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Do you think modern Bibles should separate the different authors of the Pentateuch, the same way we don't usually stitch the 4 cannonical gospels together into one Gospelbook?

The Thora which is he origin of the Old Testament was to record the history and beliefs of the early Israelites and control their social behaviour. The Christian Church took the same precepts of the Old Testament into the Christian Bible and for centuries the legal foundation of Western World was built on Judeo-Christian values. For some , like homosexuals, the Bible has had disastrous effects on their lives. And take a look at the fanatical support for Israel among Evangelical Christians in the USA. They have fallen hook, line and sinker for Bible propaganda of the Israelites being God´s chosen people.

“Biblical scholars in general …” A somewhat ambiguous and general term in itself.

It feels so satisfying to hear a Christian admitting that Songs is smut with no real deep theological significance. The open honesty is refreshing.

In your other videos you say its “doing it badly” for people who use modern interpretation to translate ancient biblical stories. yet here you use xenophobia which was not a word used in the bible nor used to describe jonah situation. No you are badly translating this narrative to fit your modern understanding of xenophobia. Xenophobia is also a word that loses much of it’s meaning, because of misused and overused it is. Plus, much like labels you create a “detestable uneven scales” when making judgements on people. Assyria was a major threat to isreal and ninevah was one of their capitals. Jonah initially balked at the idea because he didn’t want to see his enemies get mercy. It would be like a jew being sent to Hamas so God can forgive them. We know after Jesus that God has no limits to his mercy. But to jonah at the time with no bible around or jesus message. This would be a difficult task. Thus saying its a lesson on xenophobia is very misguided/misleading.

no books in the Bible are xenophobic bruh

The Roman Empire, the Thracians, are alive and well

What's even worse is that pluralizing "god" would violate the Athanasian Creed.

Bro we may have different Theological views, but you are speaking big facts 💯

Is something like the midrash or Mishna or Talmud or oral traditions of the Torah also a kind of Bible plus? Is the Hadith the Koran plus?

I find it so interesting that sometimes fundamentalists sometimes decry "extra biblical information"as if it were bad but use it to bolster the literal reading of the Bible by Bible plus.

Perhaps there's another universe where the four cannonical gospels got stitched together, and then centuries later someone claimed Jesus wrote this single Gospelbook.

"There's no evidence against Moses writing the Pentateuch" I'd start with all the evidence showing the Exodus to be mythical, which mostly precludes any figure recognizable as Moses to've existed.

The irony of the original vid saying biblical scholars make wild, unfounded claims while defending Moses's authorship is huge. XD

Of course it’s there to control. People always has been now people of lower intelligence are easily fooled into thinking the Bible is a real history book. Fucking idiots.

Beware false prophets. Remember you are held to a higher standard as a teacher of the scripture. At judgement day you will be treated more harshly than others.

Guess who is president now commie?, no more of this heretic talk or is the FEMA camp for you.

I love these short topical explanations. Thanks for these, all of your videos.

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 (KJV) Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

There are no sexists books. To even imply that is heresy. "All scripture is god breathed"

"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28 Personally, this is one of *the* verses that makes me believe the common consensus of the bible is that all genders are equal before God, as it is said here. In Christ, as the verse says, all are in unity; no thing is greater than the other.

Dude stop go preach your atheism where atheists are the majority like china

I love how quickly and concisely you can get to the heart of any given issue! And you're fantastic at explaining complex topics in ways I can understand, so thank you! :D

I definitely did not read the video title as "the least sexiest book of the Bible".

This is a really helpful video, and really clears things up. Sidenote, as a linguist, I think the methodology of the biggest part linguistics is closer to religious studies and social sciences than it is to any literary studies. Not that this was very important for your video.

You're equating moral and legal right. Obviously, the idea of an even higher power constraining the Almighty is absurd. But when speaking of moral right, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, you're saying that it would not be wrong for a person to do so and so. Of course, God's property rights over us, his creations, reduces us to even lower than slaves. In fact, the Bible even likens us to innanimate objects. You're basically saying might makes right, which is a crude, downright fascistic way of looking at the world.

It’s all studying nonsense in different flavors.

Thanks v much. It is a great idea providing your credentials. Could you briefly explain Marxist style criticism? If briefly is not possible do not worry, I shall research.

