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[–] [email protected] 45 points 10 months ago (2 children)

He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.

  • Leviticus 13:46

Pastor McShooty here somehow thinks that responsible disease management and reducing contagion isn't Biblical?

If so, why doesn't this part of Leviticus say "just have faith about it"? Like it's a pretty long section talking about physical inspections to try to determine between contagious and non-contiguous diseases and to separate from contagious people.

Seems unnecessary for the Pastor here though, as he just has faith.

I wonder if he's consistent such that he's similarly dismissive of other parts of Leviticus, such as chapter 18...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This dude doesn't read the Bible for context he reads the Bible for the parts that give him power.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sadly, that probably applies to the supermajority of Christians in America.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It also applies to every religion ever

Edit- in the idea that all religious books were written by men, in order to exert power in some way over another man

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Growing up as an evangelical, I was basically taught to ignore the old testament, because Jesus dying changed all the rules.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Except for anything about homosexuals and women. Those parts still apply somehow.