The Bible is full of fun stuff like that verse. Much of which modern day Christians perfectly ignore.

Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas to you.

KellyCriterion an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Weeks ago a local newspaper had the headline:

"keep the big bang until later for your children, the bible is really a great set of fairy tales"

Im not religious at all, actually "implicitly fighting against it", though I have to admit: This sentence made sense and Im thinking still until today about it, because actually I think its quite true - for smaller children, the storylines in the bible are much more "real" and understandable than the story of: "hey, there was a big bang, all molecules were created then and you are consisting today of these molecules"

	▲	a022311 25 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The Bible and the Big Bang theory are not mutually exclusive. The Old Testament is a very symbolic book and gives no specific details on how exactly the world was created, other than the seven days of creation. We know that the 7 days weren't referring to our current concept of a day. There's also no water above the sky. It was written like that, because it would be easier for people to understand. Science wasn't a thing back then. If it were written in 2025, it would obviously be very different and probably much more detailed. Modern Christians know that religion and science can go together. Science researches _how_ something works. Religion answers _who_ created it. The Big Bang theory is actually accepted by them today.

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swat535 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There are 2 kinds of Christians: Those who actually follow the faith, and those who only show up for Christmas and Easter.

There's a German term for that 'Uboot Christen' - submarine Christians. They only emerge twice a year.

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sva_ 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Considering Christians took the Christmas celebration from what they call "Heathens" or "Pagans", I think it is fair. Eastern celebration probably the same.

	▲	conception 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Eh not really - https://historyforatheists.com/2024/12/pagan-christmas-again... Easter also not pagan. But pophistory thinks that as well. Scholarship doesn’t line up.

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ynab6 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	dang 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." "Don't be snarky." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
	▲	anthonypasq96 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		i was a recipient of dreadful christrian brainwashing for about 14 years of schooling, and i got a fairly mild case