If I hear the words, "The Bible says" one more time, I'm going to punch a penguin. Really? Does it. Interesting. That's like saying, "The Anthology of British Poets says," Really? Which one? You don't know? Hmm, suddenly I'm a lot less sure whether or not I believe you. Or whether or not you actually read it, or are just quoting someone else who told you that's what it said. Or even if you did actually read it, did you take the time to read it in context? I'm guessing not. Because people who do take the time to read whole books of the bible are often shocked at what they find.
The Bible isn't a book that someone sat down and wrote, its 66 (or if you're catholic 73) separate books written by various authors over the course of about 2-4,000 years, depending. I'll grant, some of the authors are unknown, or best guesses according to tradition and outside sources. But a lot of them are known, especially in the New Testament. If you're going to quote Jesus, quote Jesus. Jesus said, the bible didn't. If you're going to quote Paul, quote Paul. Or Peter. Or James. Or John. Or Luke.
Sometimes, when fact quoting, its hard to fact check. The internet can distort all sorts of things. But whats sort of awesome is the fact that not only is the print version of the bible available in almost all of its forms online, it is still pretty darn popular in print and can thusly be checked whenever necessary. You can actually READ what the original authors actually SAID and in context. Whenever you want to!
Please do before you quote it again. Me, and everyone around you, thanks you in advance for thinking before you spout off rhetoric again.
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