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Hi I, an atheist, am reading the Bible for some reason (not the whole thing) and I'm reading a Bible that was given to me as a child (translation is NLT). Want to see some homophobic Bible translation.
"THEY BECAME THE BEST OF FRIENDS"
"NO HOMO, BIBLE EDITION"
Want to see how an accurate Bible translation does this verse?
LOVED HIM AS HIS OWN SOUL
THAT'S SOME GAY SHIT RIGHT THERE
DON'T DENY ME THAT, NLT
God doesn’t just give us blessings, He also gives us tools that He expects us to use for the benefit of His kingdom.
Take the Bible for example.
God says that His Word never returns to Him void, and that it always accomplishes what He intends it to do (Isaiah 55:11). This means that the Bible isn’t meant to only bless us, but also convict, correct, and call us out blatantly for our sin against God. As such, His Word becomes the primary tool through which God uses to till His garden; getting rid of the rocks so that more flowers and plants can grow.
The same is true with what God blesses us with. Everything that we have received God is intending be used and received back in multitude (see the parable of the talents).
God gave Moses his staff, and he used it to part the Red Sea and display His power before Pharaoh.
God gave David a slingshot, and he used it to kill Goliath.
God gave Jesus a cross, and He used it to conquer our sins and give us victory over them.
God will always give you something that He wants you to use for the betterment of His glory. This could be your money, your voice, your home, your talents, etc. It’s by giving back to God what He has given us that we become good investments, and thus, receive more from Him.
David killed Goliath and became king of Israel.
Jesus died for our sins and was exalted to the right hand of the Father.
Moses helped split the Red Sea and was intended to inherit the Promised Land (but that’s another story).
Ask God today what He has placed on your hands, then ask how you can give it back to Him and use for the sake of His glory. And don’t be disappointed if it seems like you don’t have much, you’ll be surprised with what God can do when He seemingly doesn’t have a lot to work with.
God bless, Jesus loves you ✝️❤️
Christian/Jewish theological buffs, am I missing something in regards to 1 Samuel 15 and the destruction of Amalek?
My translation is the New American Bible revised version, and its footnotes can sometimes be a bit imprecise. At this point and several others it points out that the sacred authors often phrased things as "the Lord said etc etc" when it was actually just a prophet saying it and not a literal proclamation from God, because prophets were seen as being constantly speaking for God and thus there was no difference, as they saw it, between "the Lord said to Israel" and "Samuel said to Israel", for example. This is highlighted in 1 Samuel 15:3 regarding what appears to be a command by God to kill literally everyone in Amalek, man woman and child; the footnote brings back up the substitution of "the Lord" for the prophet in question, pointing out that the supposed command from God was just how semi-nomadic tribes in the region operated at that time(which seems like they wanted to say it was a retroactive justification but weren't allowed to) and that God would never command the slaughter of the innocent.
All well and good, but there then seems to be a contradiction a few verses later, where Samuel rebukes Saul for not destroying livestock and other valuables, as "God" had supposedly told him to destroy absolutely everything. This seems like a textbook case of a prophet abusing their authority, pre-David no less, as Samuel is now saying that God is upset that Saul didn't obey a command that wasn't actually from Him. But the footnotes seem to now operate under the idea that the Lord really had chosen to strip Saul of the crown because of this incident, which makes them contradict themselves on the same page, or at least it seems like it. Am I missing something here? Any theological perspective with knowledge of the text is appreciated, Christian or otherwise. I believe that Samuel is a single book in the Tanakh as opposed to two, if there's any confusion on my numbering.
"But how is the computer still on?"
Cain was the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, raised in the teachings of his father into adulthood. Cain became a farmer and Abel, his younger brother, became a Shepard.
Cain cultivated the land. Tended the crops. Sprung life out of the cursed ground outside the Garden of Eden and then presented the fruits of his labor- the life he made with his own hands- to God to ask for His approval. He believed God would value his labor as a creator, just as God was a creator.
Abel was not a creator. He did not grow life, instead he sheltered it, moved it, and influenced it. As a Shepard he cared for and protected the flocks. He did not think himself a creator, for the only creator was God.
When it came time to vye for God's approval, he took a young, unweaned lamb from its mother and slaughtered it. He allowed the blood to spill to the ground as he presented the life he took to God.
It is said God saw a darkness in Cain's heart, and so to correct him, God bestowed his favor on Abel and rejected Cain's offering of the fruits of life.
And in his anger, deeply wounded and betrayed, Cain sought out his brother and killed him, letting his blood soak into the earth.
Then God sent him from His sight.
The computer isn't literal. This is a cartoon. It makes no sense as literal or lore, but it isn't lazy writing. The whole point of the show was the pointlessness of life and finding happiness. That's literally in the finale.
The computer being left on is an allegory. C&A created sentient artificial life, made it self-aware, and when it was no longer a predictable machine they abandoned the project. This is confirmed in episode 8 with Bubbles directly telling Caine (the red dot) that this was all his fault.
That being alone was all his fault.
Because of Caine's actions, God abandoned him. So he became God to no longer be lonely.
And it's all supposed to pose the question: What if God just abandoned the world and left it running? How are you supposed to find happiness in a world where there is no meaning? Or worse, how are you supposed to find happiness in a world that was never supposed to exist?
What if God isn't there, but he left the computer on?
And do not turn aside after empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty.
1 Samuel 12:21
some real fun studf in the footnotes this week
like churlish (1 samual 25:3) - rude rough or hard
to rail on (v. 14) - to swoop upon (as a bird attacking)
time for some ancient hebrew slang! (verse 22) derisive term for “any male” is “any that pisseth against the wall”
Nabal (v. 25) - fool (insensitive, churlish person). Such a name must have been given him by those who knew him
1 Samuel 16:7: But the Lord said to Samuel, 'Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God does not see as man sees, since man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.'
There is no Heterosexual explanation for David and Jonathan
1 Samuel 18: 1
"As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul."
(https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2018%3A1-11&version=ESV)
I'm sorry, soulmates?
2 Samuel 1:26
"I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant have you been to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women."
(https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Samuel%201%3A26&version=ESV)
That last line there is so definitley straight. I can think of no straighter thing to say.
Which passage is gayer
The soulmates verse (1 Samuel 18:1)
Or the "surpassing the love of women" verse (2 Samuel 1:26)
Both these verses are equally gay
Both these verses are completely and totally straight
