I asked if that also applied to the staff member who reported it in the first place, since they went onto a corn site. Jan said that was irrelevant, that the meeting was about me, not the other staff member
Jan can't do that coz that staff member is Jan lol. She can't set up a meeting with herself. Good luck escaping!
Didn't Jesus hang out with a prostitute named Mary for a chunk of his life, also wasn't the Apostle Paul a murderer of those who followed Jesus originally. Judas was a thief. A handful were Zealots (at the time being called a Zealot meant you murdered Romans for politicial reasons),and were considered terrorists before they started following Jesus.
Me thinks Jan doesn't actually care about hypocrisy.
Nah. Dan Brown trusted the work of two authors who later admitted they made everything up. Then he decided “well, they lied but their work is still good” (I can’t make it make sense, it’s just what happened). As a piece of fiction The Da Vinci Code was fantastic and well worth the read! Just don’t let it go past that
The Catholic Church, at least, since the late 60s has held the stance that earlier interpretatiobs that she was a prostitute were incorrect. I don't know about other religions.
Eh, so it's not really the church that started that. It's just that the original wording could either mean she was a “sinner” or she was ill. Either way, Jesus healed her; whether it was from sins she committed or from being sick is not clear. When something like this is translated so often, it can take on a whole new meaning.
It's the same with the whole “Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind” thing. This passage can be read as indicating that this is a “sin” or can make you ill, so you should avoid it to stay healthy.
There are quite a few other words that, when translated, really change what the Bible says. The most well-known one is the apple as a forbidden fruit. This comes from when the original Hebrew was translated into Latin. The translator used a pun or play on words, which led people to interpret the fruit as an apple. Even after translating it into many other languages, the Apple idea persists.
The Bible is full of contradictions, but people often confuse the fact that Jesus associated with sinners and “loved” sinners, with Jesus condoning sin. He outwardly condemned sinful acts regularly
Like I understand "there's no hate like christian love" but the "love" in your sentence refers to whether or not Jesus had love and compassion for sinners
Like I'm not christian but I think Jesus as depicted was very compassionate and loving?
I don’t believe he existed, but if he did, I don’t believe it’s compassionate to advocate for/simultaneously be a god who punishes people for finite crimes for eternity, punishes them for homosexuality, witches etc. Advocates for the “old law” condoning or promoting some of the most atrocious acts and beliefs imaginable. I don’t think that is love and in fact I think it’s the opposite
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Jan can't do that coz that staff member is Jan lol. She can't set up a meeting with herself. Good luck escaping!