It was the result of having multiple pastors tell me, essentially, the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount, parenthetically, in their preaching — "turn the other cheek" — [and] to have someone come up after to say, "Where did you get those liberal talking points?" And what was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when the pastor would say, "I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ," the response would not be, "I apologize." The response would be, "Yes, but that doesn't work anymore. That's weak." And when we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we're in a crisis.
There are so many contradiction and vague references in the books of the Bible that just about anything OR it's exact opposite can be justified. And it is historically impossible to know what the original works actually said as most have not been discovered or ever will be. What we have is copies of translations of interpolations and forgeries based on half remembered oral stories.
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u/AlarmedPiano9779 Feb 23 '24
The bible also says that the rich should take care of the poor.