• db2@lemmy.world
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      To people like that it is. They think education begins and ends with their preferred holy book. It’s not limited to christians.

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        But even then the fastest way start questioning the Bible is by actually reading it. They probably don’t encourage that either through.

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          That’s why they do it as a group, keeps people from thinking too much when they’re afraid of disappointing each other by not believing the right way.

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            "They believe the bible is the exact word of God - Then they change the bible! Pretty presumptuous, hu huh? “I think what God meant to say…”

            Bill Hicks