Naked Science Forum
On the Lighter Side => New Theories => Topic started by: augeias03 on 09/11/2018 00:42:27
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One case:
In the Book of Jude, 1:7- 8, there is a chilling story in which it is mentioned that Sodom was destroyed by the evil of its inhabitants, and that men who exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature suffer in the eternal hell where the worm does not cease to eat the flesh.
The science of gender tell us intersexuals are not contrary to nature.
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It's important to remember that the Bible is a collection of made up stories.
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It's important to remember that the Bible is a collection of made up stories.
That was a moral teaching, not an allegory. For centuries christians would have treated intersex individuals based on those teachings.
I could argue that these teachings should be interpreted as appropriate for the time they were written.
But then one question arises: Do all the christian dogmas that govern our behavior should be considered as atavisms?
Should Christians stop believing in the existence of Demons and Hell?
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Should Christians stop believing in the existence of Demons and Hell?
Yes, in the same way as I stopped believing in other made up things like Santa Claus and his North Pole base.