Instead of getting sworn in with a bible they're getting sworn in with the Talmud...
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The Christian bible isn't rife with BS
It's rife with men being tyrants in its interpretation. Such as churches where women can't wear pants, or men can't have long hair, or you can't sing praise, or dance at weddings.
Or pastors who abuse their congregation through tithing, or families who groom girls into marriages they don't want through courting, or wives who out of submission to the husband cover for child porn
The best thing one can do, focus on the four Gospels, everything in red letters, and discern what is living breathing ministry and what is historical record
Large part of what Paul says is church business. The focus on Paul kind of really hurts modern Christianity.
The best Bible passages are those that are divinely inspired. The prophecies. The trances. The simplified commands. The life giving promises.
I actually disagree, I think Paul gives very valuable insights but they must be measured against what Jesus said and appropriately historically judged. If anything people focus too much on specific statements Paul made for church a within a specific cultural context.
We have a different set of cultural modesty. For example it isn't considered immodest or overly flashy to wear jewelry now. The original point was that people should not be a distraction in church meetings.
The reason it’s not overly flashy is because we have developed a culture around sin. The Bible was right on this.
That may be true depending on someone's motives. Asking people to live so radically different is very difficult though. I still see "no distractions in church" as the main point.