When you say I am biblical Christian, I hear “I have an inability or unwillingness to appropriately read and interpret and ancient literary work, so I use it to bend it into my liking to fit my own narrative”.

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When you say “that’s just what the Bible says” to justify harm, I hear “I care more about my interpretation of an ancient literary work than I do about the human beings right in front of me”

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When you say “the Bible is how I know how to love people,” I hear “I have not developed critical thinking skills, emotional intelligence or the humility to listen to those in front of me, telling me I am causing harm and my behavior isn’t love.”

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Using the Bible to justify the harm caused by your religious stance, isn’t a valid argument. It is just evidence that you have forfeited your own relationship with the divine within, your inner wisdom, what you call the Holy Spirit; and traded it for your indoctrination.