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Goliath was killed by David using a rock. Do these people even read their own books? (lemmy.world)
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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 18 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

It's often been pointed out that Right Wing Media Literacy is poor.

We see this often when they root for villains or characters intentionally unsympathetic, like Bojack's Dad, Homelander.... heck Trump's 2020 Re-Election team compared him to Thanos, saying he was "inevitable" and making gifs of him as Thanos snapping the DNC away.

So this isn't anything new in theory, but it's amazing that this "They're rooting for the bad guys because they don't know how media works" problem extends to the FUCKING BIBLE!

The Heroes of the Bible are intentionally meek a lot of the time, the point is that even when you aren't powerful yourself, your dedication to your Faith and standing up for what's right should be enough to make up for your shortcomings, for the Lord will lift your burden.

It's why "Proud Christian" doesn't make any sense, it's a very Pro-Humility faith!

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 1 points 22 minutes ago

I mean, David literally had a thousand wives and concubines and he still had to go and fuck one of his best soldiers' wives.

He got her pregnant and then orchestrated the guys desth to cover up his sin, the baby was cursed to die, and the second the baby died, he was just like, "Okay, cool, I'm over it" and he's still considered the beloved of God.

The gist of the story is that people that are pointed to high places and have heroic unbelievable achievements can make horrible mistakes and still be forgiven by God as long as they repent.

Nobody is perfect, not the undefeatable giant Goliath, nor the beautifully-hearted musical genius hero warrior king David of Israel.

Anybody whose understanding of David stops at, He killed Goliath with a slingshot" doesn't deserve any sort of authority when it comes to interpretation of the Bible.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I've been saying it for a while, but a lot of the US so called Christian groups actually aren't. I'm not really sure what they should be called. Pseudo Christian maybe?

[–] sircac@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Oh, the irony...

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 15 points 2 hours ago

You got right to the problematic issue: "read". Reading is hard. Reading a long text is harder. Reading a very long text with complex meanings and referring to things outside the historical context of most readers, is very hard.

I've read the Bible. Twice. I don't think there is any action or concept by the current GOP where you won't find a sentence in the Bible that is actually condemning this precise move. They don't care, as they have never read it.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

No. They don't.
They have co-opted something they are too dumb and lazy to even understand.
Any other questions?

[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 22 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

That's certainly the first word that comes to mind when you hear Canada; Unfair. How rude of us to bully America around like that.

[–] ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca 51 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I just don't understand the part where we're somehow being "unfair" to the US.

[–] Hikermick@lemmy.world 35 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

During Trump's first term, Trudeau had to remind him that Canada has the deficit in trading with the US. This is probably retribution for embarrassing him. I wish I was kidding

[–] Draces@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago

I think it's more an attempt to replace income tax since it acts like a sales tax like they've been drooling to do for years but now they don't have to say the word tax

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 24 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's a strongarm tactic to negotiate something else they want or they're trying to spoil u.s.-Canadian relations.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 0 points 1 hour ago

At this point I legitimately want Canada to Annex America, we cannot be left to our own devices.

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 43 points 7 hours ago

Canada:

USA: How dare you. Trade war it is

[–] riskable@programming.dev 93 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

So what they're saying is that Canada can win this fight if they've got good aim and a minimal arsenal of tools at their disposal. Got it.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 56 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Also, God is on their side!

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 26 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Also, we're declaring ourselves the loser bad guys of the story

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 13 points 4 hours ago

The rest of the world: yeah we already knew that, though.

[–] doctortofu@reddthat.com 57 points 8 hours ago

Also, remind me Jack, whose side was God on in that fight? Because if I remember correctly it might have not been Goliath's...

[–] ProvableGecko@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago

Villainmaxxing

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 39 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Short answer - No

Long answer - Nnnnnnnnoooooooooooo

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The long answer is wrong. They read the parts that suit their agenda.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 10 points 8 hours ago

Its usually read to them

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 23 points 8 hours ago

They're not even trying anymore

Because they don't even have to

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 18 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

They can only read at a 5th grade level. If stop signs didn't have a shape and color there would be mass casualties

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 19 points 8 hours ago

No. No, they do not.

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 4 points 8 hours ago

not theirs, ours that they appropriated ~ jews