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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

anyways you are perfect the way you are and i WILL NEVER EVER WANT TO CONVERT ANYONE TO CHRISTIANITY. I NEITHER PARTICIPATE IN NORE WANT TO CONVINCE YOU TO JOIN ORGANIZED RELIGION

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

religion is meant as a framework for personal belief, and NEVER should be enforced

this thread is me complaining. i dont expect any of you to agree with the ideas written here. i wont even claim to myself

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

eg: the bible believes that man is subject to god AND the law, who not only may have different verdicts, but also have entirely unrelated systems of reward and punishment. do not confuse the two. do not associate the two. religion has no place in legislation

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

also just, for the record, in that same chapter (Matt 5) and in many other places the bible makes clear distinction between christian values and societal law. the bible regards them as two separate moral systems which never have any requirement to align with eachother…

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

- figure out who wrote it
- figure out why it was written
- find the context in which it appears
- know its historical source
- define the core idea being discussed separately from the words being used

if i say im “over the moon” it doesnt mean i have magic legs. thats stupid. im just happy.

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

and you dont even need to dig deep. its simple critical thinking. its so frustrating. i would never require any of you to read the bible. i dont care. but if you ever find yourself talking about a verse from it, i implore you to please please please:

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

the book isnt cryptic and does not require extensive studying. IF YOU EANT TO READ THE BIBLE, READ IR AS A BOOK. READ IT LIKE PERCY JACKSON OR TWILIGHT. IT IS A BOOK. like any other boom its words have meaning outside of their dictionary definition. THERE IS A POINT.

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

rules and relevant accounts.

right wingers often fundamentally misunderstand and rewrite the book to support their views. others only scrath the surface of the written word and miss the point entirely. and this is because of the way our culture regards the bible.

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

a much different message, a much more sensible message, and such an easy message to receive simply took the time and READ THE BIBLE AS A BOOK. BECAUSE IT IS A BOOK.

it is not magic. it is not spells. it is a collection of authors whos goal is to convey a set of morals through

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

but Matt 5:27-30 actually means:
“adultery is a sin and is not limited to sex. your actions are your own and there is not excuse. if you are not in control of yourself, a well-meaning person would take precautions to account for this”

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

Matt 5:27-30 is often cited to mean:
“adultery is a sin and those who commit it should suffer mutilation”

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

…drastic measures to prevent yourself from betraying your partners trust)

30: “If you believe your actions with others is unavoidable, then cut off your hand so that you cannot touch them
(this is the same concept as the previous line, this time referring to physical interaction instead of thought)

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

(this is hyperbolic. Matt is saying that your own desires and intent are entirely within your power to control and manage, and that claiming otherwise is ridiculous. additionally, if it truly is out of your power, and you are truly dedicated to your partner, then you would be willing to take…

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

(the specific action referenced to convey this idea being looking at someone and wanting/perusing sex with them despite being in a committed relationship)

29: “If you believe your desire for others is unavoidable, then gouge out your eyes so that you cannot see them

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

by the end of it youll have a much more accurate and sensible message, similar to the following:

27: “You are familiar with our rule of not committing adultery
28: “However, adultery is not limited to just physical relation. Any intent or desire to deceive your partner is adultery

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

and will not hesitate to directly acknowledge and respond to failure to be so.

- matts intent is to persuade the masses to adopt a new mindset, and as such will introduce a belief then subsequently explain and support it

consider nonliteral emotional language. factor personal interpretation.

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

reading it directly, it seems to require physical mutilation as a consequence of cheating. this conclusion is so completely wrong. lets remember the following, assuming all characters to exist:

- god and jesus are gentle figures with pronounced temperaments. they believe everyone can be good,

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

Both parties are making a mistake: they both cite the bible as if the text is a direct demand. lets walk together and actually understand these verses :)

this excerpt is Matthew’s interpretation of Christianity values regarding adultry

Matt 5 (NIV) pictures below

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

not enforced modernly. the example ill use is the following:

bigot: “the bible says that gays should be stoned”

anon: “the bible also says that cheaters should have their hands cut off”

the text anon is referring to is Matt 5:27-30.

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

often times, a bigoted person will cite the bible as their source for their mistreatment of minorities; claiming that their goal is to uphold the bibles decree with the greatest degree of accuracy. often, the rebuttal to this argument is to cite a creed within the bible that is commonly

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

the bibles teachings often try to establish morality and the importance of maintaining it. the book of matthew, again, is matthews personal attempts to describe J’s teachings and convince others to abide by them.

now we can finally get to the scripture

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

compare them to a dictator to establish a feeling, without intending to imply that skilled fortnite players have committed genocide. what is also relevant is that different people with different temperaments will focus on different emotions, which will effect their personal descriptions of an idea.

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

attempting to give the recipient a deep and emotional understanding of the concept. so you may tend to exaggerate or otherwise use hyperbolic and non literal language. for example, if i wanted to convey the idea that some fortnite players are very hard to compete against, i may allegorically

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

concepts. for example if an author was writing a literal, physical description of an object.

the bible never has these circumstances. the abrahamic god did not write it, and ideas are not a literal concept to be described.

when conveying an idea, and in this case a method of thinking, you are

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🍻bread.🍻 @breqdbank.bsky.social · 1d

hyperreligious christians tend to claim to interpret the bible as directly and literally as possible… even if they manage to do this, this is a fundamentally incorrect way to approach the text. this approach is only appropriate if the source of the idea described is directly defining their own

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