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TOTALLY what JC wants (lemmy.nz)

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[–] Hapankaali@lemmy.world -4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

In fact, according to the Bible Jesus told his followers to go a bit further than merely berating gays:

Matthew 5:17

17“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.18For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.19Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.20For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I feel there's a loophole in that last sentence. The average persons righteousness has surpassed the Pharisees and teachers of the law. Definitely in modern times, they just got more corrupt.

[–] Hapankaali@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

That's a fair point, I also would definitely consider myself more "righteous" than some slave-driving barbarians. I'm not sure that's what Jesus (allegedly) had in mind though.

It's actually an interesting chapter, in the same verses Jesus tells people to be forgiving, love your enemies and turn the other cheek (while in the verses cited above seemingly endorsing the orgy of violence, oppression, retribution and murder that is Old Testament law), and also that a woman who wants to divorce a man who repeatedly rapes and abuses her will burn in hell.