The 130: The “Early” New Testament Papyrus Manuscripts
Date: Around 600 CE
Text: Romans 1
Side 1
Side 2
That’s it. That’s the whole manuscript.
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This is for all the people who were told to ruin their pride, to fear their self esteem, and to die to themselves.
We are not nothing. We will not be deceived again.
The 130: The “Early” New Testament Papyrus Manuscripts
That’s it. That’s the whole manuscript.
“Manuscript” just means “written by hand”. It has nothing to do with how reliable or complete something is.
The 130: The “Early” New Testament Papyrus Manuscripts
Date: Early 3rd century (or late 2nd century)
Text: The earliest known manuscript of the Epistle to Philemon; verses 13–15, 24–25
That’s it. That’s the whole manuscript.
“Manuscript” just means “written by hand”. It has nothing to do with how reliable or complete something is.
The 130: The “Early” New Testament Papyrus Manuscripts
Date: 3rd century
Text: Romans 1–4; 6; 9
That’s it. That’s the whole manuscript.
“Manuscript” just means “written by hand”. It has nothing to do with how reliable or complete something is.
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Bible Plotholes 4/?
“This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.” — Genesis 17:10
“…if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.” — Galatians 5:2
@gfx9up Do you know what "to fulfill" means in the context of Matthew 5:17? It means "to follow the law as prescribed".
Which is why what Jesus explicitly says, when translated to modern English, means "Don’t think that I have come to destroy the law of Moses or the teaching of the prophets. I have not come to destroy their teachings but to do what they said."
In other words, "I didn't come to change the law, I came to obey it."
Are you saying Jesus is wrong, then? That he DID come to change the law when he explicitly said he didn't?
And the OT never says that all you need to do is get circumcized to be saved, it says it's one of the many things you must do to faithfully follow God.
The concept of Hell isn't even present in the OT, so "needing to be saved" was not a concept even in consideration.
Bible Plotholes 4/?
“This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.” — Genesis 17:10
“…if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.” — Galatians 5:2
Bible Verses You Don't Hear About
"You may buy men and women slaves from other nations around you. Also you may buy children as slaves. These children must come from the families of foreigners living in your land. These child slaves will belong to you. You may even pass these foreign slaves on to your children after you die. You can make them slaves forever. But you must not rule cruelly over your own brothers, the Israelites.
(Leviticus 25:44-46)
But God's anti-slavery, y'all!
Bible Verses You Don't Hear About
"Don’t think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. I have come to make this happen:
‘A son will be against his father, a daughter will be against her mother, a daughter-in-law will be against her mother-in-law. A person’s enemies will be members of his own family."
(Matthew 10:34-36)
Jesus is love, y'all. lol
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Bible Verses You Don't Hear About
"The customs of other people are worth nothing."
Jeremiah 10:3
Okay, I just looked through the indices for the Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican/Episcopal lectionary cycles, and you're right! Jeremiah 10:3 (and all of Jeremiah 10, for that matter) is something that I didn't see come up for their Mass services. Which is odd. For fuller context of this one section of a verse (you didn't even quote it in its entirety), Jeremiah is talking about the worship of other gods and the crafting of idols. This should be shocking to absolutely no one, because the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures are replete with commands not to worship other gods.
1. "We explicitly believe and say that other cultures are worthless, actually" isn't the flex you think it is.
2. Y'all quote sections of verses aaaall the time ("Peace on Earth" vs "Think not that I came to bring peace on Earth" for starters) so I hardly see what's the big deal about me doing the same.
Bible Verses You Don't Hear About
"The customs of other people are worth nothing."
Jeremiah 10:3
"To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture."
-- Thomas Paine
Sh!t Christians Say
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1. Domesticated animals are not slaves (with the possible exception of the case of factory farming, which is immoral).
a) You can't legally beat your pet, let alone beat them so badly that they're incapacitated for days.
You can, however, beat slaves that badly according to the Bible.
b) Domesticated animals live in a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship with humans.
We provide them with food, shelter, safety, companionship, healthcare, and caring for their young.
Depending on the type of animal can provide us with companionship, safety, food (hunting animals who help flush out/capture prey, production of edible things like honey, eggs, milk, etc), and other useful things (wool, silk, beeswax, etc).
2. Dogs and cats pretty much domesticated themselves, so it was very much their choice.
And in the case of dogs we've been best buds so long that seeing a picture of a dog lights up the same area of the brain that lights up when seeing a picture of a human baby. In fact, human mothers' brains react similarly to pictures of their dogs and their own offspring.
That means dogs and humans have been partners for so long that our brains have switched from perceiving domesticated wolves as potential threats and rivals for resources and now view them as being basically the same as one of our infants. They tested this with other animals we've domesticated for a long time (cats, horses, cows, goats, etc) but none got the same result.
Now, I don't know about you, but I'd say being perceived by a potentially rival species as coequal with said species' own offspring is pretty damn advantageous.
3. For better or worse, domesticated animals are unable to survive in the wild and are dependent on humans in some fashion. The same is not true of our fellow humans.
A modern sheep will get sick and die if it isn't sheared regularly.
Dairy cows will get udder infections and die if they're not milked.
Certain dog breeds require constant grooming and care in order to remain healthy (pugs, English bulldogs, Yorkies, poodles, etc).
Any animal whose species is reared by their parent and not born in the wild requires human caretakers in order to survive due to not having learned the skills for survival in the wild.
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“Don't think I came to bring peace to the earth! I came to bring trouble, not peace. I came to turn sons against their fathers, daughters against their mothers, and daughters-in-law against their mothers-in-law.” - Jesus (Matthew 10:34-35)
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This is the greatest progression of events I have ever read, where’s my historical gay romance novel about this
KING JAMES, CAN YOU CHILL?
thecharge
Local King Cannot Stop Promoting His Boyfriend
where’s the lush period drama about this series of events?
witchedybitchedy
fun thing about king James, this guy was fairly public about his bf (more public than what was acceptable). He threw lots of extravagant parties with his man on his arm. It pissed off the church obviously so to get them off his back, he’s the one that ordered the third translation of the Bible from Hebrew to English (the King James Version aka the Authorized Version) so the Bible every hot blooded all American Christian reads today was literally just written so a very gay king could fuck his boyfriend in peace.
oh my god this is hilarious
“guys, guys. I know this looks kinda gay, and i promise i have a good explanation for all this, but have you considered… that jesus… is also gay? checkmate, heteros.”