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United Methodists lose one-fifth of US churches in schism driven by growing defiance of LGBTQ bans (apnews.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Sleo@lemmy.ca to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] ObiGynKenobi@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago

A mistranslation of some milennia-old texts, published by a bunch of crusty old 17th-century white men is an interesting hill to die on, isn't it? Imagine what these self-righteous bigots would do to Jesus (a bold and prominent brown socialist) if they met him on the street.