o_O.Q said:
HintHRO said:
You can't misinterpret leviticus 20:13. ''Misinterpretation'' is a common term used by religious people to make up for the awful things that are described in their holy book. The things we ''misinterpretate'' were taken seriously in the middle ages and before and religious extremists still do take it seriously these days. You can't say they are wrong, since they literally do what the bible is telling them. It makes them even better people in the eyes of God according to that logic.
The Old and New testament are rules made up by people because they knew the things described in the bible do not correlate with us anymore. People would lose faith without the Old/New testament excuse. Never did God show his face through the clouds and said ''I did some epic thinking about the bible last night with Hey There Delilah on the background and now for no reason I'll punish you if you follow these parts of the bible''
Morality changes, always, with or without God. This is because we change and continue to change.
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yes they literally do what they read... have you ever heard of a metaphor?
as an example i value the story of the coming out of ignorance of adam and eve in the garden of eden
but i don't really think that story is reffering to an actual snake talking to eve
i think what that story represents is man becoming intelligent and self aware (as opposed to lacking awareness like animals) and the consequences that had for man with regards to how man interacted with the environment around them
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I know real good what a metaphor is:
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (Dylan Thomas) is used as a metaphor
Men who sleep with men shall surely be put to death. Their blood is on their heads (Leviticus 20:13) is not used as a metaphor.
Notice the difference?
