/lit/ - Literature

>catholic church
>spanish inquisition
>witch hunts
Some real fucked up shit, I'd say.

>catholic church
>spanish inquisition
>witch hunts
Those were good days.

>>18613910
The canonical bible that came out of the catholic church has many confusing and some downright contradictory ethical teachings. Because of this, to act "within every tenet" of the Bible would be unrealistic to the point of impossible. One could easily cherry-pick passages from the bible to morally "substantiate" a wide variety of actions, and we have in fact seen this done repeatedly over the past few millennia.

So I would say the bible is not at all "morally sound"

>>18613927
The Catholic Church is the largest charitable organization in the world. She has made many saints and invented the hospital and universities.

>>18614066
>that pic
Wow imagine spending so much money on nothing. Completely immoral.

>>18613910
The bible's morality is internally defined, so by the morality expressed in it they'd be 100% moral. You haven't defined the morality you're intending to judge it by yourself, though

>>18613927
>>18614020
>>18614024
>>18614066
> Catholic "Church"
> creating the bible
Modern or even medieval Roman Catholicism did not meaningfully exist prior to the schism. Read St. John of Damascus' Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith (8th century). The bible is Orthodox

>>18614290
I was simply referring to the Catholic biblical canon, which I would assume is what most people on here mean when they refer to "the Bible". Anyway, I would assert the point I was making (here >>18614024) in reference to any common biblical canon

>>18614429
Understandable. What teachings do you see as contradictory?

>>18614066
Literally all your statements are wrong.
Cc is the largest and oldest organized crime syndicate the world has ever seen

>>18613910
Killing everything on Earth that can't fit in a boat, apparently.

>>18614213
Imagine being that racist to the point of wanting your brother's death for the simple fact that he exists.

>>18614554
They were warned

>>18614634
No, it's just that G*D isn't perfect even according to its own account

>6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
>7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

But that's ok: god does not exist, of course he can't create perfect stuff.

>>18614444
Obvious example of Old Testament "eye for an eye" vs new testament "turn the other cheek". I have heard the arguments explaining old testament morals being superseded by the teachings of Jesus, but they seem to me to be ad hoc arguments made to fit a certain ideology.
Outside of that, it's easy to see an interpretation of the bible that, for example, spurs the Christian to proselytize at any cost, up to and including war/killing or one that leads him to be a pacifist.
There are also ways to interpret the text to believe in predestination or to interpret it to believe in free will (there is obviously a big history of church schism surrounding this and other issues), and there are clearly immense ethical implications to which of those you believe in.
I could provide passages to support these conflicting views but I feel like this is a well-worn topic that has been much debated for a while now, so I hope you get my meaning.

nice quad quads btw

>>18614024
>downright contradictory ethical teachings.
care to elaborate ?

>>18613910
If you buy my expensive tickets to heaven l will sell you the answer.
You WILL buy my expensive book.

>>18613910
Being an Israel first Boomer ameriblubbers who works at Raytheon obliviously bombing innocents and enriching evil

>>18616024
sure, I elaborated a bit in this post >>18615702

>>18613910
its really easy
just follow the principle of the intranigral good

>>18614559
Able, meet Cain.

>>18616140
>Able
*sigh*

btw, Cain was more civilized than Abel, given the fact that he was a stantial farmer and not a nomad shepherd

>>18616196
Turn’s out God’s Tedpilled, how ‘bout that.

>>18613927
>ignores metaethics
stop doing this