The idea of Noah parking the boat made me immediately picture him looking over his shoulder and backing a giant ark into a watery parking space with comical beeping in the background 😂

I’m an older white male and quite frankly it took me a long time to become humbled by God and life circumstances enough to realize what you’ve said here. The historic and global churches are by far non-white - we don’t even need to do the math to prove that. Ready to listen and learn more and more from you! Thank you!

And that is the simple and whole truth!

Wow - so succinct, profound and foundational to healthy spirituality!! Thank you!

The entire New Testament was written by men that had no true standing in society. They were not respected by authorities (in fact, they were hunted and hated), and they were seen as 'scum' or 'ignorant' by governmental leader's standards. The writer's of the New Testament were often imprisoned for their testimonies of Jesus- and almost all of them were martyred by horrific means! Matthew: Martyred in Ethiopia by a sword wound. Mark: Dragged through the streets of Alexandria, Egypt with a rope around his neck. Luke: Hanged in Greece for his preaching. Peter: Crucified upside down by order of Roman Emperor Nero. Paul: Beheaded because Roman citizens could not be crucified. James: The brother of Jesus, who was martyred in Jerusalem in A.D. 62. Some say he was thrown from the temple parapet, while others say he was clubbed to death or stoned. Simon the Zealot: Martyred by being sawn in half. All these men had to do was deny their testimonies as lies and renounce what they preached and say it wasn't true. They couldn't. They couldn't because they knew what they were preaching was the absolute truth! Scarcely will a person die for a lie- let alone die a torturous death standing on that lie. Another compelling argument why the writings within the Bible are truth and not written for "mass population control", is the scriptures literally go against every part of our human natured desires. Remember, men wrote these words. They spoke against the taking of multiple wives. Not to have sex outside of marriage. Told people to love even those who persecute you and to treat your enemies with love, respect and gentleness. Forgiving ALL who seek to harm you. Over and over scripture tells us to deny our wants and desires and to die to our flesh. None of this sounds like an authoritative official with a power trip! If scripture were going to be used to control people in a way that is useful to those who want to rule and run the world, wouldn't it of made more sense to add things like- "seek to please those who are of earthly authority and bare up arms to defend your leaders and country!" Or wouldn't they order the reader to submit not to Christ and love- but rather to submit to government and all that they tell you to do, regardless of moral principle? It takes critical thinking to break these arguments down. But once you do, you realize very quickly that this theory is foolishly implausible. Christ says- "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." He didn't say that Rome was the way or the truth or the life. He didn't point to a future dictator who would be the savior of mankind. He said He is the only way. If Christ said this, and we can see clearly it wasn't inspired by a leader with a power hungry agenda, not to mention those who wrote those words on parchment gave their lives to record it, then wouldn't it be wise of a person to seek Christ and delve into that book to see what else He said? I think that's what seems the most plausible.

Thank you for the detailed explanation on the original question. I learned a lot and hope to learn more from you in the future!

Spot on. Thanks

People that focus on hell, always seem to be like cars driving with a flat tire to me. It's like they took this little phrase or two, and they've defined their entire life around it. I always feel very sorry for them. Our hope is in Christ Jesus imho. Not by might, not by power, but by my Spirit says the Lord of Hosts... I'm always pushing forward, and it's not toward hell...

Yes.

All of those are false Gospels Only the living God of the Bible and the good news of salvation through the works of Jesus His life,His sacrifice and His Glory and power can save. All the others lead to death

100% ... you have to start in reality

Hi, How can I have access to your work and content outside of social network short videos ?

Let us hope that you are on the right side of history. I assume that you are disregarding the Bible because it was written by sexist men, yes?

Thinking that men in the 1st century and earlier could have been anything other than what we would consider sexist today reeks of presentism.

Excellent pont.

Queer theology? What times we are in.

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Some of the Bible is bad, some I enjoy as literature.

Lesbians get a pass

I enjoy Biblical History and stories, though I'm not religious. Thank you.

See William Lane Craig

No such thing as queer theology ! Certainly there are conversations about sexuality, but like color - the only color God speeks to Blood Color aka humanity. Keep things simple and on point of Following Christ.