UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThe Woke Veggie Tale Leftists Won't Tell You About This Onelemmy.worldimagemessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThe Woke Veggie Tale Leftists Won't Tell You About This Onelemmy.worldUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square65linkfedilink
minus-squarewuffah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago“The Bible says…” Stop. There’s your problem right there.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s been in there for 6000 years. If it was wrong, someone would have corrected it by now
minus-squareicelimit@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThe Bible wasn’t written 6000 years ago. It posits that history began 6000 years ago.
minus-squarejubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoThe Bible does not posit that the earth is 6,000 years old. You’re thinking of Dispensationalists.
minus-squarewuffah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI wouldn’t say it’s “wrong” so much as it is fantasy literature. Looking to the Bible for geography is like reading The Lord of the Rings to figure out where the Colorado river is.
“The Bible says…” Stop. There’s your problem right there.
It’s been in there for 6000 years. If it was wrong, someone would have corrected it by now
That’s a huge over estimation, but yes
The Bible wasn’t written 6000 years ago. It posits that history began 6000 years ago.
The Bible does not posit that the earth is 6,000 years old. You’re thinking of Dispensationalists.
I wouldn’t say it’s “wrong” so much as it is fantasy literature. Looking to the Bible for geography is like reading The Lord of the Rings to figure out where the Colorado river is.