Mickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agoYou can't argue with his logiclemmy.worldimagemessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageYou can't argue with his logiclemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square85linkfedilink
minus-squareceenote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoThe evolution seemed to be Old Testament = God of Israel, New Testament = God of the Jews and Gentiles, but they still clearly weren’t thinking about people in distant lands like the Chinese or Mesoamericans.
minus-squarejdr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoBut what about the “sheep that are not of this flock”? Couldn’t have been more explicit.
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoFrom a religion maintenance POV it makes total sense. From a “god is omniscient and infallible” standpoint, it makes my head hurt.
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoI assure you it doesn’t merit that amount of thought.
minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months ago but they still clearly weren’t thinking about people in distant lands like the Chinese or Mesoamericans. It’s almost like these books of supposed divine revelation could only have been informed by the experiences of the people who wrote them… 🤔
The evolution seemed to be Old Testament = God of Israel, New Testament = God of the Jews and Gentiles, but they still clearly weren’t thinking about people in distant lands like the Chinese or Mesoamericans.
But what about the “sheep that are not of this flock”? Couldn’t have been more explicit.
From a religion maintenance POV it makes total sense. From a “god is omniscient and infallible” standpoint, it makes my head hurt.
I assure you it doesn’t merit that amount of thought.
It’s almost like these books of supposed divine revelation could only have been informed by the experiences of the people who wrote them… 🤔