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[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Oh, the US. In my country all those crazy denominations were just called "sects," and considered heresy.

Edit: but don't they read the Bible? It says in there who wrote what.

[–] AnonWyo@startrek.website 13 points 2 years ago

Many, many self-proclaimed Christians in the United States have, at best, cursory Biblical knowledge. Insofar as reading, they may have opened the book in their lives. That does NOT equate to critical analysis, or even perfunctory understanding the contents in even a general sense.

[–] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If this a Poe? I can't tell. In case it's not...

The gospels were not written by the people with their names on them. Part of the problem of just reading the Bible is that it's incredibly inaccurate. It's authorship is up to a lot of debate.

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm just saying that if someone claims the Bible has been written by God Himself then they must not have even looked inside, because the Bible itself assigns clear authorship to each book. I'm not talking about historical accuracy here.