vsh@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

She forced kids to read bible

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 93 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Reading the bible is the quickest way to make atheists

[–] oce@jlai.lu 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Depends if someone feeds you interpretation at the same time.

[–] SattaRIP@kbin.social 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I find it interesting that even then they slip up. Not Christian but ex Muslim, and even if I had stuck to learning only what Iranians mullahs and the nationalized education system wanted me to learn, I would still think Wtf is this BS?! And just that did happen.

Religious nut jobs and authoritarians have their sense of morality so twisted they see some of the fucked up parts of their beliefs as normal for others as well.

Well, if they were capable of empathy they probably wouldn't be in that position.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Then I think they weren't very good scholars. I find Christian scholars like the Jesuits very talented in twisting the language and ideas until it fits their ideology.
Besides, I do think interpretation is required to read such books without taking silly interpretation shortcuts, but I'd rather have it from a secular religion history researcher.
Edit: I was thinking about this scholastic system of education from the Middle Ages that made them so good at this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disputation

[–] ours@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Worked for me. I was seeking answers and only got more confused.

[–] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If people really distanced themselves from religion like they say, then the Bible would be one of the greatest fucking fiction books literature ever produced.