The worst part is that many interpretations of the bible are completely compatible with modern science and vaccines in the same way (almost) all Christians now believe in the Heliocentric model. At this point its not even the bible that is the problem, instead its the pastors.
Some random cult leader pastor: YoU hAvE tO ReAd ThE bIbLe LiTeRaLlY
Also some random pastor: “This verse from the Bible is not a contradiction to what I just said, you have to read between the lines”
The problem is religious texts are generally vague and come from cultures hundreds or thousands of years ago. That lets people claim they speak for god or know “the truth” and cherry pick and twist meanings until they get the answer they want. I’ve listened in on bible studies where they pick over the tiniest word and inflate it into a huge story. They’d make all sorts of assumptions about it “This is what they meant!” I’d be thinking “Really? You got all of that out of one word that can be interpreted a number of ways?”
Yep, but it also means its there fault for choosing to ignore science because of a human “error”. Its not even “gods word” at that point, its just another humans opinions.
The worst part is that many interpretations of the bible are completely compatible with modern science and vaccines in the same way (almost) all Christians now believe in the Heliocentric model. At this point its not even the bible that is the problem, instead its the pastors.
Some random
cult leaderpastor: YoU hAvE tO ReAd ThE bIbLe LiTeRaLlY Also some random pastor: “This verse from the Bible is not a contradiction to what I just said, you have to read between the lines”Yes
The problem is religious texts are generally vague and come from cultures hundreds or thousands of years ago. That lets people claim they speak for god or know “the truth” and cherry pick and twist meanings until they get the answer they want. I’ve listened in on bible studies where they pick over the tiniest word and inflate it into a huge story. They’d make all sorts of assumptions about it “This is what they meant!” I’d be thinking “Really? You got all of that out of one word that can be interpreted a number of ways?”
Yep, but it also means its there fault for choosing to ignore science because of a human “error”. Its not even “gods word” at that point, its just another humans opinions.