The problem is always the subservient idiot that thinks Constantine himself is holding the fasces to their neck and telling them to submit.
Fix their relationship to the text and you can fix the Christian. 999/1000 they don’t know Greek or Hebrew and don’t know anything about the actual text anyways.
IMO, the Bible is really interesting and you can learn a lot about humanity through the study of it. You could give a fuck what it says and be a better, more rounded human for it (and there are lot of avenues for that).
And just to be clear about my point: the different religions the texts perpetuate are not anywhere near as compelling as a historical-critical examination of the texts themselves.
The Bible itself is never the problem.
The problem is always the subservient idiot that thinks Constantine himself is holding the fasces to their neck and telling them to submit.
Fix their relationship to the text and you can fix the Christian. 999/1000 they don’t know Greek or Hebrew and don’t know anything about the actual text anyways.
IMO, the Bible is really interesting and you can learn a lot about humanity through the study of it. You could give a fuck what it says and be a better, more rounded human for it (and there are lot of avenues for that).
And just to be clear about my point: the different religions the texts perpetuate are not anywhere near as compelling as a historical-critical examination of the texts themselves.